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Kytherian shop-owners and assistants in the "bush", Gunnedah, NSW

Left to right. Young boy (unknown),George Creatha (Kritharis) O Katharos, Theo Belos Coroneos, young man sitting on top of truck, (unknown), young girl (unknown), Mr (?) Kalokerinos from the Monterey Cafe.

Theothosios Koroneos - Theo Corones - was sponsored to Australia, as a youth, by his maternal uncle George, and aunty Georgia, later of Beverley Hills.

He lost a leg to an infection in his late twenties, a few years after this photograph was taken.

Part of his rehabilitation involved art therapy. He later became quite a famous artist in "Kytherian" circles.

He settled in Sydney, and drove cabs for many decades, before attempting later in life to re-establish himself in Karavas, Kythera.

He returned to Australia, and retired to the North Queensland coastal town of Bargara.

Theo, in 1931, as a 6 year old, alongside his mother, and two sisters

Theo as a groomsman at his Uncle Dimitri's wedding

Theo Belos Corones with Peter Yaloupos Venardos, Gunnedah, 1940's

Theo, in 1960, at age 35, alongside his brothers and sisters

Theo in Bargara, in his award winning garden, later in life

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