Migrants- Agia Paraskevi
Family Name: | Anagnostis |
Name: | Modestos |
Year of Birth: | 1944 |
Father's Name: | Evangelos (Agia Paraskevi) |
Mother's Name: | Maria Christofidi (Agia Paraskevi) |
Siblings: | Anna (Petridou), Georgia (Athanaselou) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1962 |
Sponsor: | Anna Petridou (my sister) |
Married: | Georgia Karagianni (Kapi, Lesvos) |
Children: | Evangelos, Nektaria, Maria |
City of Residence: | Canberra, ACT, Australia |
Livelihood: | Small Business- Cafes and Supermarkets |
Above: At my father's kafeneio, Egli. I am standing at the door, while my father, Evangelos is on the right, his brother from the United States, Mihalis, is in the middle, and on the left is a fellow from Khartoum, Sudan.
Above Right: Outside Souropos' barber shop. Ignatios Souropos is in the middle, while I am on the right.


Above: At the panygiri of Agios Haralambos, as a teenager.
Above Right: Goulburn, 1962. In my uniform, when I was working in my sister's cafe, the Bon Ton Cafe.


Above: With Nikos Demosthenos (left) and Giorgos Stamatellis (right). I was partners with Niko at the Paragon Cafe in Harden (1967- 73).
Above Right: With Giorgos Demosthenos (left) and Giorgos Petridis (middle) in the kitchen of the Bon Ton Cafe in Goulburn.
Above: My father, Evangelos, with Miltiades Demosthenos (standing).
Above: With my wife, Georgia.