SS MISR-VOYAGE TO AUSTRALIA 1947

My Mother Violet(Stavroula) Dimitratos(nee Theodorakakis/Cordato) travelled from Potamos Kythera to Australia on the SS MISR in 1947 along with 17 other Kytherians.Its journey was controversial and hit news headlines in Austalia.Her account of this journey as well as other Greeks can be found on the Sydney Morning Herald website set up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of its voyage----www.smh.com.au/multimedia/misr/theodorakakis.html
Maria Mihailidis