Thessaloniki Association - 30th anniversary publication 2014

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Sister Cities Melbourne - Thessaloniki 30th Anniversary Celebrations (1984 - 2014)

We came a long time ago determined to stay

MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI Sister Cities 30th Anniversary Celebrations 1984 - 2014

CONTENTS Messages: Thessaloniki Association President - Mr. Paul Mavroudis Minister of Macedonia & Thrace - Mr. Georgios Orfanos The Ambassador of Greece to Australia - Mr. Haris Dafaranos Consul General of Greece in Melbourne - Ms. Christina Simantiraki Lord Mayor of Melbourne - Mr. Robert Doyle Mayor of Thessaloniki - Mr. Yiannis Boutaris Premier of Victoria - Dr. Denis Napthine Leader of the Opposition - Daniel Andrews Hon. Mathew Guy MLC Hon. John Pandazopoulos MP Jenny Mikakos MP Maria Vamvakinou MP Fiona Richardson MP VMC Chairperson - Mr. Chin Tan G.O.C.M.V. President - Mr. Bill Papastergiadis Jewish Community of Thessaloniki President - Mr. David Saltiel G.O.C.O.D. President - Mr. Angelo Sardelis Lonsdale Street Greek Precinct Association - Mr. Ignatios Karasavvidis

Publication Design & Layout by John Lioupas Front Page by Yiannis Papageorgiou

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ΕΝΩΣΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ “Ο ΛΕΥΚΟΣ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ”

THESSALONIKI ASSOCIATION “THE WHITE TOWER”

Melbourne’s Thessaloniki AssociaƟon “The White Tower” is celebraƟng the 30th anniversary of the sisterhood between the ciƟes of Melbourne and Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia in Northern Greece.

Over three decades the bonds that have been forged between the two ciƟes increase in strength ensuring fruiƞul cultural, economic and social benefits.

This year the AssociaƟon has put together an impressive and significant program to promote this important milestone with a variety of lectures, such as honouring the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki in conjuncƟon with the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, and two further lectures on the history of the ANZACS in Thessaloniki during both great wars (WW I and WW II) and the PonƟan Refugees.

Other events include art exhibiƟons, excursions, the “Annual Dinner Dance” and of course the highlight and much anƟcipated Cultural FesƟval at FederaƟon Square.

The program gives everyone the opportunity to parƟcipate in the warmth of the occasion and enjoy tradiƟonal music and dance together with good food in a fesƟve atmosphere.

I hope you can all join us in the spirit of Hellenic hospitality!

Paul Mavroudis – President Thessaloniki AssociaƟon “The White Tower”

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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑ ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ Θεσσαλονίκη 18/07/2014 Προς Πρόεδρο Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων Μελβούρνης «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» κ. Παύλο Μαυρουδή Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρόεδρε, Η συμπλήρωση 30 χρόνων από την αδελφοποίηση της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη αποτελεί αναμφίβολα ένα σημαντικό γεγονός. Καταδεικνύει τους στενούς δεσμούς που έχουν οι δύο πόλεις, οι σχέσεις των οποίων διακρίνονται από αμοιβαιότητα, φιλία και συνεργασία σε διάφορα ζητήματα. Η παρουσία 300.000 και πλέον Ελλήνων δείχνει και τον σημαντικό ρόλο που παίζει η Μελβούρνη στην προβολή του ελληνικού πολιτισμού και των θέσεων που έχουμε στα εθνικά θέματα, μέσα από τις δράσεις που υλοποιούνται στην περιοχή. Θεωρώ πως οι απανταχού απόδημοι Έλληνες επιτελούν σημαντικό εθνικό έργο, καθώς καλούνται να διατηρήσουν ζωντανό το ελληνικό στοιχείο, μακριά από την μητέρα Ελλάδα. Το πνεύμα ενότητας και ομοψυχίας που έχουν οι Έλληνες της διασποράς, πρέπει να αποτελεί παράδειγμα προς μίμηση για όλους μας. Άλλωστε, δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε πως όταν είμαστε ενωμένοι, μπορούμε να πετύχουμε τα πάντα, ανεξάρτητα πόσο ψηλά είναι ο στόχος που έχουμε βάλει. Ο Πρόεδρος και τα μέλη της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων Μελβούρνης «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» έχουν αποδείξει ότι μόνο μέσα από την υπέρβαση, μπορούμε να ανακαλύψουμε τις δυνατότητες που έχουμε για να φτάσουμε εκεί που θέλουμε. Με αυτές τις σκέψεις, χαιρετίζω τις επετειακές εκδηλώσεις και εύχομαι καλή επιτυχία συνολικά στις δράσεις του Ελληνισμού της Αυστραλίας.

Με εκτίμηση Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΟΡΦΑΝΟΣ Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 30th Anniversary - 5

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Η ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΞΕΝΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗ

