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Manuel Aroney, 1932-2011

Even a near-fatal heart attack when he was in his mid-40s didn't stop Manuel Aroney from living a full life of work and family, as well as giving years of service to the ethnic communities in Australia and his church. Ma...

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Angeliki S. (Stathis) Haros

Angeliki S. (Stathis) Haros, 91, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of Bethlehem, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in her home. Angeliki was the wife of the late Nicholas W. Haros. Born February 14, 1917, in Kytheria,...

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Hugh Gilchrist.

A comprehensive Obituary in Greek, which is well worth preserving Άφησε μνημειώδες έργο He left us memorable works Ο Χιού Γκίλκριστ Neos Kosmos 18 Nov 2010 ΣΩΤ. ΧΑΤΖΗΜΑΝΩΛΗ Απεβίωσε πρόσφατα ο πρώην πρέσβης της Αυστραλία...

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Hugh Gilchrist. Career diplomat.....

....intellectual, and the premier Greek-Australian historian of the 20th century. 08.08.1916 - 16.10.2010 Ambassador to Greece. Presenting his credentials Hugh Gilchrist was born in Sydney on 8 August 1916. He was educat...

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Panayiotis Panaretos

PANAGIOTIS PANARETOS AGE: 71 NESHANIC STATION Panagiotis "Pete" Panaretos, 71, passed away on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010 at his residence. Born in Kythira Island, Greece, he arrived in the United States 40 years ago. He resi...

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Mary Zantiotis Mittagong 1957.

Obituary Mrs Mary Zantiotis The death of Mrs. Mary Zantiotis, of Mittagong, was briefly reported in the last issue of the Mail. She was a Miss Mary Bartholomew* prior to her marriage 39 years ago to Mr. J. Zantiotis, and...

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Theodore Faros

Theodore Faros was born in Karava, Kythera in 1917, the 1st son of John and Katherine Faros. Theodore lived through the depression and like many other Greeks at the time joined the Greek navy in the Second World War and...

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Poulos, Con George. Obituary.

18/10/1916 – 27/3/2010 Cons father, Yeoryi Dimitri Tzortzopoulos was born in Karavas in 1869. His family parachoukli, or nickname was Hihlis. He married Olympia Tzortzopoulos, born in 1874, who was the daughter of the r...

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Vale. Peter Venardos. 1921 – 2010

Theo Coroneos (left) and Peter Venardos in Gunnedah early 1940s Peter Venardos was born in Ayia Anastasia, Kythera, Greece. He migrated to Australia at the young age of 12 and like many other boy migrants to Australia,...

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Nickolaos E. Tzortzopoulos

This is to inform everyone who had the privilege to have known and loved my father, Nickoloas E. Tzortopoulos born Karavas 1939, that he has lost his battle of the past one and a half years, to pancreatic cancer. Nick ha...

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John Cordato - Eulogy - Born 13-5-23; Died 25-6-09

Ο Γιάννης Κορδάτος γεννήθηκε στο χωριό Ποταμός, στα Κύθηρα, στις 13 Μαίου 1923. Σε ηλικία 13 χρονών οι γονείς του, Διονύσης και Μαρία, τον έστειλαν στην Αυστραλία για μια καλυτερη ζωή. Δυστυχώς, δεν είχε την ευκαιρία να...

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An Obituary for Theodore Simos.

O Kosmos, Sydney. Wednesday 3rd of June, 2009, page 24. All the photographs on this page derive from www.kythera-family.net Theodore Simos article in Kosmos newspaper.pdf Theodore Simos, Notable Kytherian

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Zacharia Stavros Souris,

...or ZAC as he was known to all of us, was born in Taree NSW on 11 September 1925, the youngest child of Kytherian immigrants Kanella (nee Vernardos) and Stavros Souris. His older sister Chris predeceased him. Zac's par...

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