(01) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: Departure from the Motherland
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) [[picture:"military2.jpg" ID:827]] My...
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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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(02) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: The American Experience 1916 -19
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) The city of Boston, located not far from...
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(03) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: Stamatina Aronis Papadominakos
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) [[picture:"matergrand.jpg" ID:837]] My m...
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(04) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: Mackay – The Early Years
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) From 1923 to 1926 Dimitrios Aronis, now...
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(05) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: Mackay – My Home Town
Andy & Evangelia (An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) [[picture:"evang...
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(06) Dimitrios Aronis-Beys: The Spectre of War
(An extract from the memoirs of Prof. Manuel J. Aroney) The strong conviction existed within th...
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St.Theodore's massacre
On the 12th of May we celebrate St. Theodore. Once upon a time on the eve of the day there used...
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St. Cosmas Treasure
The church of St. Kosmas near Drimona was once very small, and so the Priest Metaksas decided he wan...
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The real naming of Amir Ali…and Mavrogiorgi
It was at the time when the Turks were on the island. Amir was one of them, a warrior of their army....
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Captain 17
It happened about a hundred and fifty years ago. They said the man was on drugs, and everyone agrees...
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The origin of the name Kominos
The origin of the name Kominos goes back thousands of years, as far back as Mesopotamia. The name wa...
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Memories of '43
Late on a Wednesday evening I sat down with Mrs Pavlaki in the kitchen in her daughter’s apartment i...
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Demetrios Gavriles Family - journey to America
I can only give some account of the immigration of the sons of Demetrios Gavriles of Logothetianica,...
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Anna Coroneo
- A Short Story about My Mother. This article was written for The Kytherian under The Kytherian C...
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Paul Panaretto
Twenty four year old Vrettos Dimitri Panaretto sailed into Sydney in 1892 and within a couple of yea...
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Archie Caponas
Below is an abridged version of the entrepreneurial activities of the Kytherian Archie Caponas extra...
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Comino, Nick and Margarita
Nicholas (Nick) Comino, together with his sister, Melpomeni, arrived in Australia on the SS Cephee o...
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2. Expectations and Achievements
This is an exerpt from Peter Haniotis book "Expectations and Achievements” which is available for $4...
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1. Expectations and Achievements
This is an exerpt from Peter Haniotis book "Expectations and Achievements” which is available for $4...
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The Bronze Head
My grandmother's side of the family - the Haniotis - have a house on a generous piece of land right...
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