Eleni Dedes, (nee Sourry). Uralla, NSW.
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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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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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I REMEMBER
I remember when Mussolini demanded from the Greek Government to allow free passage to his troops thr...
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Viron Dapontes and the handgrenade
Viron, was well known in Hora for his many fearless acts and this is one of them, but it turned out...
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The street sign on the way to Hora's Kastro
Some time after the Germans left Kythera, (to be exact on the 27th of January 1945) a British cargo...
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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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The Day they blew the church at Ayia Pelagia to Kingdom Come.
In 1942, a bomb appeared on the beach near Firi Ammos. It had failed to detonate. It remained on the...
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Prika - The Glory Box - Dimitra Fratzeskakis (nee, Zantiotis), remembers
The Glory Box of Yesterday Many traditions have been erased by the redefinition of female roles i...
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A chapter of Cassimatis family history
The Cassimatis family originated from the village of Keramoto of Kythera island. The first Manolis C...
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A sailors tales I
It was May of the year 1985. An old fisherman and his young inexperienced assistant and friend had t...
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Katsoolis, Peter & Chrisanthi & son, George - 1978 - Oral History
I have appropriated the following Oral History transcript from the site - http://www.cybernaut.co...
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Reading the lead
Apart from tea leaves and apple dunking etc, another way of reading the future was done with lead. O...
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Queen of the Octopus
Sophie Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) was born in Gladstone, QLD, Australia to a Kytherian father and an Aus...
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The story of Michael Panaretos
[[picture:"tzannes8.jpg" ID:884]] This is a copy of a photograph of Michael Panaretos. The original...
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Prof Manuel J Aroney: First trip to Kythera 1966
Extract from the memoirs of Prof Manuel J Aroney (Beys) For Australian academics in the sciences...
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