submitted by George Poulos on 08.04.2005
Interior of the California Cafe, from rear of shop looking out to entrance onto the steet, Nyngan, New South Wales.
submitted by George Poulos on 09.04.2005
The first panel of the travelling exhibition Milkshakes, Sundaes and Café Culture, which toured New South Wales in 2004 concentrated on the California Cafe in Nyngan. Originally owned by Nicholas Cretha, it was later purchased by Jack Vanges. Jack sold it to the Stathis family. For more information on Jack Vanges go to People, subsection, High Achievers, or search under Vanges, or Nyngan. To view the California ...
submitted by Jim Tzannes on 31.03.2005
Beautifully appointed park in Cobar NSW. It reflects a prosperous and well appointed town. Cobar is currently the home of one Kytherian, Arthur Conomos, Accountant.
submitted by Jim Tzannes on 30.03.2005
On display at the Cobar Heritage Centre. Many of the brands like Persil dishwashing powder, and Sunlight Soap, would be familiar to most Australians. Other brands are familiar to those who grew up in "the West". The Orbell's soft drink factory in Dubbo, distributed soft drinks throughout the Western districts of New South Wales. You will recognise other brands with which you were/are familiar.
On display in the Cobar Heritage Centre. {See previous entry}. On the menu Soft drinks are 4d each. It would be great to obtain a photograph of the Occidental in its prime?
Many of the Heritage Centres in New South Wales' country towns are superior. This one in Cobar is no exception. Local heritage centres and Historical Societies can be an invaluable resource for researching Hellenic and Kytherian heritage.
The main street of Cobar, NSW. Cobar is a prosperous and well-presented town. As mentioned in the previous entry Greeks/Kytherians have not operated stores of any kind there for many decades. However the early Greek/Kytherian history needs to be explored and re-discovered. Do any former Cobar residents and shop-owners, and their descendants have any information ot photographs that could lead us to rediscover Cobar's past?
A Turkish kebab vendor has set up in a mobile van in the main street of Cobar. {In an empty block, in the main street, next to the St Vincent de Paul shop.} He lives in the house next to the van, (visible in the background). Originally from Stathfield in Sydney, he moved to Cobar in 2004. He operates the van Thursday-Sunday from late afternoon - "to late". He is very friendly. When I introduced myself to him, he said: "Greeks....Turks...we ...
Is this the site of the Occidental Cafe, Cobar, in the first half of the 20th century? If so, does anyone have photographs of the Occidental Cafe and the Regent Theatre in Cobar? Peter Tsicalis has provided us with a Greek Business Register for the years 1935-38. Businesses operating in Cobar at the time included: "Cobar Nik and Ioannis Minas Tzortzopoulos from Karavas on Kythera had the ...
submitted by Peter Makarthis on 21.03.2005
Right-Catherine McCarthy(Psaros & Fatseas) proprietor of Koukla's at Gravelly Beach Tasmania with Sandra Archbold of Sydney. See entry High Achievers
submitted by George Poulos on 07.12.2006
was born in Gilgandra, in 1952, and left after completing my schooling in 1969. From about the beginning of WWII, until mid-1975 - Gilgandra, population, 2,900 - was a very Kytherian town. 5 families - the Pentes, Sklavos, Kelly (Yiannakellis), Psaltis (Protopsaltis), and Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) - lived in close proximity to each other - culturally, residentially, and commercially. In the main, Kytherians embraced Kytherians - Gilgandra embraced Kytherians ...
In another entry about the Monterey Cafe in Gilgandra, I revealed that "...I was born in Gilgandra, in 1952, and left after completing my schooling in 1969. From about the end of WWII, until mid-1975 - Gilgandra, population, 2,900 - was a very Kytherian town. 5 families - the Pentes, Sklavos, Kelly (Yiannakellis), Psaltis (Protopsaltis), and Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) - lived in close proximity to each other - culturally, residentially, and commercially.
In another entry about the Monterey Cafe in Gilgandra, I revealed that "...I was born in Gilgandra, in 1952, and left after completing my schooling in 1969. From about the end of WWII, until mid-1975 - Gilgandra, population, 2,900 - was a very Kytherian town. 5 families - the Pentes, Sklavos, Kelly ((Yiannakellis), Psaltis (Protopsaltis), and Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) - lived in close proximity to each other - culturally, residentially, and commercially.
submitted by George Poulos on 10.03.2005
In another entry about the Monterey Cafe in Gilgandra, I revealed that "...I was born in Gilgandra, in 1952, and left after completing my schooling in 1969. From about the end of WWII, until mid-1975 - Gilgandra, population, 2,900 - was a very Kytherian town. 5 families - the Pentes, Sklavos, Kelly (Koumokellie), Psaltis (Protopsaltis), and Poulos (Tzortzopoulos) - lived in close proximity to each other - culturally, residentially, and commercially.
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