To commemorate the centenary of the Kytherian Association of Australia (KAA), the association is working with the Australian National Maritime Museum to honour migrants from Kythera on Australia’s National Monument to Migration.
The Monument currently features over 32,000 names from 138 countries including 1,938 from Greece – amongst these, the first ten Greek migrants to Australia.
As part of the special centenary initiative, Kytherian Australians will be able to inscribe the names of Kytherian migrants onto a dedicated bronze panel on the Monument, thanks to supporters Frutex, Pallion and Poulos Bros Seafood.
The Kytherian panel, which will be unveiled at a special ceremony this year, will be the first dedicated panel on the Monument, with all the names from the same geographic area.
Our immigrant predecessors’ names will be together with their Kytherian compatriots, making this a special destination site for future generations to learn and reflect.
“It is our absolute duty to remember our brave Kytherian migrant relatives who left their families and homes for the great unknown of a new life in Australia,” Peter Poulos, from Poulos Bros Seafood, said.
“It was then a ‘one-way’ ticket for them and without their tears and sacrifice we would not be here today.
More details about the panel:
Each inscribed line on the Monument requires a tax-deductible donation of $500 directly to the Australian National Maritime Museum. You can include a single name or multiple names from the one family, as long as the total inscription length is less than 43 characters (spaces included). There will be a maximum of 270 lines on the panel and it will be on a “first come first served” basis.
The donation cut off has been extended to 28 February 2023. So please make your donations to avoid missing out on this once in a lifetime opportunity.
To limit the financial exposure for the Kytherian Association of Australia, this initiative is on a best endeavours basis. If we do not achieve the full 270 lines, then our Kytherian names will all be together on a single panel, but it will not be an exclusive panel. In other words, names from other parts of the
world may also be included on the panel.
To secure a line please visit www.sea.museum/kytherian. Also check the Kytherian Association of Australia website for a “How to Guide” if you need help completing the process OR you can call the Australian National Maritime Museum on (02) 9298 3777 (*please mention Kytherian Panel)
