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Mr. Ioannis Hlentzos/Chlentzos Mr. Ioannis Hlentzos was a chef who lived and worked for Theodore Mavrommattes in the New York Cafe, Nowra, until 1966. Prior to that he had worked for Theodore Pascalis and Ioannis Polyzoi...
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Did you ever hear of a Peter Potiri from Kythera? Here is a bit of folk lore. A Ron Cann from Hughenden had a rep as a fighter and he offered (to fight) Peter outside at the Grand Hotel. Everybody felt sorry for the poor...
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Sky’s the limit for Montana Download a copy of the Herbert River Express article here: Montana Lower Full article.pdf Former Ingham State High School student Montana Lower is still beaming after winning the school’s 201...
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Delivered at the 11th Biennial Conference of the Modern Greek Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand . It is with great pleasure that I participate in the 11th Biennial Conference of the Modern Greek Studies As...
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Η Ευρώπη τον εγέννησε, η Ασία τον εδημιούργησε ως λογοτέχνη περιωπής και η Αμερική τον ανέδειξε Της ΦΩΤΕΙΝΗΣ ΤΟΜΑΗ Levkathitika Nea From a photograph taken of Lafcadio Hearn, 1889 ΓΙΟΣ ΙΡΛΑΝΔΟΥ, ενός στρατιωτικού γιατρού...
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The Age, Melbourne, December 14, 2012 Annabel Ross Reporter Leslie Manning, 99, meets Glenda Hume, the daughter of Aboriginal Digger Reg Saunders. The two men fought together in Crete. Photo: Joe Armao ''I'VE GOT a lot o...
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The Age, November 20, 2010 Mike Sweet "I wanted to ring that bell to let him know we're here." GLENDA HUMES, eldest living daughter of Reg Saunders. Last month, the family of Australia's most celebrated Aboriginal soldie...
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The Nicholas Anthony Aroney Trust, the Kytherian Association of Australia, and www.kythera-family.net have fostered the work of Maria Hill and others in uncovering details about the Anzac campaign in Greece and Crete dur...
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The Japan Times Friday, Nov. 5, 2010 By LISA GAY and FINTAN MONAGHAN Special to The Japan Times One hundred and twenty years ago, Greek-Irish writer Lafcadio Hearn first arrived in Japan; in Matsue, a provincial backwate...
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Title: Old Greek Fragments Author: Lafcadio Hearn The other day when we were reading some of the poems in "Ionica," I promised to speak in another short essay of Theocritus and his songs or idyls of Greek peasant life, b...
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Quiet day looking over some old Emails. My name is Theodore Panaretos, son of Minas Panaretos. My Grandfather, Theodore had children, Panagiotis, Alexandros, Minas, Aspacia, Maria, and Eleni. Granmother Anthe had lost a...
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Sunday Telegraph 28th October, 2012 Page 26 ROSIE SQUIRES Breast cancer sufferer Patricia Samios is lucky to be alive after her GP and oncologist missed numerous chances to diagnose the deadly disease. After noticing a r...
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Bon Koizumi poses with a portrait of his great-grandfather, Lafcadio Hearn. (Photo by Doug MacCash / The Times-Picayune. ) By Doug MacCash, NOLA.com The Times-Picayune (Newspaper_ - Greater New Orleans on October 19, 20...
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In the time she lived in Sydney, Anna Perivolaris taught many Kytherian children - Ed by John N. Yiannakis Anna Perivolaris (c.1888-1963), schoolteacher, was born about 1888 on the island of Samos, Greece, daughter of Co...
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Yet another tribute to Lafcadio Hearn. As reported in an article in Yaizu. The exhibition was organised by Takis Efstathiou.
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Confucius This one particular journey started for a young Kytherian boy Paul Theodore when he stepped on board a plane bound for Australia. The world war one t...
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A high profile jeweller, a property developer and a doctor are just some of the Greek Australians who have been awarded with the Queen's Honours Neos Kosmos 20 June 2012 HELEN VELISSARIS A high profile jeweller, a proper...
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Diana Rudkin, (nee) Lianos in c. 1950. Photograph, below. The Lianos sisters. Standing: Stella and Coralia. Seated: Theodora, Diana, and Aspacia. Diana (christened Diamantoula), was born in Sydney on the 4th August 1920...
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My Grandparents were Agapi and George Lianos from Kythera,Greece. Papou was born on the 9th June1873 in the village of Liananika to Emmanuel and Relia, farm owners. He was the only son and had four sisters, Irene, Kerani...
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By Marcus Megalokonomos Download a .pdf version of this article here: Castrission_E06-E08_Alfa_Magazine.pdf If there is any truth in the saying that ‘we live in deeds, not years’ then the other day I met two young men wh...
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