Historical information

The men are all members of the Skiotis family. Standing from L-R: Nick Skiotis and Panos Skiotis, sons of Nick Skiotis senior who is seated in the front on the right. Gerasimos Skiotis is seated on his left. The gentlemen in the photograph all arrived in Melbourne at different times before 1920.

Panos Skiotis migrated to Australia in 1913, and then in 1917 went to China where he established himself as a tobacco merchant. Two of his sons, Hector and Denis, were born in China and the third son, Nick, was born in Ithaca when the family returned to Greece in 1936. Denis and Hector migrated to Australia in the 1947.

Physical description

A studio sepia photograph mounted on board of four men. Two are seated in front and two are standing behind them. They are all smartly dressed and have been photographed inn front of some drapes.