Μήνυμα στην Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» για την 30η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη Οι εκδηλώσεις εορτασμού για την 30η επέτειο της αδελφοποίησης της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη μας δίνουν, για μια ακόμη χρονιά, την αφορμή να γιορτάσουμε και να ανανεώσουμε τους στενούς δεσμούς φιλίας που συνδέουν τις δύο όμορφες αυτές πόλεις. Όντας και οι δύο πόλεις με πλούσια πολιτιστική ζωή και δραστήρια νεολαία, η Θεσσαλονίκη και η Μελβούρνη μοιράζονται μεταξύ άλλων και την αγάπη της εδώ μεγάλης ελληνικής ομογένειας, η οποία, κάθε χρόνο τιμά, με ποικίλες πολιτιστικές, ιστορικές και καλλιτεχνικές εκδηλώσεις, τη σχέση της με την αδελφή πόλη. Εφέτος, η Θεσσαλονίκη δεν γιορτάζει μόνο την 30η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της με τη Μελβούρνη. Ως Ευρωπαϊκή Πρωτεύουσα Νεολαίας για το 2014, έχει την ευκαιρία να αναδείξει τη δυναμικότητα των νέων της και τις πολλαπλές δυνατότητες ανάπτυξης που προσφέρει στους τομείς του τουρισμού, του πολιτισμού, της επιχειρηματικότητας και της εκπαίδευσης. Εύχομαι η 30η επέτειος αδελφοποίησης να αποτελέσει αφορμή για ένα γόνιμο διάλογο και ανταλλαγή γνώσεων και ιδεών που θα ενισχύσουν και θα ενδυναμώσουν περαιτέρω τη συνεργασία Θεσσαλονίκης-Μελβούρνης. Κλείνοντας, θέλω να συγχαρώ την Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» για τις άοκνες προσπάθειες τους να διατηρήσουν ζωντανή και επίκαιρη τη σχέση των δύο πόλεων και να ευχηθώ, από καρδιάς, κάθε επιτυχία στις εφετινές εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις.

Χριστίνα Σημαντηράκη Γενική Πρόξενος της Ελλάδος στη Μελβούρνη

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MESSAGE FROM THE LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE

The City of Melbourne is delighted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our sister city relationship with Thessaloniki.

Our bond with Thessaloniki formed in 1984 and was for many years Melbourne’s only sister city relationship within Europe. Since that time, the ties between our two cities have strengthened and we have been able to share a multitude of cultural, economic and social benefits.

Melbourne is also home to the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece and we are proud of the significant contribution the Greek-Australian community make to Melbourne.

We look forward to continuing work with the Thessaloniki Association and nurturing our relationship with our sister city Thessaloniki, long into the future.

Robert Doyle Lord Mayor

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ΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ Έκδοση για τα 30 χρόνια αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη Αγαπητοί φίλοι, Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά χαιρετίζω τις εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις για τα 30 χρόνια της αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη και στέλνω τις θερμότερες ευχές μου για την επιτυχία των εκδηλώσεων. Φέτος η Μελβούρνη τιμά την επέτειο της αδελφοποίησής μας, τιμά τη Θεσσαλονίκη, τιμά τον ίδιο το θεσμό της αδελφοποίησης των πόλεων. Η αδελφοποίηση πόλεων, ένας θεσμός που υπερβαίνει το συμβολισμό, αποτελεί βασικό εργαλείο της τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης για την ανάπτυξη των σχέσεων και την αλληλογνωριμία των λαών. Η Θεσσαλονίκη έχει αναθερμάνει τις σχέσεις της με τη Μελβούρνη και με πολλές από τις αδελφές της πόλεις και συνεχίζουμε, μια έμπρακτη απόδειξη της εμπιστοσύνης μας στο θεσμό της αδελφοποίησης. Στόχοι και δυνατότητες, συγγένειες και δεσμοί και στο επίκεντρο ειλικρινή αισθήματα φιλίας: η Θεσσαλονίκη και η Μελβούρνη έχουν πολλά ακόμη να κάνουν μαζί κι ένα κοινό μέλλον. Εύχομαι και πάλι καλή επιτυχία στις φετινές σας εκδηλώσεις και μεταφέρω τους χαιρετισμούς και τις ευχές των δημοτών της Θεσσαλονίκης. Γιάννης Μπουτάρης Δήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης

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Hon Daniel Andrews MP Leader of the Opposition Member for Mulgrave

MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION It gives me great pleasure to send my best wishes to the Thessaloniki Association The White Tower on the special occasion of 30th anniversary of Sister City relationship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne.

Though humbled by the rich history of Thessaloniki, Melbourne shares a lot in common with the culture and events capital of Greece equally renowned for its parks and museums.

The Sister City relationship fosters a strong bond between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Our ties with one of the economic, industrial, commercial and political centres in Greece has generated great benefits for Melbourne.

With the largest Greek population in Australia, the Greek influence and contribution to Melbourne reaches from the Greek precinct in the heart of the CBD to a significant number of homes and businesses in the suburbs.

These achievements are only possible with the tireless efforts from Greek organisations like the Thessaloniki Association and our Greek Community in the great state of Victoria.

On behalf of the Labor Party, I thank the Thessaloniki Association for all your wonderful work over the past twenty-nine years. I believe your commitment will make this Sister City relationship even better and stronger in the future.

Daniel Andrews MP Leader of the Opposition Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs _______________________________________________________________________________ Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne 3002. Phone: (03) 9091 7921 daniel. andrews@parliament.vic.gov.au • www.danielandrews.com.au Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 30th Anniversary - 11

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Message from the Federal Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou MP

I am pleased to join the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower� in celebrating its 30th anniversary.

As Greece slowly recovers from the Global Financial Crisis, it is fitting the Association has this year chosen to focus on the cultural and trade relationship, between the sister cities of Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Hundreds of entrepreneurs of Greek background contribute to Australia’s economic development, and there is no doubt that there is untapped potential in establishing mutually beneficial trade relations between both countries.

Migrants have helped make Australia the success story that it is today. It is my belief that as a nation we will benefit from sharing our expertise and building on strong bilateral relationships such as the one that already exists between Australia and Greece.

I look forward to sharing in many more future events and celebrations.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Vamvakinou MP Federal Member for Calwell

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON It is with the greatest of pleasure that I extend my best wishes to the Greek community of Victoria, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister–city relationship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne. I commend the dedication of Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’, and thank all involved for organising the array of events to be held across Melbourne in the coming months.

The Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ has an impressive and distinguished history of strengthening ties that link Melbourne and Thessaloniki, ensuring the important bond between the two great cities are maintained and strengthened.

