The photograph is of Phillipos Varvarigos (Regos), taken in the 1920s. He arrived in Australia from Ithaca during the early decades of the twentieth century. He was married to Olympia and they had two sons, Nick and Nonda Regos. Many of the early Greek immigrants anglicized their surnames after settling Australia. 'Varvarigos' was often changed to 'Regos', 'Rigos' or 'Varigos'. A sepia studio photograph of a head and shoulders view of well-dressed man wearing a tweed suit and bows tie. The photograph is in post card format.rigos, varvarigos

The photograph was taken outside the Evangelismos Greek Orthodox Church East Melbourne following a celebratory eulogy marking the unification of the Heptanese (seven islands) with Greece in 1864. The Heptanese are located in Western Greece in the Ionian Sea. They include Kerkira, Zakinthos, Lefkada, Ithaca, Paxos, Kefallonia, and Kythera. The celebration is organised each year by Melbourne's Heptanesean Federation and commences with a celebratory church eulogy followed by afternoon tea and cultural activities at the host clubrooms. The women are dressed in traditional dress of each island .Ithaca (and the other islands of the Heptanese) were unified with Greece in 1864. From approx 1500 Ithaca was under centuries-long Venetian rule, which largely preserved it from becoming part of the Ottoman Empire, thus creating a distinct cultural identity with Venetian influences. Following a brief period in 1797 of French rule, Ithaca became a British protectorate from 1809 until 1864 followng which the island was reunified with the modern Greek state. Although Ithacans made up the largest number of Greek migrants who settled in Melbourne in the first half of the twentieth century, other Greeks from the neighbouring Ionian Islands also migrated to Australia during those years. In particular from Lefkada, and also from Kythera most of whom settled in regional towns in New South Wales and Queensland.A newspaper cutting mounted on white cardboard which includes a photograph taken in front of a brick building with a caption below in Greek. The photograph is of a celebration and features eight ladies dressed in Greek traditional dress in front of a group of people. The celebrations by the Heptanesian Federation of Melbourne for the 135th anniversary of the unification of the the seven Ionian islands with mother Greece, commence tomorrow with a celebratory eulogy at the The Holy Temple of the Evangelismos Church East Melbourne. The afternoon of the same day at the Lefkadian Brotherhood Hall, 12A Bell St; Coburg, the Federation has organised a cultural and musical afternoon dedicated to 'The Seven Diamonds of the Ionian'. The program will feature a talk, 'Angelos Sikelianos, an environmentalist, before his time', by Mr. N.Sofokleos; recitations from Stathis Raftopoulos and Thanasis Makrigeorgos; and Heptanesian melodies and songs from the choir and orchestra of the Educational Group of Florina, Melbourne. At the conclusion , savoury snacks, coffee and sweets will be served. Entry is free. In the photo, a snapshot of last year's event.eptanesian

The photograph was taken at an Ithacan Philanthropic Society annual picnic held at Bacchus Marsh. The men picture are all wearing badges. People attending the picnics received a medallion shaped badge which they wore while at the picnic. Race officials also wore a special badge (with ribbon) to identify them. Pictured standing from left to right, Alkinos Paizes, Gerasimos Raftopoulos (Bourlotos) and Spiros Paizis-Danias; seated from left to right Orpheas (?), Andreas Papadopoulos, Andreas Zavitsanos, Stathi Kallinikos and Con Zervos. A sepia photograph of eight men photographed in a park. Three are standing behind five men who are seated. The names of the men are written in Greek on the back of the photograph. vendouras, alkinoos

Pano Dellas and Bill Benias were attending the art exhibition organised by the Ithacan Philanthropic Society to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 1991. Members of the society were invited to submit art works. A coloured photograph of two men standing in front of a board displaying art works.

The man on the LHS of the photograph is Nikos Kandiliotis (Liarokapis), the other unknown. Nick and his brothers, Clementine, Jim (Dimitri) and Orpheus were some of the many young Ithacan men who migrated to Melbourne in the 1920s and 1930s. Their parents, Chrisostomi and Stathis, followed them after World War 2.A sepia mounted studio photograph in post card format of two smartly dressed young men. The mounting cardboard fawn and brown.

Pictured from L-R: Xenia and Stamati Sharikis and Yiannikos Raftopoulos. They were attending a social function at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. A coloured photograph of a lady and two men sitting in a room at a social event. There is a white border at the top and bottom of the photograph.

The two men are from L-R: Jack Collins and Leo Kostos who were members of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society.Both men were the children of Ithacan immigrants who settled in Melbourne in the early 20th century. A coloured photograph with a white border at the top and bottom of the photograph of two men sitting on a lounge chair at a social function.

