The bridal couple are Dimitri and Kalypso Sofianos on their wedding day. Dimitri arrived in Australia in his teens in 1914 and Kalypso much later in 1936. She and Dimitri were both from the same village of Kioni and they met after her arrival and married in 1937. The ceremony took place at the Greek Orthodox Church in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. They operated a fish shop at 391 Camberwell Road Hartwell where they worked together for almost thirty years. A sepia photograph of a bridal couple standing in front of a brick wall in a garden.

A young Dimitri Sofianos is photographed in Ithaca with his older brother and his two sisters, Eugenia and Katerini. His brother migrated to South Africa after which they never saw each other again. His two sisters remained in Greece. Dimitri never returned to Greece after he arrived in Australia and as such also never saw his sisters again.Dimitri Sofianos' story of a family separated by migration was a common theme amongst those who ventured beyond their country of birth in the early years of migration when overseas travel was difficult and communications slower. It also took years of work and hardship to establish themselves in their adopted country and as a result it was often not possible to take the time for overseas travel.A scanned black and white photograph on A4 paper of four young children - two boys and two girls - in front of a curtain. Thew oldest boy is standing behind the other three who are seated.

This is a wedding photograph of Dimitri and Kalypso Sofianos who were married in the Greek Orthodox Church Evangelismos on 14th February 1937.A scanned black and white studio photograph of a bride and groom taken on their wedding day.

Dimitrios Sofianos and Kalypso Sofianos (nee Raftopoulos) ran a small shop at 391 Camberwell Road Hartwell and worked there together for almost thirty years. They sold fish and chips and potato cakes as well as fresh fish and shell fish. Dimitrios Sofianos, sometimes called Jimmy James, is pictured serving a customer. On the counter there are two piles of paper for wrapping the fish and chips. The white greaseproof paper on the LHS was the first wrapper used to wrap the fish and the single sheets of newspaper on the RHS were used for the outer wrappers. The takings went into the embossed metal cash register on the counter and the metal scales on the far RHS weighed the goods to be purchased. The fish and chips were cooked in the metal vats where Dimitri is standing. Potted plants and framed pictures of sailing boats were used to decorate his shop. Many Greeks ran fish and chips shops. Coming from an island Ithacans were often keen fishermen and knew how to cook fish expertly. The Ithacan families who set up their businesses were very conscious of the presentation and attractiveness of their venues and some of the added decorative touches often reflected their interests. A black and white photograph of a man serving a customer in his fish and chip shop.

The young girl whose name is Helen Raftopoulos, daughter of a Theofani, was bridesmaid at the wedding of Dimitri and Kalypso (nee Raftopoulos) Sofianos.A small scanned black and white photograph of a bridesmaid. She is dressed in a long frock and carrying a large bunch of flowers with a ribbon trim. She has a small band of flowers in her long curly hair.Bridesmaid to Kalypso and Dimitri Sofianos Eleni (Theofani's daughter) HELEN ?

The Boyds purchased their record player and sound system from Thomas’s in Melbourne. Patricia Boyd (later Davies) was very interested in opera and was later appointed to the Board of the Australian Opera.Dimitri Schostakowitsch Sinfonie Nr. 5 op 47. LP 33RPM vinyl, Catalogue Number: 138031, Record cover, Paper sleeve, 1 vinyl disk. Cover notes, no author listed. Dimitri Schostakowitsch, Conductor: Witold Rowicki, Sinfonie-Orschester der Nationalen Philharmonie Warschaulp, sound recording

Demetri Cah, a young Italian migrant painted eighteen murals throughout the Glenara Motel while employed by the proprietors Frank and Nancy CreaColour postcard of one of the eighteen murals decorating the internal walls of the Glenara Motel, Lakes Entrance, Victoria. This one is of Sydney Harbour, was the first one painted by Dimitri.Sydney Harbour Glenara Motel - Motel of Many Muralsmotels, arts, rsl clubs

The photograph was taken following the engagement of Jim (Dimitri) Kandiliotis and Toula (Dimitra) Makris.A coloured studio photograph of a head and shoulders view of a smartly dressed lady, who is wearing a white summer hat and cream dress, and a man in a suit.

The man in the photograph has been identified as Dimitri Stamelatos, the father of George Stamelatos.A print with a cream border of a framed studio photograph of head and shoulders view of a well-groomed man, who has a moustache.

The document provides the details of Dimitri (James) Sofianos' personal appearance including age, height, colour of his eyes and hair and any other special features. The Personal Description of Grantee was issued and filed together with the person's Certificate of Naturalization by the Home and Territories Department of Australia. Dimitri's signature is also on the certificate. It was issued in 1928.A scanned A4 copy of a document entitled Personal Description of Grantee.sofianos, dimitri, certificate of naturalization, certificate of personal description of guarantee

The photograph was taken at an annual Ithacan Club picnic in the 1930s. Sitting on the ground in the centre is Dimitri Sofianos.A mounted sepia photograph of ten men and a boy at a picnic. Most of the men are wearing neat casual clothes and two are wearing suits. The photograph is mounted on grey board with a darker grey border.Written in pen on the back: AGP 6

