Cafes, Shops & Cinemas

Paragon Cafe Katoomba - Photo gallery of the Simos family - untouched

Corones Hotel Charleville, refurbished bathrooms (1992) as per original

Paragon Cafe Katoomba 1930's Cash Register in situ

Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, 2004

Paragon Cafe Katoomba - 1925, remodelled For brief early history, see entry in this section - "Paragon Cafe, Katoomba - Zachariah Simos".

Original Paragon Cafe, 1921. Early history Zachariah Simos came to Australia from Greece as a young, orphaned boy. It is said that he got employment selling fish in Kings Cross, and in 1916 he came to Katoomba and leased...

My father on the left Nicholas Gavriles, with one of his cooks, Mike ,in front of the Atlas Cafe, in the 1920's Highland Park, Michigan

Corones Hotel - 1992 Refurbishment of Front Steps For longer history of the Hotel, see " Corones Hotel - Charleville's Leading Hotel" entry, this section.

In 1907 Harry Corones and his young cousin Jimmy left the Greek island of Kythera to seek fame and fortune in Australia. By 1909 they had worked their way north to Charleville in Western Queensland. Marriage to Effie, on...

Multi-cultural Mural at Bondi Beach Public School. Stories From Across the Divide: Waverley’s Migration Heritage Frm, given during the 2002 Heritage Festival at Waverley Library by, Elida Meadows, in 2002. [The Greek seg...

This photo sits on the counter of the Cameo café, now a shrine to Elvis, and the current owner says the people featured are ‘mostly’ Critharys. But the suited bloke behind the counter looks suspiciously like George Nick...

Inside the Plymouth & Telegraph Grille. My Uncle, Paul Panaretos on far left standing in the colored shirt.

Another picture of the Plymouth &Telegraph grille during the early 1940's. Owned by Paul Paneretos.

PLymouth and Telegraph Grille, owned by my Mother's brother, Paul Theo. Panaretos. This particuliar restaurant burned down in the late 40's and was rebuilt into a larger and finer reataurant named "Pauls Steak House"

My Mother's sister Mary, in front of my Father's restaurant,Atlas Cafe, Highland Park, Michigan. She worked as a waitress for some time. This picture is around 1925

Angelo Victor Crethar arrived from Ballina in 1923 and acquired the ‘Busy Bee Café’ of George Patrinos in Woodlark Street, revamping it into ‘Crethar’s Sundae Shop’ and trading as Crethar Bros in silent partnership with...

L to R 1. Harry John Crethar or Harry Nick Crethar. Former was in Lismore until ~ 1930 and then moved to Deepwater and/or Emmaville. Returned Kythera ~1935 and came back to settle Tenterfield ~1937. Latter landed 1914 an...

Back to the flicks after a 36-year intermission. Mark Coultan. Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, May 31, 2004. page 3. The opening of Bingara's Roxy Theatre in the Depression years must have seemed a symbol of a great futur...

Hon.Bob Carr MP Premier of New South Wales and Senator Sandy Macdonald representative for the Minister for Transport and Regional Services unveil the plaque at the Official opening of the Roxy Theatre at Bingara NSW Aust...

Original Molong Cafe of Capitan-Minas Poulos (Tzortzopoulos), and other Kytherian owners. A symbol of the decline of Kytherian and Hellenic influence in the retail trade - central western New South Wales. The shop is not...