The rich traditions and vibrancy of Greek culture have become an important part of the larger fabric of Victoria’s multicultural society and its overall diversity. The Victorian Multicultural Commission proudly acknowledges the many social, cultural and economic benefits that the Greek community has enriched our State with.

Melbourne’s sister-city relationships play a strong role in bringing people and countries together. I commend the leadership and achievements of the Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ on this important milestone, and I am confident that your great work will continue for many more years.

Mr Chin Tan Chairperson

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GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF MELBOURNE & VICTORIA ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΚΤΩΡΙΑΣ 168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia • Est 1897 • ABN 14 004 258 360 • ACN 004 258 360 tel: +61 3 9662 2722 • fax: +61 3 9663 3130 • e-mail: info@greekcommunity.com.au

Message by the President of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association in its celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the sisterhood affiliation between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki is a city with a long history and deep culture and the Thessalonicians who immigrated to Melbourne have influenced and enriched the fabric of our multicultural city. We applaud the Association’s commitment to multiculturalism and its willingness to build strong relationships with other ethnic communities, such as the Jewish Community of Victoria.

The Greek Community of Melbourne has enjoyed a strong relationship with the Thessaloniki Association. We greatly appreciate its support to our organisation and in particular the initiative to organise a special fundraising event in support of the Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture.

As a Melbournian of Macedonian origin I am very proud of the Association’s Anniversary, and for the opportunity to participate in the planned events.

On behalf of the Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne, I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association for organising this year’s events and for its efforts to preserve and promote the Sister-Cities affiliation between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Bill Papastergiadis President

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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THESSALONIKI MR. DAVID SALTIEL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRATERNIZATION OF THE SISTER CITIES THESSALONIKI AND MELBOURNE The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki honors the 30th anniversary of the fraternization of the sister cities Thessaloniki and Melbourne, which share, numerous historical, geographical and social elements. Cities that throughout time were the focal points of important historical developments and are today the second largest urban centers in Greece and Australia respectively. They have been marked, by the sea, their harbor, and their towers constitute their landmarks.

Above all however both are cities and societies that have always been multicultural and open, ready to welcome and provide shelter to people from different countries, with different traditions, customs and religions, while generously giving them a chance for a better future.

During its long history that is interweaved with the history of Thessaloniki, from the ancient times till today, our Community and its members strived for the progress and prosperity of the city side by side with everyone who was graciously hosted by our city over time. Thessaloniki experienced many periods of prosperity, over the centuries, as a result of the Jewish population of Thessaloniki, which increased tremendously at the end of the 15th century when the Jews who were expelled from Spain, as well as other smaller groups of Jews from Central Europe found, literally and figuratively, their safe harbor in Thessaloniki.

It is probably rather difficult for someone to identify at first glance this centurieslong continuous presence. They would have to walk in the streets of Thessaloniki, search, and inquire. Then, another, almost hidden, reality will start to unfold before them.

They would be able to hear the voices of vendors who promote, in Judeo-Spanish of course, their merchandise in the streets of Thessaloniki. They would hear Ladino songs being played by street musicians on every kind of joyful occasion, people talking the charitable institutions of the Community such as the Matanot Laevionim, the Allatini orphanage, the healthcare establishments of Bikour Holim or the Hirsch Hospital. They would hear the footsteps of pupils, boy scouts and athletes as they headed not only for the schools of the Jewish Community and of Alliance israĂŠlite Universelle but also to the sport arenas, libraries and facilities of clubs like the Maccabi and the Akoach. They would hear the prestigious Rabbis of the Jewish Community teaching in the infamous rabbinical schools of the

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city like the Talmoud Torah Agadol and reading the Torah in the more than 30 synagogues and more than 80 smaller ones (midrashim) while the entire city of Thessaloniki would come to a standstill because of Shabbat.

They would be able to bargain any kind of item, in the port, the Modiano Market the Karasso arcade and throughout the streets of Thessaloniki. They would be able to seek the advice of prominent and renowned Jewish doctors, lawyers and a wide range of other professionals. They would see the despair in the eyes of the tenths of thousands Jews who were left homeless by the fire of 1917 and would feel the passion of those who join Avraam Benaroya and the Federacion, the first ever labor union.

This timeless buzz of a city with a large Jewish population was interrupted by the 19 piercing whistles of the 19 trains departing for Auschwitz-Birkenau, followed by a deafening silence. A silence that conceals pain and absence. A silence indicative of what had been attempted by the instigators and executors of the Holocaust. Not only to annihilate the 50.000 Jews of Thessaloniki but to wipeout every single trace of their history.

Nevertheless after the war Thessaloniki welcomed once again its children who had survived. Those very few who, in spite of what they experienced in the camps or while in hiding sought out their Homeland in order Ď„Îż see their children grow up in the neighborhoods and the streets of Thessaloniki and the Community become vital and thrive once again.

Today the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki suffers from the same problems that torment our society as a whole. Despite the difficulties we keep moving forward having as our guide the values and principles of our forefathers. In spite of our small numbers we maintain a vibrant and very active Community that is an integral part of the wider society of Thessaloniki. We honor, unswervingly the memory of those who were exterminated by the Nazis, while investing on initiatives that will bring forth, in an accurate manner, the history of the city and will teach the younger generation the lasting lessons of the Holocaust.

We warmly congratulate the organizers of the events for the 30th anniversary of the fraternization of the cities of Thessaloniki and Melbourne, which highlight the benefits of coexistence within open and multicultural societies.

For the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki The PRESIDENT David Saltiel

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30th Anniversary Celebrations – Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities

I welcome the opportunity to convey my Community’s best wishes and congratulate Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” for your 30th Anniversary celebrations of the Sister-Cities between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

The celebration of this important Sistership milestone and your Association’s pledge for business and pleasure to go hand in hand, will without doubt culminate in a number of successful events promoting cultural awareness and intercultural harmony.