A copy of Dimitri (known as James) Sofianos' Commonwealth of Australia Naturalisation Certificate issued from Sydney on 22 June 1928. Australian citizenship offered significant rights and was therefore taken up by many Ithacan migrants once they became established and when they fulfilled the requirements which at the time of Dimitri's naturalization were more onerous for those who were not 'natural born' British subjects. Prior to 1949, Australian naturalisation meant citizens became British subjects. It was not until 26 January 1949 the status of Australian citizen was created when the Nationality and Citizenship Act 1948 came into force. And it was not until the 1973 under the Whitlam Labor government that the distinction between migrants from Commonwealth and other countries in terms of ability to become Australian citizens was abolished. The previous residence requirements of 1 year (Commonwealth migrants) and 5 years (non-Commonwealth migrants) to become Australian citizens was replaced by a common residence period of 3 years, but with a six-month transition period.A scanned copy on A4 paper of a certificate of Naturalization.migration

The photograph was taken at an annual Ithacan Philanthropic Society's picnic some time in the early 1940s. In the middle is Dimitris Sofianos. On the right is Gerasimos Papadopoulos.A sepia photograph mounted on grey board with a darker grey border. Three men, dressed in neat casual clothes are standing in front of a tree in an open area.There are two identical photographs and one of them has the following written on the back: AGP - 5

Dimitri Cah, a young Italian migrant, painted eighteen murals throughout the Glenara Motel while employed by the proprietors, Frank and Nancy CreaColour postcard of one of the eighteen murals decorating the internal walls of the Glenara Motel, Lakes Entrance, Victoria. This one shows the artists stylised idea of an Aboriginal camp.Aboriginal Lifelike Sceneaboriginals, motels, arts, rsl clubs

Dimitri Sofianos is seated in foreground of the photograph with his two children, Nina and Spiro (Pip). They are at an annual Ithacan picnic which they always attended as a family. The annual Ithacan Philanthropic Society's picnic is a very popular event on the club's social calendar as has been the case for many years. A partly faded black and white photograph of a group of people at a picnic. In the foreground a man has his arms around a little boy and girl. A table set out with food is in the background on the RHS of the phoptograph

Photographed are Nicholas and Chrisoula (nee Kallinikos) Sikiotis and their daughter Athina who was a flower girl at the wedding of Leah Sikiotis and Jim (Dimitri) Kandiliotis in 1955.A black and white studio photograph mounted on cream board of a flower girl sitting in front of a curtained area with a lady and man. Details of there photographer are on the back of the cream board.

Photographed are the five Kandiliotis (Liarokapis) brothers, back L-R: Hector, Jim (Dimitri) and Orpheas; front L-R: Nick and Clem (Kleomenis). All except for Hector settled in Melbourne. A black and white photograph of five young men. Three are standing behind two who are seated.family group

A photograph on the wedding day of Erigoni (Nitsa) Vlassopoulos (Kopela) and Kyriakos Kyriakakis in Ithaca. Freda Lucas (nee Benias) pictured on the left is the flower girl. The couple migrated to Australia in the 1950s and settled in Red Cliffs near Mildura where they ran the Vlass family business, The Golden Key café. Erigoni is the daughter of Dimitri and Eugenia Vlassopoulos and sister of Stathis, Panos, Costas and Nikos. Nitsa and Kyriako had three children, George and Eugenia born in Ithaca and Dimitri (Jim) born in Red Cliffs. Nitsa and Kyriako eventually retired in Greece.A black and white photograph edged with a crinkle cut white border of bride and her flower girls with a man and a lady standing on each side of her. They are standing in an open area with shrubs growing behind them

This is the marriage certificate of Dimitri and Kalypso (nee Raftopoulos) Sofianos. The marriage took place in 1937 at the only Greek Orthodox Church in Victoria, the 'Evangelismos' in Victoria Parade, East Melbourne. The couple met following Kalypso's arrival in Australia in 1936.A scanned copy of a marriage certificate which contains details of the bride and groom including place of marriage, age, place of birth, occupations , residence, parents details, the priest/celebrant, the date of the marriage and the signatures of the witnesses.

Dimitri (JIm) and Leah (nee Sikiotis) Kandiliotis ran the Trentwood Dry Cleaning business in Doncaster Road, North Balwyn. Jim was very active in the Ithacan Philanthropic Society; he was president from 1965-1966 and is an Honorary Life Member.Leah's parents Costa and Reene (nee Varvarigos) Sikiotis operated Pullars Dry Cleaning in Rathdowne Street Carlton in the 1950s. Jim learnt the trade from his father-in-law and, together with Leah, carried on the family tradition establishing the dry cleaning business in North Balwyn.A coloured polaroid photograph of the exterior views of a Dry Cleaning business in a suburban street. The photograph has a white border with a black square on its reverse side. Printed on the back: 10778121539/ POLAROIDpullards dry cleaning

The brothers in the photograph are George, Alkinos and Dimitri Paizis who arrived in Australia from the Ithacan village of Kioni some time in the 1920s. Their parents were Anastasia and Galeri Paizis. Alkinos Paizis was President of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society from 1966 to 1968A sepia photograph of three smartly dressed men photographed in a photographer's studios. One man is seated and the other two are standing on each side of him.

