Kastellorizo and Its Gold
with Nick Bogiatzis
- When: – 9:00 pm
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Where: Was at Greek Centre, Mezzanine ( but a recording is available on: YouTube)Mezzanine Level, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
- Entry: Free
Event Details
Kastellorizo has an extraordinary history of prosperity and destruction. Without soil or water it sustained a population of 9,000 through trade. Trade brought with it opportunity and wealth, reflected in the homes, clothing and jewellery. Gold was the medium of trade and the reflection of status. Trade also brought new ideas that challenged a strongly held cultural identity. This strength of identity seems to have carried through for many of the diaspora in Australia. Many migrated before the island was destroyed. They brought with them items that today make for an important cultural archive of the island, in their photographs, traditional clothing and jewellery - an unrecorded archive randomly distributed across individual families
About Nick Bogiatzis
Nick Bogiatzis’s family was a part of the Kastellorizian diaspora of the early twentieth century.
He has retained a strong interest in the island, with a particular focus on its social history.
He has published: ‘Kastellorizian Jewellery, A Dispersed Archive of a Past Culture’, together with Dr Nicholas G Pappas AM ‘An Island in Time and Castellorizo in Photographs 1890-1948‘.
He resides in Canberra and is lucky enough to regularly visit the island.
How to Participate
This is an in-person only event, so please join us at the Greek Centre, on the Mezzanine (Press M in the elevator).
See our speaker live, ask questions during the Q&A and hobnob with fellow participants before and after the event.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Admission to this enlightening lecture is free, and all are invited to attend.
Sponsors
We'd like to thank Kastellorizian Association of Victoria for the kind donations that make seminars like this possible.
During the course of the year considerable expenses are incurred in staging the seminars. In order to mitigate these costs individuals or organisations are invited to donate against a lecture of their choice.
You too can donate for one or more seminars and (optionally) let your name or brand be known as a patron of culture to our members, visitors and followers, as well as the broader artistic and cultural community of Melbourne. Please email: info@greekcommunity.com.au or call 03 9662 2722.
We thank the following corporate sponsors:
Delphi Accounting, Symposiarch Wines and the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria
About Greek History and Culture Seminars 2024
This event belongs to the series, Greek History and Culture Seminars 2024.
The Greek Community of Melbourne hosts a wide range of events, from intimate gatherings to large functions, and celebrates cultural diversity with vibrant festivals, performances, and exhibitions.
SERIES DATES: Thursday, 07/03/2024 – Thursday, 26/09/2024
See all Greek History and Culture Seminars 2024 published events.
- LANGUAGE English
- CATEGORY Education
- EVENT SERIES Seminars > Greek History and Culture Seminars 2024
- SERIES DATES Thursday, 07/03/2024 – Thursday, 26/09/2024
- PRESENTED BY The Greek Community of Melbourne
- FEATURING Nick Bogiatzis
- M.C. Nick Dallas
- MAJOR DONORS Delphi Accounting, Symposiarch Wines and the Kastellorizian Association of Victoria
- MINOR DONORS Kastellorizian Association of Victoria
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PLACE Was at Greek Centre, Mezzanine ( but a recording is available on: YouTube)
- ADDDRESS Mezzanine Level, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000
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