Emanuel Casimatis
My name is Emanuel Casimatis and I was born in Pitsinianika, Kythera on the 21st of April 1918. My m...
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Oral History
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"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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Mary Sofios' Story
Mary Sofios' Story by Kiriaki Orfanos Mary Simos-Sofios, nee Patrikiou was born on the 14/12/37,...
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Oral History by Marion Brown (nee, Johnson). Kytherians in Gilgandra.
As told to George C Poulos, Friday 4th November, 2005. I was born on the 22nd January, 1921, in C...
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Theo Corones. His life. 1926-1998.
[[picture:"Theo in 20\'sSMALL.jpg" ID:8235]] As a young man in his 20's. Taken whilst he was acti...
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The milkshakes always taste better......
in the other Kytherian Cafe. When I was young, I spent a great deal of time working in the Gilgan...
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The infant telepathic disc-jockey. Perplexing Theothoros Kritharis.
When my father, Con George Poulos moved to the central western New South Wales town of Gilgandra, we...
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Con George Poulos, and George Peter Psaltis.
Lose Con's truck,....and almost lose their lives - in the Gilgandra flood, 1955. In 1955, we owne...
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The Charles Cassim Story.
From: http://www.rootsweb.com November 2002 As written by Katie Cassim - April 2002 C...
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Death of Aphrodite. (Bouras family matriarch, not the Goddess). Insights into the Greek rural psycho-sociology.
[[picture:"Bouras Gillian, death hands image.jpg" ID:6131]] Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne...
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George Con (Tzortzo)Poulos, and the dual mother system.
[[picture:"Poulos, George C as one and a half year old.jpg" ID:6025]] My father's brother Panayot...
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Theodoros Castrissios.
From: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~emhist/bridges_51/page12.html The first Naturalisation cere...
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Vassiliki Chryssanthopoulou. Visit to Sydney, 28th-29th August, 2004. James Coroneos's Report.
Visit to Sydney by Hellenic Folklore Research Fellow On the weekend of Saturday 28, Sunday 29 Aug...
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Eleni Dedes, (nee Sourry). Uralla, NSW.
From: Janis Wilton. Immigrants in the Bush. Cafes and Cafe Owners. Armidale College of Advanc...
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Gillian Bouras. An author with acute insights into the nature of Greek
[[picture:"Bouras, Gillian penguin com au.jpg" ID:5778]] Gillian Bouras was born in Melbourne in...
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Nick Mentis. Karavas, Tenterfield, Sydney.
From: Janis Wilton. Immigrants in the Bush. Cafes and Cafe Owners. Armidale College of Advanc...
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Theo Kepreotes recalls the Kytherians of Gunnedah, NSW, in the 20th century.
[From records maintained at the Water Tower Museum, Gunnedah. For other Kytherian history re: Gun...
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Antonius Notaras. Reminiscing about his life.
[[picture:"Notaras, Antonius.jpg" ID:5579]] Antonius Notaras, was one of the fascinating characte...
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A young Kytherian boys' interaction with the Italian troops stationed on Kythera. Tony Fardoulys remembers.
[Tony is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has travelled to...
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Sea Mines. Nurki. (Greek). A fascination with dynamite.
[Tony Fardoulys is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has tr...
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The Day they blew the church at Ayia Pelagia to Kingdom Come. Tony Fardoulys' account.
[Tony is a Real Estate agent in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia. In the past decade he has travelled to...
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