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Comino, Athanassio (1844? - 1897) and JOHN (1858?-1919), oyster merchants, were born on the Ionian island of Kythera (Cerigo), Greece, sons of Demetrio Comino, farmer, and his wife Agapy, née Menego. In 1873 Athanassio a...
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Laurantus, Sir Nicholas (Nick) (1890 - 1980), businessman and philanthropist, was born on 5 February 1890 on the island of Kythera, Greece, third of twelve children of Panayiotis Lourantos, contractor, and his wife Angel...
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Freeleagus, Christy Kosmas (1889 - 1957) businessman and honorary consul, was born Christos Frilingos on 16 November 1889 at Frilinganika on the island of Kythera, Greece, one of twelve children of Kosmas Frilingos, farm...
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George Feros by his daughter Ruby M Brown (nee Feros) Institute OF KYTHERAISMOS. 2nd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. PROCEEDINGS Thank you for the privilege of being here today to share with you the life of George Feros. The sy...
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Photo: George Papadopoulos Getting a foot in the door Manny Tsigas talks to PR and Marketing Manager Victoria Simos about her role in helping run Australia's leading community television production house - RMITV. UTTER...
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“In attempting a book upon a country so well trodden as Japan, I could not hope — nor would I consider it prudent attempting — to discover totally new things, but only to consider things in a totally new way. . . . The s...
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Fresh start in a sea world. Two brothers have something fishy, whether it’s fresh or cooked, to suit all tastes. Good Living, August 15th, 2006, page 4. The Notaras family has been in fish shops since Jim Notaras came to...
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An Interview with Nicholas Laurantus. By Takis Constantopedos & Alfred Vincent, published in the periodical To Yofiri, no. 3-4, Sydney 1978, pp. 15-17. The original inteview was conducted in both Greek and English, and w...
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George Mormoris, a Kytherian, a doctor, and writer, produced a Greek translation, or more correctly, an adaptation, of a famous Italian play, Tasso's "Aminta". He published it in 1745. The play's significance is that it...
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MAJOR MEDAL WINNERS 34th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF INVENTIONS, GENEVA, 5th-9th April 2006 The 2006 Exhibition was a great success for Australian inventors. They won two Gold and one Silver and one Bronze medal. Even mo...
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* O KOSMOS, March 1988 * page 15 *IN OUR OTHER LANGUAGE * 10 UNCOVERED BY “THE AUSTRALIAN HELLENIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY”. In “Young World” today it gives me pleasure to publish a brief history of the early Greek immigrant,...
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Gods' Garden God looked around His garden and found a special place - He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face. He put his arms around you and lifted you to rest, Gods'garden must be beautiful He alway...
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The Great Frame-Up. All over Britain last week, workmen were using a strange new construction material that looked amazingly like sections of a toy Erector set and worked much the same way. The material was the Dexion Sl...
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Aroney Cafe. Junction Street, Nowra. Nicholas was a very hard worker and the business was quite successful but after taking over full control of the business was finding it hard to manage the shop on his own, so he wrote...
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George Miller and Michael Jonson. At George's twin brother's wedding in 1970. George Miller and Michael Jonson. 2005. Two Of Us Interviews by: Georgia Cassimatis Director, Dr George Miller, 59 and best friend, pharmacis...
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Reprinted by permission, from the Desert Dispatch, Barstow, California Tuesday, August 10, 2004 Backward Glance by Steve Smith Meet Barstow's Olympian: Pete Clentzos Editor's note: This is the first of two parts. Recentl...
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Volume 1, Issue 5, Epsilon (Magazine), 31st May, 2006; pages 1, & 34-39 Epsilon is a new Greek-Australian magazine, which is published bi-weekly. Volume 1, Issue 1, was launched on April 1, 2006. It is available at all...
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A stroll in Athens with his uncle, before Chris Hatgis leaves for Greece Our Yesterdays. Grafton's Greek connection. The Daily Examiner, Tuesday October 7, 2003, page 11. By, Lauretta Godbee Chris Hatgis was 13 years ol...
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Some current Australian names bare little resemblance to their original Greek names and some none at all. e.g. we almost had a Greek Don Bradman! A Greek who had difficulty with his surname decided to change his name to...
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Profiles of Champions. The achievers. A true all-rounder by, Max Godbee. The Daily Examiner, (Grafton), Friday, December 6, 2002. page 34. Talk about great all-round sportsman produced on the Clarence and the name or Sp...
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