Biography Category: Community

Βασιλική ΔΡΙΒΑ

Γεννήθηκα στις 13 Απριλίου 1969 στο Σύδνεϋ Αυστραλίας. Καταγωγή Νεάπολη Λακωνίας Σε ηλικία 7 μηνών γυρίσαμε στην Ελλάδα μαζί με τους γονείς μου και τον αδελφό μου (3 χρονών) Τελείωσα Β’ Λυκείου στην Ελλάδα Το 1986, σε ηλικία 17 χρόνων,

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Paraschos PEZAS

as recorded in “Personal Stories” of St Basil, episode 2 I was born in a village in Lower Egypt, called Desouk. Half an hour from Damanhur and one and a half hours from Alexandria. And about three hours from Cairo.

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Γιώργος ΓΙΩΤΑΣ

O Γιώργος Γιώτας γεννήθηκε το 1950 στην Αμπελιά Φαρσάλων, 5 km από την πόλη των Φαρσάλων. Μοναχοπαίδι του Αριστείδη και της Χρυσούλας. Ο πατέρας του ήθελε ο γιος του να σπουδάσει γι’ αυτό όταν ο Γιώργος ήταν 11 χρονών έφυγαν

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Vicky PAPANIKOLAOU

BSW (Hons. Class 1) UNSW, Grad. Cert. Palliative Care Social Work: Death, Dying and Mourning (Merit) USYD, Grad. Cert. Supervision in Social Work Field Education UNSW, MSW (Counselling) UNSW.         Vicky was born in Sydney (Australia) to parents of Greek

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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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Pandelis TOUMBELEKIS

Pandelis was born on 4th October 1989 to parents who migrated as children in the 1960s to Sydney from Mytilene, Lesvos with my grandparents. My first and only visit to Greece was in mid-2004 just before the Athens Olympics and

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Victor KEPREOTIS

Victor Leslie Kepreotis was born in 1952 to Leslie and Doreen Kepreotis. Together with his three younger brothers, he worked in his parents’ fish and chips shop in Maroubra, Sydney. Victor attended South Sydney High, coming 2nd in his HSC

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Μπάμπης ΡΑΚΗΣ

Ο Μπάμπης Ράκης γεννήθηκε στην Αλεξάνδρεια το 1932, όπου αποφοίτησε από το Αβερώφειο Γυμνάσιο. Μετά τον ξεριζωμό του ξένου στοιχείου μεταναστεύει στην Κύπρο το 1953. Στην Λευκωσία άρχισε να εργάζεται ως δημοσιογράφος, σε εφημερίδες, και να συνεργάζεται με το Ραδιοφωνικό

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John PROCOPIADIS

Born in Sydney of Greek Parents from Cappadocia. His mother, Elizabeth was born in Nea Polis. His father Nicholas was born in Prokopi, Asia Minor, hence surname Procopiadis. In 1956-57 he got involved with Pan Hellenic Soccer Club and became

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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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