This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" :


In the small country town of Guyra, in New South Wales, one may meet the extremely young and very charming Mr. Anastasios P. Kominos, who is but 19 years old and who comes from Kythera. With the help of his uncle, he succeeded a short time ago in purchasing an establishment in Guyra, housed in buildings belonging to the Kodratos (or Theodorakakis) brothers.

The country town of Guyra is noted for its unlimited production of potatoes, which are so readily consumed throughout Australia.

Mr. Kominos is an example to be imitated, who, although still young in years and experience, is nevertheless manager and owner of a most lucrative shop.

How many of his contemporaries waste their valuable time on harmful amusements and idle dreams!


This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" published in 1916 by John Comino. It is an important book as it was one of the first Greek books published in Australia for the Greeks back in the homeland. If they needed any more convincing of the golden opportunities awaiting them in Australia, it probably helped create interest amongst young Kytherians and other Greeks. Each of the men portrayed in the book paid for the honour, which, considering their reputation for thriftiness, must have made the decision a hard one for many a Kytherian.

The Kythera-Family.net team, with the support of the Nicolaus Aroney Trust and other generous sponsors, has undertaken to transcribe the entire book for the website and to translate it into English for the non-greek-speaking diaspora community. We hope to also produce a printed version of the translation of Life in Australia sometime in 2005.

For valuable information about the historical background of the publication of Life in Australia, please read the entry by Hugh Gilchrist I ZOI EN AFSTRALLIA in the History, General History section.