submitted by Site Administrator on 09.02.2005
(President of the Greek Community in Melbourne) This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Unique commercial genius: This is the appropriate phrase to apply to the Honourable President of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Mr. Antonios I. I. Lekatsas, once struggling for his living, and today a great businessman. 24 years have flowed past and, properly used by a great, capable and audacious man, such as Mr. Antonios ...
submitted by Site Administrator on 18.02.2005
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Catoomba, in New South Wales, is one of the most important country towns in Australia. It lies about 29 miles away from Sydney, with which it is linked by rail. This country town, with its beautiful parks and magnificent hotels, is a great rural delight. It has many houses and in particular holiday homes, used during the summer. It is surrounded by a row of lofty mountains, which make ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : In the small country town of Molong, in New South Wales, stands the smart and profitable shop belonging to the sympathetic Mr. Georgios Kallinikos, who is a Greek from Kythera. The shop was purchased by Mr. Kallinikos at the beginning of 1914, although he was previously the owner of another shop in another country town. Mr. Kallinikos is very young and worthy of particularly ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Hailing from the village of Mitata on Kythera, Mr. Ioannis Prineas, who is full of the desire for betterment in life, is to be classed among the extremely well set up Greeks of Australia. He came to Australia about the middle of 1906 and, thanks to his hard work and perseverance, established a shop in a small country town in New South Wales, which he shortly sold, to buy another located ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Among those engaged in the purchase of real estate in Australia are the brothers Nikolaos and Theodoros G. Marselou. They are shop keepers in the country town of Narrandera, in New South Wales and are from Kythera. Although they are still young and despite not having been in Australia long, they have managed, thanks to their conscientiousness and their commercial acumen, ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : North of Sydney stands the large country town of Armidale. Here stands the impressive establishment that one belonged to the Kodratos or Theodorakakis brothers and which now belongs to Mr. George P. Kominos, who hails from Kythera. Mr. Kominos came to Australia from Athens in 1906 and, after working for five years in various positions alongside fellow Greeks, he succeeded ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Hailing from the village of Mitata on Kythera, Mr. G. Sklavos left while still a child for Smyrna and from there, scarcely 20 years old, he came to Australia in search of better fortune. After many years of work, during which he was engaged in various business activities, he formed a partnership with some other fellow Greeks and succeeded but three years ago in founding ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The Kalligeros brothers and Mr. G. Kalopaidis, possess two extremely profitable shops, one of which stands in the country town of Temora, in New South Wales, with the well-known name of Calogeros Bros., whilst the other stands in West Wyalong, with the name Calopedis and Calogeros. Both the Kalligeros brothers and Mr. Calopaidis hail from Kythera. Originally Mr. Dimitrios ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Georgios Em. Potiris and Georgios Dam. Andronikos are the names of two cousins, hailing from Mylopotamos of Kythera, who are closely linked with the commercial progress of the Greeks of Australia, since they are from among the first Greeks to have brought a hotel in New South Wales. In the wealthy and charming New South Wales country town of Walcha, which lies northwest ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Hailing from Kythera, Mr. Haralambos P. Koronis, having performed his military service in Greece, came to Australia, under the impetus of the desire to achieve his goal. There here worked alongside various fellow Greeks as an employee for nearly two years, before founding an establishment in the country town of Charleville, in Queensland, which today belongs to him.
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : One of the monuments to Greek ability and progress abroad is the establishment, of three storeys, owned by Mr. Nikolaos Andronikos, from Mylopotamos on Kythera. It was built by Mr. Andronikos in 1912 in a central location in Sydney. Mr Andronikos, following the flow of migrants that holds sway in Greece, came to Australia in 1897. Completely unknown to all, he found work at the side of ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The brothers Ioannis, Nikolaos and Kosmas Protopsalti, offspring of Dimitris Protopsalti, of Mitata in Kythera, are to be numbered among th eextremely well established Greeks of Sydney, young as they are and despite the fact that they arrived but a few years ago. They are the owners of two splendid establishments, located in the centre of Sydney, one of which stands ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : The brothers Antonios and Dimitrios Kosma Souri, who hail from Agia Anastasia, on Kythera, are the possessors of a total of three establishments. Two of these are located in the country town of Orange and the third stands in Uralla, in New South Wales. Many fellow Greeks work in these businesses, towards whom the managers, Messrs. the brothers Souri, behave with great solicitude. The Souri ...
submitted by Site Administrator on 16.09.2005
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : A clear picture of straightforward brotherly co-operation, persistence, love and great willpower is given by our splendidly established fellow Greeks of Brisbane, the Phrylingou brothers. Of these, the first to arrive in Australia were Panayiotis, who is also the eldest of all, and Christos, in 1901. These two were the founders and the linchpins for all the success ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Taree is an attractive riverside country town of New South Wales, linked by rail to Sydney and famous for the quality of the oysters produced in the area. Thus the town greatly aided the brothers Messrs. Ioannis and Giorgios Kasimatis, sons of Michaelis Kasimatis, to settle successfully. After a period of some years in Athens, the brothers arrived ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Two splendid and extremely profitable shops, located in the city of Glenn Innes, in New South Wales, do worthy honour to the Greek name. The shops, both of which stand on the central streets of the city, are run by the young and ambitious brothers Messrs. Theodoros and Panayiotis Kritharis, sons of Evangelos Kritharis, and their cousins, Messrs. Minas and Theodoros Tzortzopoulos, all of ...
submitted by Site Administrator on 01.04.2007
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : North of Sydney and lying on a straight line are the country towns of Moree and Inverell, distinguished for their wealth. Moree is particularly noted for its healing sulphur springs, to which many resort for a cure, even from as far afield as England. In these country towns are located five ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Among those who have speedily settled in Australia is to be included Mr. Michael Koronis, who hails from Kythera and is highly educated. After sojourns in London and Port Said, where his family also was, he arrived in Australia in 1909. After a period of only five months, he brought an extremely profitable shop in Goulbourn, a city of New South Wales, whose beauty vies with that of the ...
This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Of the Kordatou brothers, who come from Kythera, Kyriakos was the first to arrive, disembarking in Australia in 1901. He became the principal support of his other brothers who came after him, Stylianos, Antonios, Georgios, Dimitrios and Ioannis. In 1903, one of the brothers, Kyriakos, established a magnificent shop in Armidale, which still exists. This was sold recently and ...
(Treasurer of the Greek Community in Brisbane) This biography is part of a collection from "Life in Australia" : Among those who posses an enviable commercial position in Brisbane is to be included Mr. Theodoros St. Kominos, who hails from Dourianika on Kythera. After a short stay in Athens, at the age of only 18 years, Mr. Kominos departed for Australia in 1901. Having at the beginning various jobs, he succeeded with his brothers, ...
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