Your Association’s commitment to foster cultural bonds between the city of our forefathers and the city where we live is commendable; as is your support for our Community and educational facility Oakleigh Grammar.

I am delighted to announce that Oakleigh Grammar has announced a third Prep class to be introduced in 2015 as a response to growing interest in the School. This has been the result of word spreading amongst the local community and beyond about our world-class academic staff, the Middle Years International Baccalaureate Program, the highly acclaimed ‘Leader in Me' Process for leadership and social success, small class sizes, spacious classrooms, the growing appreciation for cultural diversity in our student population and the excellent leadership of Principal Mark Robertson - a well respected leader and change agent in the Victorian education system.

I congratulate the Association and send my Community’s warmest wishes to all those who have organised the 30th anniversary celebrations.

Angelo Sardellis President The Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh & Districts

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Εκ μέρους του Lonsdale Street, Greek Precinct Association και εμού προσωπικά ως Προέδρου, Μακεδόνα και μέλους της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων ο Λευκός Πύργος, χαιρετίζω τους εορτασμούς των 30 χρόνων αδελφοποίησης των δύο πόλεων μας Θεσσαλονίκης και Μελβούρνης. Δύο πόλεων με κοσμοπολίτικο χαρακτήρα και πολυπολιτισμική παράδοση, με πολλές εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες επισκέπτες κάθε χρόνο δεσπόζουν στον σύγχρονο κόσμο ως παράδειγμα προς μίμηση. Η Θεσσαλονίκη μια πόλη ιστορική, σταυροδρόμι πολιτισμών και εμπορικής διακίνησης με το λιμάνι δεσπόζει σαν βασίλισσα για κοντά 2500 χιλιάδες χρόνια, στην Βαλκανική χερσόνησο. Η Μελβούρνη νεώτερη πόλη, αλλά με την δική της ξεχωριστή ιστορία και πρόοδο είναι παράδειγμα στη Αυστραλία και τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο. Εμείς εδώ στην μικρή Ελλάδα του Lonsdale Street για πολλές δεκαετίες τώρα, εκθέτουμε και προαγάγουμε το Ελληνικό πνεύμα και την Ελληνική κουλτούρα στους επισκέπτες μας από Μελβούρνη και όλη σχεδόν την υφήλιο. Η μαρμάρινη στήλη του Μέγα Αλέξανδρου και του Αγίου Δημητρίου στον δρόμο μας, είναι σήμα κατατεθέν για την Ελληνικότητα του δρόμου μας και την αδελφή σχέση των δύο πόλεων μας, Θεσσαλονίκης και Μελβούρνης. Συγχαρητήρια στον πρόεδρο κ. Παύλο Μαυρουδή και το συμβούλιο της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων, για της ακούραστες προσπάθειες που καταβάλουν για την διοργάνωση των εκδηλώσεων, αυτής της μεγάλης γιορτής που μας γεμίζουν χαρά και υπερηφάνεια για την καταγωγή μας και την ιστορία μας. Εύχομαι κάθε επιτυχία στις προγραμματιζόμενες εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις της επετείου και καλή παραμονή με πολλές ωραίες αναμνήσεις στους επισκέπτες μας από Θεσσαλονίκη και Ελλάδα γενικά. Με κάθε εκτίμηση Ιγνάτιος Καρασαββίδης Πρόεδρος Lonsdale Street Greek Precinct 22 - Sister Cities Melbourne-Thessaloniki - 30th Anniversary

Thessaloniki water front, looking west.

They came to help

Australian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki in the First World War

by Jim Claven

Jim Claven has visited Thessaloniki and Macedonia to research the story of the Australians who came there in the First World War. Here he re-tells their story.

Walking along the quay at Thessaloniki is quite a wondrous experience. From the former railway station, past the grand hotels and on to the White Tower, all sitting on the edge of the bay extending off to the horizon, one is struck by the peaceful beauty of the place.

It is hard to imagine that these very stones have witnessed war as well as peace.

The quays once bustled with army transport ships, the harbour massive battleships. The beautiful avenues of the city once sounded to the march of soldier’s boots as well as the loud carousing in the bars and cafes of the city. And above all the castle and the hills beyond, to the battlefields of yesterday.

Each year we celebrate the liberation of the city and its re-unification with Greece in 1912.

Yet barely three years later, Thessaloniki became the centre of a major campaign in the First World War that would last until 1918 and the end of the war.

What is less appreciated is the Australian connection to this campaign, Thessaloniki and its inhabitants. For around 450 Australians took part in this long military campaign. They arrived at this strange new city on the bay, with its imposing castle, encountering a new people, culture and environment.

Amongst the horrors of war and disease and a city overflowing with refugees, they were able to see in its antique ruins and ancient churches the classical and biblical stories they had only read of. They would not only survive the bitter

winters and hot summers, but would wonder at the flowers, birds and animals that abounded in the surrounds of the city and beyond. They would travel throughout Macedonia, even to far Edessa, writing of the food, villagers and sights. And they would enjoy the entertainments of this great, big city, with its Levantine cafes and shops, cinema’s and dance-halls.

These Australians are often forgotten. While most of the nurses arrived from Australia as part of the Australian Army Nursing Service, the vast majority of the soldiers travelled from the United Kingdom in a variety of British Army units.

Apart from a few who had already enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and the members of the AIF’s mule train unit transferred from Gallipoli via Lemnos, most had joined the British Army while working or studying in the United Kingdom. Others had travelled specifically to gain commissions in the British Army.

The women from Australia would staff four British Hospitals established to the east of the city – at Hortiatis and Kalamaria, as well as the Scottish Women’s Hospital to the west of the city at Arnissa. By the end of 1917, the Australian nurses would total a fifth of the British Army’s nursing staff in northern Greece.

