submitted by George Poulos on 13.11.2009
I Zoi En Afstralia - Life in Australia - panel at exhibition Outlining the story behind this marvellous book, published in 1916; chronicling the lives of many of the Greek-Australiam cafe and shop-owners in Australia at the time. Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW staged the Milkshakes, Sundaes and Cafe Culture exhibition in various venues around New South Wales, Australia, in 2003-2004. The travelling exhibition enhanced Australian ...
submitted by Peter Makarthis on 05.05.2007
A paper bag for sweets/chocolates etc from the Australia Cafe Otho Street Inverell NSW c1936. Sid & Harry Zantis(Zantiotis - Potamos)
submitted by George Poulos on 27.05.2004
Radio National Program, *ABC Radio, Australia. *ABC stands for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the Public (Government, non-commercial) broadcaster in Australia. From, http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/perspective/stories/s944776.htm presented by Sandy McCutcheon on Monday 15/09/2003 Leonard Janiszewski (written with Effy Alexakis) Summary: California Dreaming: 'The Greek cafe' and ...
submitted by George Poulos on 07.12.2004
Capitol Cafe East Row, Canberra, ACT, 1937 The Capitol, perhaps the most renowned of the Australian capital's early Greek cafes, opened its doors on Thursday morning, 27 October, 1927. It continued to serve the needs of Canberra's growing population for the next thirty years. Back Row, from left: Spero Cassidy, Jack Cassidy, Theo Notaras, Manuel Calligeris and Peter Cassidy. Front Row: Agapy Cassidy, Katina Notaris and Hariklia Cassidy (nee Mihalakaki)
submitted by George Poulos on 09.12.2004
Effy Alexakis & Leonard Janiszewski, based at Macquarie University, have been undertaking systematic research into the Greek-Australian Cafe phenomenon for decades. Please contact them if you have any information about your parents, grandparents, uncles, cousins etc - cafe. From, http://www.austhistmuseum.mq.edu.au/greek/new.htm THE GREEK CAFÉ We are currently doing research on the Greek café, initially focusing on New ...
submitted by George Poulos on 08.05.2004
"Loula" Zantiotis and the Busy Bee Cafe Mrs Theodora Zantiotis 242 Conadilly St GUNNEDAH NSW 2380 On Saturday, August 16th, 2003, page 29, the Newcastle Herald, http://www.theherald.com.au/ published the following article about Loula Zantiotis and the Busy Bee Cafe. Light grows dim from beacons of hospitality. By, Philippa Murray. Stopping at the Greek cafe on the way ...
submitted by George Poulos on 03.05.2004
The Cremorne Tea Gardens set up by Theodore Politis in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda in 1916. Politis came from the island of Leukas to Australia in 1901. I include this photograph here because another Politis, George Politis, an emigrant - initially TO Karavas, Kythera - would later, emigrate to Brisbane, Australia, and establish a shop there. His son, Nick Politis, would later achieve both fame and fortune in Sydney, NSW. To ...
Kytherian store owner near the front counter of his store at Woodburn, NSW, circa 1922/23. The cafe owner has not been identified. Can anyone help to identify him? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm Thanks to Maria Hill, for allowing us to reproduce Kytherian photographs at kythera-island...... ...
Kytherian store owner at counter of his store at Woodburn, NSW, circa 1922/23. The cafe owner has not been identified. Can anyone help to identify him? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm Thanks to Maria Hill, for allowing us to reproduce Kytherian photographs at kythera-island......
Kytherian store owner in his store at Woodburn, NSW, circa 1922/23. The cafe owner has not been identified. Can anyone help to identify him? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm Thanks to Maria Hill, for allowing us to reproduce Kytherian photographs at kythera-island......
From, Denis A. Conomos, The Greeks in Queensland. A History from 1859-1945. 2002. p. 119. "In about 1912, the Kytherian, George Sklavos, opened the American Milk Bar at 276-278 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, having apparently spent some time in America and observed the latest milk bar developments there. His shop was one of the most modern of its type at the time, and it became a model which many of its owner's compatriots were to copy. A modern version of ...
submitted by George Poulos on 02.05.2004
Greek cafe owner preparing wood for use in the kitchen. Photograph taken in Bega, NSW, circa 1950s. The cafe owner has not been identified. Can anyone help to identify him? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm Thanks to Maria Hill, for allowing us to reproduce Kytherian photographs ...
The Kytherian owned Dorrigo Hotel, 1924. The individuals have not been identified. Can anyone help fill in the history of these Kytherians? The history of Kytherian ownership of the Dorrigo Hotel has not been recounted to date. Can anyone inform us of this history? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm
The following article appeared in the Dubbo Liberal Newspaper in October, 2003. [Dubbo is situated in the geographic centre of the state of New South Wales. Dubbo ia one of the fastest growing inland cities in Australia. The increasing importance of Dubbo is reflected in its population growth over the past 30 years from 12,000 in 1954 to its current estimate of 38,000. The City has a strong reputation for its successful and innovative approach to the ...
submitted by George Poulos on 29.04.2004
Backyard of a Kytherian shop in Tenterfield in 1922. The individuals have not been identified. Can anyone help fill in the history of these Kytherians? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm Thanks to Maria Hill, for allowing us to reproduce Kytherian photographs at kythera-island....
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. In the main, Kytherians embraced Kytherians - Gilgandra embraced Kytherians ...
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Nicholas Aroney came to Australia from Kytheria in 1902. He was well known for his hospitality to new Kytherian arrivals. Photograph cira Sydney 1916. No history of this Shop has been provided. Can anyone help fill in the history of this Shop? To view a larger collection of photo's, including many Kytherian-Australian photo's go to http://www.cybernaut.com.au/greeksinoz/photographs/photos.htm
submitted by George Poulos on 30.04.2004
The Museums and Galleries Foundation of NSW (MGF) staged the -"Milkshakes, Sundaes and Cafe Culture" exhibition in various venues around New South Wales, Australia, in 2003-2004. The photo above was taken at the Inverell Motor Museum exhibition, Inverell, NSW, in April 2004. The woman standing in front of the display is Angelique(nee, Mitchell/Michaletos) Papadopoulos. She now lives in Wollongong, NSW. Angelique was bought up in Inverell. Her father Steve ...
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