Diaspora Vintage Portraits/ People

Ruby and her brothers in Brisbane in about 1936

By request of "Kythera Cultural Association", this is the story of the three cousins, whose father was murdered.In this photograph the two Sisters, my mother, Maria Kalokairinou and her sister Titika Zervoulakou. My moth...

This is my first day in Australia 26th May 1950 , with my sister Pipitsa(deceased)

Dimitris migrated to Australia at a young age and made his fortune with land and restaurants, later bringing out other members of his family, including his sister Koula, with whome he is pictured here.

Frilingianika. Back Row: Left: Anthony Notaras Right: Theo Notaras Seated: Left: Muriel Notaras (nee, Frilingos) Baby: Lambrinos Notaras Right: Jack Notaras Photograph taken in 1930. (March 3)

Athena was a Kanellakopoulos, from Accrata. The family anglaicised their name to Connell. She married: Dimitri George Poulos, (Tzortzopoulos), Karavas, Greece, and Goulburn, New South Wales, on 16th June 1926. The weddin...

Dimitri George Poulos, (Tzortzopoulos), Hlihlis, Karavas, Greece, and Goulburn, New South Wales, on 16th June 1926, on his wedding day. The history of Dimitri's (James) parents, George and Olympia, of Karavas, Kythera, h...

Con Simos was born on 10/3/1927. in the village of Kousounari, in Kythera. He was the oldest of twin boys. For a more detailed history of the Simos family, and the Levounes family from Potamos, see the entry by Maria Sim...

A picture of Con Gavrilis and friends at Port Said, while on stop over during his imigration to Australia. 3rd from the left 4-13-47. Maybe someone can identify friends?

From, Peter Vanges. Kythera. A History. 1993. Chapter 52 Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia (NSW) page 269. Can we name the 11 men in this photograph?

For a more detailed history of the Levounes family from Potamos, and the Simos family, see the entry by Maria Simos-Levounes. My Story., in History, subsection, Oral History.

Andrew Simos was born in Kythera in 1880. For a more detailed history of the Nicolassis family, and the Levounes family from Potamos, and the Simos family, see the entry by Maria Simos-Levounes. My Story., in History, su...

Con Simos was born on 10/3/1927. in the village of Kousounari, in Kythera. He was the oldest of twin boys. For a more detailed history of the Simos family, and the Levounes family from Potamos, see the entry by Maria Sim...

USA 1920's Upper New York State . Star Lake NY. having tried Australia in the teens, we now find Peter D. Gavriles,5th from the left, investigating a possible settlement in the US. Here he is visiting some other Greeks i...

My Uncle Peter D. Gavrilis, Father of James, Theodore, Con,and Nick Gavrilis. 2nd. from the right. At one time had imigrated to Australia to become a citizen, However by the 1920's he had changed his mind and imigrated t...

My Uncle Theodore D. Gavrilys as a US Army Private in the first WW. This is how he became a citizen. He eventualy became a Master Seargent in the Army and was involved all his life with The VFW cause and his participatio...

This photo was taken in 1975 by Ruby Perry (Megaloconomos). It features Ruby's father Angelo Megaloconomos and his grandson - also Angelo. It was taken at a farmhouse in the hills behind Agia Pelagia.

Tess Mallos Tess Mallos takes a great pride in her Greek heritage. Her parents from the Greek island of Kythera - emigrated to Australia where she was born and raised in a country town. [Tess's father was Andonis Caloped...

Vince Kalokerinos sitting alongside the plaque presented to him by the people of Curtin in 2000 for his many years of service to the Curtin community (1971-2003). His widow, Viola, has maintained the business with the sa...

Mother Irene Georgopoulos (Tzortzopoulos) with son Minas in sitting room of home in Detroit, Michigan/ Dressed in his Evzone costume