Archives: Biographies

Georgia Gravanis SMITH

Georgia Gravanis (GG) is a Greek/Australian model who lives to travel! She lives by the motto of ‘Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before’… This has taken her to some incredible places including Maldives, Mexico, Singapore, America and of course, her favourite – Greece.

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Gregory CHRONOPOULOS

Greg Chronopoulos originally migrated to Australia in 1955 to provide support for his family back in Greece. Now an active retiree, Greg is well known within Sydney’s Greek community as a media personality, author and community worker.

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Harry CORONES

Harry (Haralambos) Corones was born on the 17th September 1883, at Kithira, Greece to Panayiotis Coroneos and Stamatea (nee Freeleagus). Harry migrated to Australia on the 10th August 1907. For full biography, please refer to Greek tab.   Timeline: 1909:

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Harry Mavrolefteros

Harry Mavrolefteros was born on 13th November 1987 in Sydney; his father Kyriacos having been born in Cyprus and migrated to Australia after the Turkish occupation of 1974 and his mother Katerina (nee Kapodistrias) born to Mytilinean migrants. Harry is

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Helen ZEREFOS

Award winning soprano Helen Zerefos was born in Scone, NSW, Australia. Helen’s parents were both from Greece and arrived in Australia separately in 1927; mother Katina Andronicos Zerefos from Avlemonas, on the Greek island of Kythera and father Paul Zerefos

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Ilektra SPANDAGOU

Ilektra worked as a special teacher and completed her PhD at the University of Sheffield, UK in the area of inclusive education. She worked as a researcher at the University of Sheffield, UK, and as a lecturer at the University of Athens and the University of Thessaly, Greece before moving to the University of Sydney. Her research interests include disability, classroom diversity, and curriculum differentiation.

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James KALDIS

Date of Birth: 20/08/1932 Place of Birth: Greece Date of Death: 03/03/2007 Place of Death: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   James (Takis) Kaldis was a Greek-born Australian politician. Kaldis was born in Greece in the village Boros (today known

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Jim MPLIOKAS

Jim Mpliokas was born on the 8th of February 1945, the fourth of five children of Fr. Georgios (Old Calendar) and Paraskevi Mpliokas, in the town of Ellinokastro (Koursevo), Trikala, Greece.  Before his first birthday, his family moved to the

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Joan MESSARIS

Joan (Euphrosyne) Messaris was born in Sydney in 1953 and passed away in 2004 at the age of 51. Her death devastated her family and left a vacuum in the journalist world of the Greek community of Australia. She was

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John FILIPPAKIS

Affordable, Unobtrusive, Tasteful Videography Born and raised in Sydney. His parents are from the island of Samos. He worked as a jeweller for 20 years. He picked up a video camera and learned how to use it while travelling the

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