submitted by Peter Makarthis on 26.01.2005
Researching has some lighter moments none more so than the variations of the spelling of Kythera and Cerigo. To date I have been able to isolate no less than 18 variations of Cerigo and 17 variations Kythera from official records. I am sure that our webmasters will be challenged to include them somewhere in our website! Peter M Makarthiadika Megali Tzerigo ( just in case you too are confused)
submitted by Damian N. Andronicus on 26.01.2005
BULLETIN OF THE HELLENIC PHILATELIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Volume 17. No. 64. Fourth Quarter, 1986. pp.62-67. [ISSN 0950-3102] by Damian N Andronicus Map 1. The Seventh Island. Map of the island of Cerigo, the southernmost Ionian Island, Cythera (Greek:Kythera). Copper plate engraved map on a page from atlas of Tomaso Porcacchi, "Isole del Mondo" published in Padua c1585. (Andronicus ...
submitted by Site Administrator on 18.02.2005
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Hailing from Potamos, on Kythera and already in his 50th year, Mr. Ioannis G. Potamos came to Australia in 1901. He is deserving of particular admiration,since, without the slightest knowledge of the English language and without any protection whatsoever, he succeeded in establishing, at various times during his time in Australia, three profitable shops. Of these, he is today the proprietor ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The life of Mr. N. I. Veneris, who comes from Kythera, is replete with moral instruction and the perfect example of the successful struggle to survive and to create a stable future. Great misfortune has attended Mr. Veneris, but he has always remained daring and composed. He is never cast down and keeps before his eyes the prospect of betterment and proceeds ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : In the inland country town of Quirindi in New South Wales, stands the shop of Mr. Panayiotis Zach. Kypriotis, who comes from Kythera. Mr. Kypriotis settled in this country town in 1910, having bought the shop with money afforded by his four years of continuous and unbroken work. Being now 21 years old, he is to be grouped with the youngest Greek shopowners.
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Mr. Ioannis Tambakis is one of the few persons of his age who are typified by a strong will and unceasing diligence. He is an extremely sympathetic personality, notable for his politeness and gentlemanly bearing. Since his father left for Greece, he has been owner and manager of a shop in the country town of Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, which he very skilfully ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" . Mr Kyriakos Ioan. Baveas is one of those who abandoned their work and hearkened to the call of the fatherland during the last two glorious wars. He left Australia at once for Greece on the declaration of the Greco-Turkish War and served as a sailor for the whole of the two wars and then returned to Australia, and is now in the country town of Narrabri, in New South Wales. ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Three men, full of the desire to progress in life and Kythereans by descent, Messrs. Sarantos and Leonidas D. Diakopoulos and Sarantos G. Zantiotis, at the beginning of 1914 purchased two magnificent and profitable shops that stand in a very central location in the country town of Parkes. With the commercial name of Diakopoulos Bros., these splendidly functioning shops ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Mr. Panayiotis Mazarakis, who come from Potamos in Kythera, is a distinguished athlete in boxing and highly renowned for the number of the prizes awarded him by various states of Australia. Since 1913, Mr. Mazarakis has held in partnership with his brother, Andreas, a shop in the country town of Forbes, in New South Wales, which is populous and famed for its gardens.
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Mr. Ioannis Makris, who comes from Valtetsi in Arcadia, is a valuable protector of, and advisor, as it were, to the Greeks settled in the coastal suburb of Manly in Sydney. Mr. Makris was the first to found his establishment there in 1902 and is the only person to have contributed to the foundation of most of the Greek shops in this suburb, offering his eager material and spiritual support ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Three centrally located shops stand in the great city of Newcastle, in New South Wales, belonging to the brothers Messrs. Phokas and Efstathios Sp. Paizis and to their cousin, Mr. Spyros Ant. Paizis, all of whom come from Stavros on Ithaki. Settling in Newcastle many years ago, they later founded these two resplendent establishments, where not a few fellow Greeks work. ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Kindly, gentle, direct, peaceable, sweet natured and the complete philanthrope – such is the sympathetic 50-year old Mr. Georgios Paxinos, son of Efstathios, who hails from Ithaki and is the oldest of all the Greeks settled in Newcastle. When he first came to Australia, in 1891, he engage to engage in various business activities with great eagerness. After a struggle ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Among the Greeks who possess splendid shops in Australia is to be placed the 30-year-old Mr. G. N. Sofianos, who hails from the village of Phrykes, on Ithaki. Mr. Sofianos arrived in Australia twenty years ago. He now owns in partnership a most splendid and profitable shop in Newcastle, which bears the name Denes and Denes. He is therefore rightly to be classed among ...
submitted by Victor Panaretos on 08.01.2005
Article from: St George & Sutherland Shire Leader 16 November 2004 pages 7 & 8 Author: John Mulcair Photo: John Veage Milkbar family sells, and leaves you in good hands PHOTO CAPTION: Farewell: Peter and Bill Cassimatis have retired after running the Caringbah landmark for 36 years. Peter is pictured front left with Bill and his ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Six years have flowed by since the brothers Pythagoras and Mavroudis Hatzimichael settled in Australia. By reason of the unfortunate events that took place in Samos in 1908, the brothers were compelled to leave in 1909 their particular homeland, Palaio Karlovasi, and to settle in Melbourne in Australia. Three splendid shops, not to be despised in terms of worth and ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Mr. G. Sotiriou, who came to Australia 31 years ago, resides in Melbourne. For reasons byond his control, he was compelled to leave Greece in 1883 and the naval career on which he had embarked, following special training. Upon arrival in Australia, he found employment in the merchant marine and subsequently was engaged in various business activities. By reason of his ...
submitted by Site Administrator on 09.02.2005
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : A particular commercial acument distinguishes the polyglot Panayiotis B. Frantzis, who hails from Kalavryta. While still a child, he moved, with the approval of his parents, to Egypt, where he was not slow to engage in commercial activity. In 1902, he moved from Egypt to South Africa, in pursuit of a better future, where, within a short period ...
(The oldest Greek of Australia and still living) This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The large and attractive inland country town of Parkes, in New South Wales, is linked by rail to Sydney, from which it is about four miles distant. Here there is a paddock where milk-producing cows of Australia graze on abundant pasturage. These, together with a small residence, built of wood, constitute the rural property ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Panos and Ioannis Spy. Zervos, who come from the viallage of Agia Saranda on Ithaki. They own and manage one of the most profitable shops of Newcastle. It lies a little beyond the central street of the town and was established a few years ago by the older of the two brothers, Panos Zervos, who took on his younger brother as a partner a short time later.
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The son of a merchant and a tireless pironeer of progress, Mr. Dimitrios A. Palladas hails from Navplio. Practicising the trade of merchant since childhood, Mr. Palladas arrived in Australia in 1909, driven by the flame of a fervid desire for trade on a higher level. Working continuously for a year and familiarising himself with the different customs of Australia, he founded a small shop ...
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