They included the young but already celebrated novelist, Miles Franklin. Originally from the valleys of southern New South Wales, she had come to England to pursue her activism in women’s rights. Working at London’s famous feminist cafe, the Minerva, she would be inspired to join Edinburgh Doctor Elsie Inglis’ feminist initiative – an all female field hospital, the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Arnissa in 1917.

This hospital was headed by two Australian doctors – Agnes Bennett and Mary De Garis.

A view of the 60th British General Hospital.

From Sydney and a graduate of Edinburgh University’s medical school, Agnes was the first woman to receive an officer’s commission in the British Forces while serving in army hospitals at Cairo. From Mildura and a medical graduate from Melbourne University, Mary served as her second in command. A brilliant student, the first woman to be awarded a Doctorate of Medicine, she had held previous positions at the Melbourne and Women’s Hospitals and after her war service would go on to work at

Geelong Hospital, the only female doctor in Geelong until 1941.

Twenty Five year old Staff Nurse Christine Erica Strom from Melbourne enlisted with the Australian Army Nursing Service on 24th May 1917 and arrived in Thessaloniki in August of that year. She served at both the 60th and 42nd British General Hospital until January 1919. And the nurses at the four British Army Hospitals were led by Principal Matron Jessie McHardie White. From Yarra Flats, near Healesville and 47 years old when she arrived at Hortiatis, she had trained at the Alfred and Women’s Hospitals in Melbourne and had already commanded the nurses on the HMT Dunluce Castle, transferring the sick and wounded from Gallipoli to Lemnos in 1915.

Amongst the men, thirty-two were medical staff, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Two of these were Dr McAdam from Melbourne, who would serve as a Lieutenant with the 27th Casualty Clearing Station, and Major W.K McIntyre, from Sydney who had studied Medicine at Edinburgh University, who commanded the 80th Field Ambulance.

The soldiers included some who would go on to serve as senior officers in the Australian Army in the Second World War. Ned Herring from Maryborough in Victoria was studying law at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. A Second lieutenant, he would be decorated and promoted for his service with the Royal Field Artillery during the campaign. He would return to Greece as a Brigadier in 1941.

Staff Nurse Christine Erica Storm

Lieutenant Rupert Hoddinott was another

Thessaloniki 1917, One of the wards at the 50th British General Hospital at Kalamaria where AIF nursing sisters served. artillery officer who had enlisted at South Melbourne on 19th August 1914. A former surveyor from Kew, he would transfer from the 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade in Egypt to the Royal Field Artillery, serving in the Salonika campaign as an officer.

Lieutenant Patrick Guaran, a 19 year old Melbourne university medical student from Inkerman Road in St Kilda, had been one of the first to join the AIF in August 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion at Gallipoli and transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers in September 1915 to serve in the Salonika campaign. Lieutenant Brice B MacKinnon enlisted in the Black Watch after finishing school in Melbourne.

citadel above. For some it reminded them of Naples.

They would write of its multicultural character, of the abundance of its stores and its entertainments. Two of the favourite haunts of the Australians was Orosdi Back’s emporia and Floca’s cafe. The former was the “Harrods of Thessaloniki as the Australian Major Debenham called it, were one could purchase anything, whether fresh scrambled eggs or the oddments to make life bearable.

Most of the Australians served as officers. But as well as the Australian mule train unit, there were ordinary soldiers like Private Cliff Doolan from Nundle and Walgett in outback New South Wales, who had previously fought in France but now served with a cyclist unit attached to the 26th Division’s 78th Brigade. He would go on to be captured in Crete in 1941.

And there was the Reverend J.V. Patton, from Sydney and a former Vice Principal of Moore Theological College, who would minister to the troops in the campaign as an army chaplain.

As they arrived from October 1915, these soldiers were the first Australians to fight on mainland Greece. The nurses would arrive later in four contingents, the first arriving in July 1917.

Approaching the quay, they saw a vibrant, unfamiliar and somewhat dangerous city. The soldiers wrote of Thessaloniki as a “wondrous sight”, of its bustling port and the city stretching along the shore and climbing up to the walled

A Red Cross recruiting poster for nurses from World War 1

Cafe Floca, where the Australian soldiers and nurses dined, destroyed after the Great Fire, August 1917.

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Australian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki in the First World War

Floca’s was a large cafe on the Place de la Liberte, with pavement tables where one enjoyed its coffee, ice creams and famous small elegant cakes – such as their signature “Plaisir des Dames”, a roll with chocolate on the outside and cream chocolate filing on the inside.

The place to be seen and meet, Miles Franklin described tea here as a “rendezvous with the bloom of international chivalry”. It was also known to be full of spies, eager to overhear bits of military information from the Allied soldiers who flocked here.

Yet there was another entertainment venue which would be the location of a famous gettogether dinner held by the Australian soldiers and nurses – the famed White Tower restaurant.

A popular haunt for officers of all nations, this quay-side venue beside the famous Ottoman era tower, was a restaurant and outside cafe with marble tables – gay with flowers and fruit – with customers drinking beer or grenadine while listening to its band. On 7th January 1918 a New Zealand soldier organised a dinner attended by a number of Australian soldiers and nurses, including Miles Franklin and Dr Agnes Bennett.

After arriving, the Australians would make for their hospitals and bases in the hills surrounding the city. Leaving the city, on their way to Lembet and the Derbend Pass, many of the soldiers would have walked the old Roman road, the Via Egnatia, which once led the Roman legions from the Adriatic to Constantinople, passing the remains of the Arch of Galerius – one of the main thoroughfares of the city to this day.

