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Amalia Samios
May 24, 20235 min read
Stratee Notara and Stavroula Kastrision
Efstratios Notaras was the eldest of five children born in Frilingianika to Manolis Notaras, a farmer, and Kali Aroni. He was born on 10...
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Amalia Samios
May 11, 20233 min read
Peter Cassimatis - survivor of the 1914 Exeter train disaster
Not a lot is known about Peter Cassimatis, but what is known is that he was lucky to survive his first few days in Australia. It is...
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Amalia Samios
Apr 26, 20233 min read
Dionisios Panaretos - shot in his shop and lived to tell the tale
Dionisios Panaretos was born on 7 December 1876 in Potamos even though he believed he was born 28 September 1876. He was the fifth of the...
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Amalia Samios
Apr 12, 20234 min read
Alexandros Firos - lucky survivor of a shop fire
Alexandros Firos was born on 10 January 1894 to Ioannis Firos of Theodoros and Erini Protopsalti of Ioannis in Mitata. He was 5’2 1/2”...
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Amalia Samios
Mar 29, 20232 min read
Minas Aronis - born 1902 to Kosmas and Erini
Minas Aronis (Kavopoulos and Sotirakos), also known as Minas Aroney, was born on 25 January, 1902 in Aroniadika, Kythera, Greece. He was...
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Amalia Samios
Mar 15, 20232 min read
Forbes, NSW - its history and its Kytherian Presence
1817 Lake Forbes discovered, and town of Black Ridge settled soon after 1860 Pioneer cemetery established (166 graves) 1861-1863 ...
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