Date of birth: 23 March 1927 Place of birth: Skepasto, province of Thessaloniki, Macedonia Arrived in Australia: 7 October 1966 Occupation: Factory Worker I was born in the village of Skepasto, in the province of Thessaloniki. Our village is a very small village. It had about 150 houses then. It’s at the foot of the […]
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Con Rontos (b. 1925, Skala, Italy)
Date of birth: 22 December 1925 Place of birth: Skala, Peloponnese Arrived in Australia: 17 February 1956 Occupation: Baker and Factory Worker I completed primary school in 1938. Our parents had no intention of sending us to secondary school, but neither did we, the children, want to go. We also had the odd idea that […]
Sophia Nikitarakos (b. 1924, Patra, Peloponnesos, Greece)
Date of birth: 6 December 1924 Place of birth: Patra, Peloponnesos Arrived in Australia: 25 September 1954 Occupation: Dressmaker and Factory Owner I was born in Patra. My childhood years were very happy because we were a very close family. We made a living from our property. At Easter, for one season only, we cultivated […]
Harry Polites (b. 1906, Vasiliki, Lefkas, Greece)
Date of birth: 8 March 1906 Place of birth: Vasiliki, island of Lefkas Arrived in Australia: 17 November 1926 Occupation: Shopowner Our history in Australia goes a long way back. Some years after my mother’s death, my father decided to come to Australia. He arrived in 1923. He was in his mid-forties. I came aboard […]
Harry Pantelis (b. 1904, Kalimnos, Greece)
Date of birth: 27 July 1904 Place of birth: Island of Kalimnos, Aegean Islands Arrived in Australia: 16 October 1924 Occupation: Shopkeeper, Cook. There were three brothers in my family in Greece. One of my brothers, who was in France during the war, was wounded and died. Later, in 1920, my other brother came to […]
Forza Juve – the role of football in forming community
By Carlo Carli, President, Brunswick Zebras Brunswick Zebras Football Club is a direct descent of the Melbourne Juventus Club. Today it is a large community club based in Sumner Park, Brunswick East. After starting out as an Italian club, it is now an all-inclusive club, with male and female teams and with players from diverse cultural and […]
Jack Gilham
Jack was born in Clifton Hill, 13 September 1923. Jack spent his childhood years in Brunswick. Jack went to South Brunswick State School to Grade 6. Then he went to Brunswick Technical School for 2 years. When Jack was 14 the Great Depression started. Jack started to help out his parents to feed and support […]
World War 1 : Women in Uniform
The City of Brunswick : Elizabeth Gertrude FLEMING Annie Frances GRIFFIN Mabel Lucy HUTCHINSON Linda FLOWER Alice Elizabeth KITCHEN/KITCHIN Blanche Catherine KILSBY Charlotte Joan McALLISTER (O.B.E) Flora MELVILLE Elvina Mary OVEREND BLANCHE Lily RICKETTS Sarah Jane PROCTER Olive Mary ROSE Florence WILLANS Blodywn Elizabeth WILLIAMS The Town of Coburg : Milanie Treleavan AMBLER Octavia Ione […]
World War 1 : Sister Charlotte Joan McAllister (O.B.E)
Sister Charlotte Joan McAllister Address : 11 Charles Street, Brunswick Next of Kin : father, Mr William McAllister, 11 Charles Street, Brunswick. mother Lillias Amy McAllister, nee Shaw. Sadly, rather less is known of the First World War Service of Charlotte Joan McAllister than most of the other local nurses as she served again in World […]
Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 Part 5
By Kevin in Diamond Creek – the following reminiscences are not necessarily in chronological order. See also Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 1 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 2 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 part 3 Living in a Brunswick terrace 1940 – 1953 […]