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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"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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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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An Aussie recalls the Kytherian history of Gilgandra, NSW.
I have vague recollections of Jack Pentes shop, and going in to buy lollies when I was a very young...
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The women of Platia Ammos make a stand in 1966
In 1966, while working on Kythera in a development team under the instruction of George Koksma, we w...
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George Miller & Michael Jonson. Good Mates.
Two Of Us – George Miller and Michael Johnson Interviews by: Georgia Cassimatis Director, Dr G...
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The deaf man's escape
When the Germans first came to the island of Kythera they realized that they would need working hand...
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Manolis Cassimatis The Ferry Skipper
Manolis Cassimatis or Vouros ,was born in Keramouto Kythera and was the eldest of all his brother...
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Jack Castrissios, Prime Minister Curtin, WWII & the Niagara Cafe, Gundagai.
Dinner in Gundagai On Greece’s national day in 1942 Prime Minister John Curtin publicly declared...
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Anjolos Petroheilos. The Prankster in Hora
Anjolos-as he was known- was a barber in Hora and his son Nikos- my late brother in law-who was also...
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The pentagon of Aphrodite
History or legend tells of there once being a beautiful building, shaped like a pentagon, somewhere...
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A chapter of Cavallini family history, their coming to Kythera & the link to L. Hearn
Captain Angelo Cavallini* captained a vessel running from Venice (his home town) to Constantinople a...
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The naming of rocky places.
Της γριάς το πήδημα- the old lady’s jump: given it’s name after an old woman jumped from the rocks,...
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A piece of history from St. John monastery in Kapsali
St. John the theologian, before his last revelation in Patmos, spent a while with the monks of the m...
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The Ingenious cigarette lighter
In the morning of September 4th 1944, the Germans left "Kapsali" Kythera. For some days before th...
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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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Maria Simos-Levounis. My Story.
Maria Simos-Levoune was born in Kythera on the 10/10/1934; she came to Australia in 1948. In 1958 sh...
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