A portrait photo of Panagiotis Stamelatos taken in Athens in 1926.A photograph of a framed sepia head and shoulders photo of a man dressed in a suit. Information about the photograph is written in Greek across the bottom of the photo mount.Translated from the Greek: Athens 15 August 1926 Panyiotis Stamelatos.

The two ladies in the photograph are Sia Andrews and Helen Koutsoukis at a social function at the Ithacan club rooms. Sia, a second generation Ithacan, was the first woman president of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. Helen's parents were from the island of Kastellorizo. Sia's son Ross and Helen's daughter Chrisanthi (Cynthia) married. In the early days of Greek migration the Ithacans and the Kastellorizians were two of the largest Greeks communities in Melbourne. The children of this first wave of immigrants, such as Sia and Helen, developed close friendship through Greek school and various cultural celebrations and social connections. A coloured photograph of two ladies at a social function. They are both wearing name tags.

The ladies were attending a social function at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society's club rooms. Antonia Andrews-Psaros is serving the refreshments to Eula Collins and Nina Mills.A coloured photograph of ladies seated in rows at a social function. One lady is standing in front of them serving refreshments.

The Ithacan dance group, taught by Olga Black, were performing at the annual Greek Community Antipodes Festival in Lonsdale Street Melbourne some time in thein the late 1990s. The dancers are wearing the traditional Ithacan costume. Pictured from L-R: Andrianna Bisas, Nicoletta ?, Emilia Calinikos, Eleni Tsalikis, Yianni Callinikos, unknown, Kristina Tsalikis. Olga who is of Ithacan descent, danced for a number of years in Athens for the Dora Stratou Dance Group which is renown for its traditional dance performances and costumes representing the various regions of Greece. Olga also taught Greek dance in Melbourne across the Greek and Australian community. The Ithacan Philanthropic Society has supported the teaching of traditional Greek dancing over the years and the Ithacan dance ensembles have performed at a variety of functions. A coloured photograph of seven young people dressed in traditional Ithacan costume dancing on an open air stage in a street.

The children were members of the Ithacan and Kastellorizian dance groups which performed at many functions in the 1990s. Olga Black photographed with the group was their dance teacher.The teaching of Greek dance to second and third generations of Australian born children of Greek background is one way of ensuring that the culture will be passed on. Together with Ithacans, the Kastellorizian community is one of the oldest Greek communities in Melbourne. A coloured photograph of a large group of children and dressed in Greek national costumes. There is one adult with the group. The names of the participants are written on the back of the photograph.

Olga Black, who is holding the flowers is photographed with her sister-in-law, June Black and her nieces, Julie-Anne and Samanda at a function at the Ithacan clubrooms celebrating Olga's 70th birthday. A colour photograph of four ladies. One of the ladies is holding a bunch of flowers.

A group of Ithacans on an outing to a Melbourne beach. Back - unknown; middle l-r, unknown, Chrisoula Kallinikos-Sikiotis, Nina Black; front Nina Kallinikos-Black.A sepia print of four ladies and one girl standing on steps which are leading to a beach. The names of the people have been written on the back of the photograph. There is a white border surrounding the photo.

Pictured are Thalia (nee Paizis) Papadopoulos (Stravolemis) and her daughter Irini who in adult life was known as the actress Irini Pappas. The picture was taken at Bacchus Marsh at the annual Ithacan picnicA sepia photograph with a white border of a lady and a little girl standing in a camping ground under a large tree. The little girl is holding a book.

The photo is of the Paizis family taken in 1915 in Perth Western Australia. Picture standing is Nikolaos Paizis (business name N. Black); seated l-r: Thalia Paizis (Papadopoulos), Maria Paizis (Kezos), Chrysaida Paizis, Diamanto Paizis (Raftopoulos).A mounted sepia studio family photograph of a man, 2 ladies and two young girls. The man is standing whilst the two ladies and young girls are seated.

This is a photograph of Thalia (nee Paizis) Papadopoulos (Stravolemis)and her daughter Irene who in adult life was the actor Irini Pappas. She appeared in a number of Australian TV productions as well as local Greek theatre productions. A photograph of a studio sepia photograph of a portrait view of a lady and little girl.

A group family photo at the wedding of Irini Pappas to Paul Anagnostou in Melbourne in 1952. Irini was the daughter of Thalia (Paizis) and Anastasios Papadopoulos. Back row l-r: Evangelos & Maria (Paizis) Kezos, Nick Pappas (tou Spirou), Alekos Anagnostou, Jimmy James (Giannoutsos), Paul Anagnastou, Irini Pappas, Thalia & Anastasios Pappas, George Pappas, Manto and Yianni Raftopoulos (Tsagaris), Spiro Pappas. Front row l-r: George James, Pothiti Katsikas, Rene Pappas (Moutafis), Nina James, Sophia PappasA photograph taken from an original studio photograph of a family wedding group. There are 9 men, 6 ladies including the bride and three small attendants.