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.

Photograph was taken outside the Evangelismos Greek Orthodox church in East Melbourne at a Kandiliotis wedding. Left to right are three Kandiliotis brothers, L-R Jim (Dimitri), Orpheus and Nick. The young boy is holding the candles and 'stefania' (wedding crowns) which are part of the traditional Greek Orthodox wedding service.Black and white photograph of 4 men dressed formally, a young man holding tray with wedding candles, and female in background.

Demonsthenes (Bavias) and the young Dimitris Florias were examples of the numerous families from Ithaca Greece that migrated to South Africa in the latter years of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Many settled in Johannesburg. Like their compatriots who migrated to Australia many became successful business people in their adopted country. UnknownA sepia photograph on a cream board of an elderly well-dressed man wearing a suit and seated on a wooden seat with a young boy wearing a knickerbocker suit standing next to him. They are both wearing floral buttonholes in their lapels. The elderly man has a groomed moustache and goatee beard and is holding a pen in his right hand.Embossed on the cream board: J.A.SIMPSON/THE ARCADE. J'BURG. The Ithacan Historical Society stamp is on the back of the board. The names of the two people are on a typed label which has been pasted under the photograph. Written on the back: ER 7.ithacan diaspora

Costa and Helen Vlassopoulos (Kopela) on board a ferry in 1962 when they were holidaying in Greece with their daughters Eugenia and Anna. It was Costa's first trip back to Ithaca since he migrated to Melbourne in 1937. Costa was reunited with his parents, Dimitri and Eugenia Vlassopoulos, who had returned to Ithaca in 1958 for their retirement. Up until the 1960s very few Ithacans travelled back to Greece. However, as air travel became more common and affordable travel became more common. Today descendants of early Ithacan immigrants return to the island on a regular basis. Some have restored family homes. A black and white photograph of a lady and a man sitting on the deck of a ferry.

The two pages are an oral history account of Kalypso Sofianos' story recorded by her daughter Nina Mills on the 27 November 1997. It outlines her early life in Roumania/Romania and Greece, her childhood after her mother's death and her father's remarriage, her migration to Australia and meeting her future husband Dimitri Sofianos.The story gives an insight into the experiences of Ithacan women, the importance of family ties, arranged marriages and their arrival in a strange country. Two pages on A4 sheets of a transcript of an oral history.family histories

The group is pictured in Ithaca enjoying a summer evening of music and outdoor dining. The first musician on the left is Dimitris Kouvaras, an accomplished guitarist. The musicians were most likely playing 'cantades' which are romantic serenades with male voices accompanied by guitars associated in the Ionian islands. This distinctive style of Ionian music is considered to be influenced by the long period of Venetian rule of the islands.A coloured photograph at a social gathering at an outdoor restaurant featuring three men seated with other guests at a table playing guitars.

The article was written by Nina Sofianos-Mills as a reflection on her uncle, Peter John (Panoyiannis) Raftopoulos, following the untimely death of his daughter and her cousin, Loula Rodopoulos in 2013. The photograph included with the article includes Nina as a baby, her uncle, Peter John (Panoyiannis) Raftopoulos, Nina's parents Dimitri and Kalypso Sofianos, and her brother Pip (Spiro). A scanned copy of a newspaper article written for the Ithacan Historical Society's page which appears in the Ithacan Philanthropic Society's newspaper, 'Odysseus'. The article also includes a photograph of a family.

This is a photograph of early members of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. Back from L-R: Andreas Zavitsanos, Nikiforos Lekatsas Front from L-R: Dimitri Paxinos, Panagiotis Lekatsas. A.J. Lucas, Panayiotis Lokaris The Society was formed in October 1916 to support and assist Ithacan Greeks, at the time mainly men, who settled in Melbourne in the early years of the twentieth century. The Ithacan Philanthropic Society was a home away from home for the early Ithacan migrants who in the early years were predominantly men. As many worked in the city area in cafes, the market or as fruit vendors they would regularly go to the club rooms at lunch times and after work where they would catch up with fellow Ithacans and learn news from back home. A black and white photograph of six men photographed in front of a brick wall. Two of the men are standing behind the other four who are seated on a wooden bench.Stamped on the back: PROPERTY OF / STATHI RAFTOPOULOS / POET

The photograph was taken at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society's Year 12 Awards functions. Children of Ithacan Club members who have successfully completed Year 12 are awarded a bursary to assist them in their further studies Pictured is one of the award recipients, Bianca Levis, who is displaying her certificate. Also in the photo from L-R: Dimitri Dollis, a member of the Victorian Parliament at the time, Bianca's parents - Helen (nee Stratos) and Bill Levis, Bianca Levis, Tony Drakopoulos IPS President and Koula Stratos (Bianca's grandmother).The awarding of bursaries to successful Year 12 students reflects the importance the Ithacan Philanthropic Society places on education and further study.A coloured photograph of three men and three women standing in front of a photograph at a function. The youngest lady is holding a certificate in her hand. There is a potted plant at the far RHS of the photo.