Passing through the local Greek villages behind the front, the Australians would enjoy the abundance of food and fresh produce in Macedonia. Many would augment their army rations with purchases from the local villagers. They would buy figs and mandarins, chickens and rabbits, chocolate, fresh eggs and native black bread, as Lieutenant Hoddinott and Chaplain Patton did. One wrote of a local village: “The place is a mass of fruit. The figs are just ripe, great big greeny-yellow ones, plenty of grapes, quinces, plums and pomegranates. The place is green with all manner of trees, and is quite the most verdant spot we have struck in Macedonia.”

Soldiers and nurses were witness to local village dances and church services, recording them in their diaries and letters home. Lieutenant Guaran from St Kilda wrote of the kindness of

the local Greek peasant women and of Easter Sunday dances, presided over by the village priest: “The amusement is mainly dancing.

They move around in a circle, and keep doing so for quite a long time, with intervals for coffee or something stronger. Towards sunset the order of proceedings varies. They fire revolvers promiscuously, and the village tumblers spring somersaults to the plaudits of the admiring crowd.”Major McIntyre also witnessed village festivities “The women were all out in their best coloured petticoats and aprons, sitting in groups and singing queer songs in their rather shrill highpitched voices. They made a curiously long pause between each line, and sing in unison, but it sounded very pretty. The children are much more musical, their voices being softer.

A funny old hurdy-gurdy machine played dance music on the village green, and a lot of young bloods danced in pairs a kind of waltz, and the women and girls gradually collected; and first one and then another allowed herself to be dragged into the ring. One dance was very graceful: they all joined hands to make a broken circle, and worked around, dong a kind of slow Highland fling with their feet. It really did look pretty and graceful. The tune was quite unlike our dance music, and was rather nice.”

Some of the soldiers and nurses were aware of the regions classical and biblical connections, such as Major Ned Herring, Lieutenant Mackinnon and Matron Jessie McHardie White.

Some learnt Modern Greek. Chaplain Patton wondered at the Roman Arch of Galerius and the Churches of Agia Sofia and Agios Dimitrios,

A pavement cafe in central Thessaloniki opposite the Hotel Angleterre in 1917.

The Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki and went on to deliver a lecture to soldiers on Thessaloniki’s history at a YMCA Recreation Tent erected in the city. And he chose a particularly appropriate biblical quotation from the Acts of the Apostles to inspire the soldiers who had come from across the globe to defend Thessaloniki:“And a vision came to Paul in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us.”

Many wrote of the friendliness of the Greek villagers. They sold their produce to the Australians, they invited them to watch their festivities, and they worked on improving the local roads.

To improve their health, the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Arnissa opened a special ward for local women and children in October 1917.

But the women’s relief was limited by the suspicions of their husbands. Wary of the amorous intentions of the recovering soldiers, they would quickly remove the women as soon as they had recovered! And the Australians would help the people of the city during the Great Fire of Thessaloniki in 1917 which saw most of the centre of the great city destroyed.

Despite the extremes of weather, many Australians would appreciate the beauty of their surrounds. Miles Franklin, who came from the Brindabella Valley in New South Wales, wrote of “enjoying the Australian heat” of the summer, with the opportunity to swim nearly every day in nearby Lake Vegoritis, “a glorious swimming hole”. She would find in the surrounding mountains echoes of the Blue Bogongs familiar

to her from Australia. Matron Jessie McHardie White found the arching elms of the seafront at Stavros reminded her of far off Ballarat and Lake Wendouree.

If one visits the cafes of Edessa you will be walking in the footsteps of Miles Franklin. In 1917 she wrote of sipping coffee among card-playing officers here, it’s beautiful gardens and the Karanos falls, where the towns streams gather into a cataract “hurling themselves off the plateau with a roar like thunder” into the valley below.

She wrote of the Monastery of Kaisariana two hundred feet below – said to be the burial

Stella Miles Franklin, assistant cook in the Scottish Women’s hospital in Macedonia, 1917-18

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Australian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki in the First World War

Thessaloniki waterfont, White Tower in the background.

Original colour image from 1812. Musee Albert-Khan Paris place of Philip of Macedon – and the view across to cloud-wrapped Mount Olympus – a view that can still be enjoyed today.

Many of the Australian nurses and soldiers commented on the beauty of the natural surrounds. At Hortiatis Nurse Strom found the view across the bay from the hills above beautiful, with “sweet smelling herbs” – wild thymes, mint and lavender, growing all around. Miles Franklin wrote of the sounds of shepherd’s reed-flutes, the clamour of new-born lambs and seeing wild geese, crested larks and little finches and even “the lordly eagle”. Dr De Garis wrote of the poppies, anemones, pansies and primroses of Arnissa in spring. Major Ned Herring wrote of the glorious scenery: “...of snow-capped peaks, of glassy lakes and glorious hills and glorious valleys, studded with quaint and attractive villages ... For it is a wonderful country, and in springtime this year it was hard to pick a more beautiful scenery ... With all its drawbacks, its unhealthy summer with its myriad of flies, Macedonia has treated us well.”

Lieutenant McAdam talked of: “... a gorgeous sunset, all pinks and violets. Mount Olympus and the range behind it stood out boldly and looked magnificent. The snow was tinged with violet ... Between the clouds the sky was turquoise blue. The colour deepened until it was a blood red. Olympus stood out black against the sky. On one part of it a sphinx could be seen.”

Yet the main experience of the soldiers and hospital staff was one of war. They took part in murderous attacks and counter attacks on the defences of Lake Doiran, the Struma (Styrmonas) Valley and the heavily defended mountains of the Grand Couronne, with massive artillery barrages and threats from aerial bombing. Major Ned Herring serving with

the Royal Artillery was nearly killed by enemy shelling during the fierce counter-barrages of the battles for Doiran. Sydney-sider Major Debenham was half-buried by shell a burst when leading his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in an attack on the Grand Couronne. And the Australians Lieutenant Goldie and Second Lieutenant Brice McKinnon led daring and successful raids behind the enemy lines around Lake Doiran.