Pictured is Thalia Paizis (Papadopoulos/Pappas) in Athens together with her cousin Nonda who was the editor of the Athens newspaper Kathimerini. A sepia photograph of a lady and man sitting on garden chairs under a tree. The original photograph has been roughly cut around the edge into an oval shape.

Pictured is Thalia Paizis as a young girl in Perth WA in 1918.An oval black and white photograph on brown board of a young girl dressed in a tunic and standing in a garden in front of a verandah.

A photograph of Yiannis (John) Papadopoulos (Skiomenos) is seated on the running board of the car with his son John (Jack), taken at an Ithacan picnic.A black and white photograph of a man and a boy sitting on the running board of a sedan car in the country. A gladstone bag is also on the running board next to the man. vintage cars

Pictured is Dimitroula Papadopoulos with her son Nick (Pappas).A black and white studio photograph of a lady and a young boy. The lower part of the photograph has black shading across it caused by light exposure.

The bridal couple are George and Sophia (nee Galati) Papadopoulos (Starokanis).A black and white studio photograph of a bridal couple.

The photo is of Thalia Paizis taken in Ithaca in 1907. Thalia left Ithaca as very young child together with her mother, Chrisaida, to be reunited with her father, Nicholas Paizis in Perth W.A. Nicholas had left Ithaca prior to Thalia's birth in 1905 and established a successful business in Perth, W.A. Thalia went back to Greece in 1921 and eventually returned to Australia where she married Anastasios Papadopoulos in 1929 and settled in Melbourne. Thalia and Anastasios were the parents of Irini Pappas who was well known and highly regarded actor in Melbourne's Greek community.A photograph of a sepia studio photograph of a little girl standing on a chair. She is wearing an embroidered dress and little lace up boots. The original photograph is backed onto a decorative grey embossed board. Written across the bottom of the photo: Sofianos Ithaca 1925

John (Yiannis) Nicholas Papadopoulos photographed with his wife Florence Druid and sons l-r Nick and John (Jack). John arrived in Australia from Ithaca in 1913 where he joined his brother Anastasios in Kalgoorlie. Following the race riots of 1916 both brothers left W.A. and came to Melbourne. Here John established a fruit business in South Melbourne.A black and white studio photograph of a man and lady and two little boys photographer against a floral backdrop. The man and one of the boys are sitting on a seat while the lady and other child are standing.pappas

Irini Pappas and her husband Paul Anagnostou are photographed with the captain's wife (right), Irini's father's first cousin during the visit of the SS Gratsos ship. She was one of only two women ever qualified as first mate. At the time the Women's Weekly ran a double page spread featuring her. in Greece on board a ship travelling to or from Ithaca.'George D. Gratsos - Ithaca' printed on the buoy indicates that the ship was part of the Gratsos shipping company. The shipping activities of the Gratsos family from Ithaca began in 1902, when Georgios D. Gratsos (1870–1931) bought the ship Odysseus, in partnership with the Dracoulis family, of which Gratsos' wife was a member. A print of a black and white photograph of a man and two ladies on a ship's deck. A life buoy ring with the words ' George D. Gratsos - Ithaca' is on the rails on the left of the group. irini pappas, ithacan ferries

The photo was taken at a Grecian Ball at which the Olympic Club Dancing Group dressed in national costumes performed Greek traditional dances. The couple on the left is Madelaine Cosmas and Spiro Paizis; the on right in the foreground are Irini Pappas and Nick Lappas.The maintenance of traditional Greek dancing has been an important in retaining traditional culture within expatriate Greek communities.A print of a black and white photograph of two ladies and two menders in Greek traditional costume and dancing. Two musicians, a violinist and a piano accordion player are providing the music for the dancers.

Speros Kostopoulos first arrived in Australia in 1900, returning to Greece to serve in the 1912-1913 Balkan wars and then returning to Australia. He was a foundation member of the IPS in 1916, the same year he married Ivy Peak. In partnership with his brother Othon Kostopulos he ran successful cafe businesses in the CBD and St Kilda. He later purchased a poultry farm in what is now the suburb of Chadstone. When the farm was eventually subdivided, Ithaca Court was named after Speros' birthplace and Ivydene Court (incorrectly listed as Ipydene) after his wife Ivy. A black and white photograph of a lady and man standing in a garden.kostopulos, kostos

The three young women are from L-R: Irene Pappas and sisters, Despina (Desma) and Sophia Paizis, who were attending an Ithacan social function, possibly a ball given their formal dress.A black and white photograph of three ladies in evening dress. There are other people in the background.

The unknown wedding couple are related to Irini Papas.A black and white studio photograph of a bridal couple. The bride is sitting down and her husband is standing behind her.