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Travassarianika
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A small settlement east of Livadi, adjacent to Skoulianika. The settlement began to be inhabited by members of the Travasaros family around the second half of the 17th century. It probably received its name in the 19th or even 20th century, making it among the newer names for settlements on Kythera. By the early 18th century, the Travasaros were already a large, branched family recorded in the parish of All Saints in Alexandrades (now Goudianika). In the Ottoman census of 1715, the Travasaros are listed in the settlement of Pratsianika (Pracyanika), which does not match any known settlement. The first appearance of the Travasaros family on Kythera is in the 16th century in the Chora area. They became limited to the homestead that still bears the name Travasarianika today.
Condensed from Emmanuel Kalligeros's excellent Kytherian Geographical Placenames which is available here
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Cafes, Shops & Cinemas
Menu from the Hume Weir Cafe, Albury NSW
Menu from the late 1940's-1950's
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Cafes, Shops & Cinemas
Menu from the Hume Weir Cafe, Albury NSW
Menu from the late 1940's-1950's
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Cafes, Shops & Cinemas
Hume Weir Cafe, Albury NSW 1953
George Travassaros owner of the Hume Weir Cafe in Dean St Albury.
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Modern Landscapes
kombonada beach
this beautiful beach can be found behind the village of travassarianika and has a great road to get to the beach
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Vintage Portraits/ People
Passengers from Kythera on the SS Derna, 1948.
Several passengers from Kythera travelled to Australia on the SS Derna in 1948. Front row:(l-r) Stan Travasaros, Mattie Travasaros, Vassilki Fatseas, Petro Fatseas, John Cominos. Back row:(l-r) Mary Fatseas (second from left), Stamatina (last name unknown), Koula Travasaros, Katina Travasaros, Betty Fatseas (second from right, with white collar). Other passengers included people from displaced persons camps in Germany, death camps in Poland, labour camps in Hungary and 61 Jewish orphans. The voyage lasted almost three months in primitive and overcrowded conditions. The story of the SS Derna and its passengers has been written by Diane Armstrong in "The Voyage of Their Life", 2001, HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia.
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Island Social Life
The joy of riding a trikyklo
Driving through Travassarianika on a three wheeler
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Vintage Portraits/ People
George and Koula Travasaros 1934
George Travasaros was born in Travassarianika in 1907 and died in 2005. He married Koula (Kyriaki) Petrohilos who was born in Fratsia in 1912 or 1913 and died in 2002. George migrated to Australia in 1938 and eventually settled in Albury NSW in 1944. His wife Koula and daughters Katina and Stamatina joined him in Australia in 1948.
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Cafes, Shops & Cinemas
Hume Weir Cafe, Albury NSW.
The Hume Weir Cafe in Dean St Albury was owned by brothers George and Peter Travasaros. This photo was taken in the mid 1950's. George Travasaros is shown standing at the back.
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Hume Weir Cafe, Albury NSW.
The Hume Weir Cafe in Dean St Albury was owned by brothers George and Peter Travasaros. This photo was taken in the early 1950's. The people in the photo from right to left are: George Travasaros, his daughter Katina Travasaros (now Katina Vlandis), Steve Gounakis and John Cominos.
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