The doctors and nurses of the field hospitals were over-whelmed by wounded and sick from the day that they arrived. One of the hospitals received 24 cases on its first day, followed by over 520 in its first six weeks. The Australian Lieutenant Wilkins described the waves of wounded following a massive night assault as “a horrible sight” that tested his nerves.

A general view of Thessaloniki and Mount Olympus in the background.

But if this was not enough, the Australians had to survive the particular privations of this campaign. Poor food and water, often inadequate accommodation, freezing snow-bound winters and dry, dusty and chocking heat of summer, was the lot of these Australians. Yet as well as the ever present dysentery and cholera facing those in the field, Thessaloniki brought with

Washing day at the Sister’s quarters at the 60th General Hospital, Horaitis.

it the major problem of malaria. The marshes of the Axios River to the east of the city were a breeding ground for mosquitoes. This was the common experience of the soldiers and nurses.

Both Miles Franklin and Major Ned Herring wrote of its debilitating effects and the awful side-effects of the powerful quinine injections.

Over 160,000 British soldiers were infected with malaria – compared to just over 23,000 battlefield casualties, with some 35,000 chronic malaria cases requiring repatriation to Britain.

Many of the Australians who served in the campaign received awards for their bravery and service. Two soldiers were awarded the Distinguished Service Order, including Major Ned Herring. Seventeen Military Crosses were awarded, four Orders of the British Empire, two French Croix de Guerre’s and two Greek Orders of the Holy Redeemer. Six Australian nurses, including Matron Jessie McHardie White and Matron Alice Marion Prichard were awarded the Royal Red Cross decoration, seventeen the Greek Order of Military Merit and eleven mentioned in despatches.

For some like Hospital Orderly Miles Franklin and Major John Lavarack there stay in Thessaloniki would be brief, a few months, maybe a year.

But some Australians would remain.

If one takes the time to travel south of the city centre to Mikra you will find the graves of two of these Australians. Three other Australian soldiers who died are buried in other cemeteries, some beyond the borders of modern Greece.

Nurse Gertrude Evelyn Munro had arrived in Thessaloniki in 1916, serving with the 60th British General Hospital at Hortiatis until 1918. From Ballarat, she had enlisted in the Australian Army

Nursing Service in August 1916. Like many who served in the campaign, she became ill having contracted malaria and dysentery, succumbing on 10th October 1918. She was 34 years old. She was buried with full military honours.

From Cottesloe in Perth came Sapper E Heron.

He had enlisted with the British Army Royal Engineers and served in the campaign surrounding Thessaloniki. He was killed on 28th December 1918, aged 28.

Sydney-sider Lieutenant Ralph Cullen (previously Cohen) is remembered on the British War Memorial at Doiran. He was the first Australian killed in the campaign, having been killed during savage enemy counterattacks on Kosturino Ridge in December 1915, aged 30. 29 year old farmer, Second Lieutenant Donald Glasson, one of three Australian pilots with the Royal Flying Corps was shot down and killed over Hudova on 12th March 1917. He is buried in the Skopje Military Cemetery.

The fate of South Yarra’s Major Jack Hughston tells of the dangers faced by those caring for the wounded. Serving with the 68th Field Ambulance, he died on 14th September 1918 after sustaining major wounds as a result of enemy shelling. He is buried at Sarigol Military Cemetery at Kristoni Village, forty kilometres north of Thessaloniki.

The defence of Thessaloniki and the success of the campaign played a significant role in ensuring that Thessaloniki would remain a part of Greece. By their participation in this campaign, these Australian soldiers and nurses helped secure this historic re-union.

Australian Navy Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMAS Yarra entering Thessaloniki harbour, October 1918.

The battlefields and villages of the Thessaloniki and Macedonia region – that had been much fought over in the First World War – would again fall victim to war in 1941. For it was in the valleys of Western Macedonia, through the so-called Monastir Gap, that would see Australian and New Zealand troops fight alongside their Greek allies defending Greece in the face of invasion. The valleys of the Struma and Lake Dorian would bear witness again to the continuing connection between Australia and Greece. And indeed four of the Australians who fought here in the First World War would return to defend Greece in 1941.

Australia – and Melbourne – would become a place of immigration for many Greeks from Thessaloniki and its hinterland. And yet it was Australians who first made this connection with Thessaloniki all those years ago in 1915. As we commemorate the liberation of Thessaloniki, we should also commemorate this link between Australia and Thessaloniki. A link which in many ways secured Thessaloniki’s future and its link to Australia.

The final word should be that of Miles Franklin who, despite the privations of war, wrote with regret on leaving Thessaloniki all those years ago, contrasting the realities of war with the timeless qualities of the land: “Now we have exchanged the mountainsides, once more starry with bloom, for the deck of a steamer ... but there is no winged sensation in clearing, for the hope of adventure lies behind ... Salonique, with its conglomerate drama, its smells, its sins, its glamour, drops behind us. Its ancient cypress trees, like sentinels of eternity, are hull down on the horizon ... The setting sun outlines kingly

Olympus in flame and gold, a vision for the gods ...Lake Ostrovo [Vegoritis] gleams iridescent where the roads ascend to Kaimakstalan ... look upon the shepherd with his timehonoured crook ... as he guards the flocks that have pastured here since history began ...

The berries shall return this year, as last, in the beech forests, and in the old, old fields, tilled by oxen for a thousand years, English flowers shall bloom...”

