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submitted by SBS Radio on 10.02.2014

Angelo Notaras interviewed on the occasion of receiving the Order of Australia medal

Listen to the interview, spoken in English and translated into Greek, here:

Angelo Notaras interview on SBS.mp3

or, here

http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/greek/highlight/page/id/314250/t/Angelo-Notaras-awarded-OAM/in/english


View / download a more extensive article about Angelo Notaras from the Kytherian Association of Australia, Newsletter, here:

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submitted by Neos Kosmos, Melbourne on 10.02.2014

Six Greek Australians took out Australia Day awards

Powerful and everyday heroes honoured

Neos Kosmos Melbourne

30 Jan 2014

HELEN VELISSARIS


From Australia's most powerful Greeks to local heroes, the Australia Day awards have honoured six great Greek Australians for their outstanding work in the community.
Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical and the advisor to former American President Bill Clinton has been honoured for his "distinguished service to international business ...

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submitted by The Daily Examiner, Grafton on 10.02.2014

Calling Australia home was a lucky move for Greek son

Grafton Examiner
27th Jan 2014



MOVERS AND SHAKERS: Spiro and Angelo Notaras look out into one of the newly built smaller cinemas - at the Saraton Theatre. PHOTO: ADAM HOURIGAN

BUSINESSMAN, inventor, banana farmer, cinema owner, fundraiser - Angelo Notaras wears many hats and they all seem to fit comfortably.

His lifetime of achievement has been recognised with the Medal of the Order of Australia ...

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submitted by Kytherian Newsflash on 21.05.2013

Angelo and John Notaras of Atom Industries are awarded another two gold medals at the

Salon international des inventions de Genève - the International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva.

This year the Exhibition was held from the 10th April 2013 until the 14th April 2013.

http://www.inventions-geneva.ch/cgi-bin/fr-presse.php



Photograph: Angelo Notaras demonstrating the capabilities of a previous award winning hand held implement.

Each Gold Medal won by Atom Industries was ...

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submitted by Courier Mail, Brisbane on 13.04.2013

Our Greeks have kin on Kythera



Courier-Mail 8th June, 1972, page 2

Alan Underwood, who has just visited Greece on the inaugural Sydney-Athens flight of Olympic Airways, found an island that seemed largely populated with relatives of Queensland Greeks…

Alex Freeleagus, Greece's Aussie-born Consul in Queensland — might have told me before we landed on the Island of Kythera. This lonely, 14-miles-long mass of ...

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submitted by DAILY TELEGRAPH on 01.11.2008

Looking to expand: Envirolab Services Sydney managing director Tania Notaras is hoping to open up business in Perth



With right mix lab is confident of growth

Daily Telegraph Tuesday Oct 28 2008 page 49

Notaras Tania 2008 Oct Telegraph re growth.pdf

Jenny Dillon


At a time when businesses of every shape and hue are battening down the hatches, there is one that — despite having ...

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submitted by Kytherian Cinema Review on 09.08.2008

Aris Stavrou receives his award at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival



Ari Stavrou receives his award for Cinematography at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival

The 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (48o ΦΕΣΙΒAΛ KΙΝΗΜATΟΓΡAΦΟΥ ΘΕΣΣAΛΟΝΙKΗΣ), was held on the 27th November, 2007. The Thessaloniki International Film Festival is a member of the INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM PRODUCERS ASSOCIATIONS. The Festival was staged ...

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submitted by The Daily Examiner, Grafton on 12.10.2007

Spiro plans to honour his brother's memory.

Daily Examiner, Grafton.
04.09.2007

A MEMORIAL to Clarence Valley timber pioneer Brinos Notaras is being planned for an area of Bom Bom State Forest, south of Grafton city.

Brinos, well-known for his dedication to the timber trade, was a driving force behind the J Notaras & Sons timber mill at South Grafton. Brinos's brother and business partner, Spiro Notaras, said eight hectares of land on the Pacific Highway, near the high-level bypass to Armidale ...

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submitted by Australian Dictionary Of Biography on 07.10.2006

Freeleagus, Christy Kosmas (1889 - 1957).

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, farmer, and his wife Irene, née Panagitapolou. He was educated at Potamos College on Kythera. As that island lacked opportunity, inspired by stories of sailors returning from Australian goldfields, with his elder brother Peter he left for Sydney rather than the usual goal, America; ...