Jim Claven is a freelance writer, published author and Monash University history graduate, holding a Master of Arts degree from that University. A former government adviser on Veterans Affairs, he is secretary of the Melbourne-based Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee. He is currently researching the Anzac connections with Greece across both World Wars and developing associated commemorative travel trails in Greece. Jim would like to acknowledge the work of Hugh Gilchrist Gilchrist in putting this article together. Hugh’s three volume history, Australians and Greeks, published in 1997, is an essential starting point for anyone researching Greece’s Anzac links.

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Servicing The Foodservice Industry For Over 25 Years Carrying Over 3000 Products Range Includes Frozen Goods, Dry Goods, Dairy Goods, Snacks, Packaging, Cleaning Products & Much More Specialising In Fish Shops, Café’s, Chicken Shops, Aged Care, Restaurants, Reception Centres & Schools On Site Deli Market For General Public

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Contact Our Sales Team Phone: (03) 9466 2111 Fax: (03) 9466 2585 74 Northgate Drive Thomastown VIC 3074 info@selectfoodgroup.com.au www.selectfoodgroup.com.au

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2 - 4 HOSSACK AVENUE, NORTH COBURG, VIC 3058 T: 9350 6966 F: 9350 6988

HEAD OFFICE

SHOWROOM

8 McKay Crescent Fairfield VIC 3078 Tel: 9499 8833 Email: info.fairfield@parthenonmarble.com.au

573 Church Street Richmond VIC 3121 Tel: 9428 2488 Email: info.richmond@parthenonmarble.com.au

Baby Cakes

Battered Fish

Potato Cakes

Mokaburgers

Battered Franks

Battered Seafood Sticks For further information on all of these products, please contact your distributor.

www.mokafoods.com.au I Ph: [03] 9369 1120

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OPEN 7 DAYS 7 am - 1 am BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER

NAVARONE Accident & Vehicle repair center

Navarone Panels has been in the Industry for over 42 years. Our secret to our success over the years has been our relationship with our customers, providing quality repairs and the peice of mind of a Lifetime Guarantee. We believe that customer service and the best quality work in the business is the best form of advertising.

Pick up & Delivery Service No cost to you Hire Vehicles Prestige Hire Vehicles Available Complimentry Car Detailing 24/7 Accident Assistance Service

Insurance approved Work with all Makes & Models Prestige Specialists 42+ Years Experience Written Lifetime Gurantee

Contact Us T 03 9551 2677 F 03 9551 1145 Email: info@nav.com.au Web: www.nav.com.au 741 - 743 Clayton Rd, Clayton South 3169

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Peter Triantafillou and Con Koulouris of AMEGA FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS are authorized representatives of AMP FINANCIAL PLANNING PTY LTD, AFS Licence 232706. This advertisement contains general information only. It does not take into account your objectives, financial situation or needs.

Please consider the appropriateness of the information in light of your personal circumstances.

Suite 4, Level 1, 192b Burwood Road, HAWTHORN VIC 3122 Phone: 9908 3390 Email: peter@amegafs.com.au www.amegafs.com.au

Peter Tziotzis

ORTHODOX FUNERAL SERVICES

9568 5858 Peter Tziotzis Managing Director

m. 0439 950 919 e. ptzio@tpg.com.au

GP GABRIEL & Co. ABN 84 720 940 788

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265 Johnston Street, Abbotsford P: 03 9419 3388 F: 03 9419 4866 www.mesagreekcuisine.com.au

MEAT ME 24 Eaton Mall Oakleigh VIC 3166 Tel: 9568 5555

For all your Real Estate issues contact the long established family Real Estate Agent Jim Lazogas & Co Pty Ltd with 46 years and 3 generations of experience servicing the local and surrounding areas in Melbourne.

Selling, renting or buying Houses/Units/ Flats/Shops or Factories.

Contact.

Steven Zarokostas 0413 285 565 Eva Lazogas 0419 533 054 Konstantine Lazogas 0419 535 329

16 - 18 Atherton Road Oakleigh Vic 3166 T. 03 9564 0600 F. 03 9564 0606 E. helpdesk@lazogas.com.au www.lazogas.com.au

DAVID ZAHLAN E. david@alexandersfruit.com.au M. 0468 477 788

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12 Chester Street, Oalkleigh Tel: 03 9563 1021 Fax: 03 9563 1021 Wed 7am - 4pm, Thu 7am - 6pm Fri 7am - 6pm, Sat 7am - 1.30pm

Cnr. Clow St. & Cleeland St. Dandenong

Tue 7am - 4pm, Fri 7am - 5pm Sat 7am - 4pm

6 Eaton Mall, Oakleigh, Vic. 3166 OPEN 6 DAYS

Tel: 9569 5020

email: bibelo.gifts@bigpond.com

41 Chester Street, Oakleigh VIC 3166

Tel: 03 9939 3912

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Oakleigh Fresh Wholesale & Retail Fruit & Vegetables

Address: Shop 15/18, Centro Oakleigh 39 Hanover St, Oakleigh, 3166 Phone: 03 9563 4648 Fax: 03 9563 4649 Manager: Sam Raso 0403 278 968

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City Wide Real Estate

Established in the 1980s City Wide, is a family operated Real Estate Directed by Bill, Kaimakamis, & Mary Kaimakamis, along side with their three sons Phillip Kaimakamis, Costa Kaimakamis and Aki Kaimakamis.

Opening our new Clayton office, we already had a combined experience of over 80 years in Real Estate and Property Developments. In the period since, our brightly-lit window display, on the corner of Clayton & Haughton Road, adjacent the Clayton train station has become a local landmark... and a potent selling & leasing tool.

Our solid reputation enables us to attract buyers from all parts of Melbourne, as well as buyers seeking properties from interstate and international regions.

282 Clayton Road, Clayton VIC 3168

(03) 9544 9500 www.citywiderealestate.com.au

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