Councillor Klissaris, Member for Oakleigh Ms. Anne Burke, Author Socrates Tsourdalakis and the Monash Library representative Joanna Puckle
Psarantonis Concert at Thornbury Theatre in 2009
The Associations Senior Dance Group also perfomed at many Panigiria around the island in many villages. One of them being in the village of Karoti, dancing in traditional black clothes, as danced in the region of Anogia. Pictured is also the Associations Vice President Mr. Manolis Vantarakis.
The Associations Senior Dance Group performed at the TZANIDAKIA FESTIVAL in Rethymnon Crete. The Musical Dance Exhibition took place at the Erofili Theatre in Fortetza hosted by the Omilos Vrakoforon Kritis. Other Dance Groups included in the program were the Laografikos Omilos Ariadne, Erotokritos, Karditsas
The Cretan Youth of Australia made up of representatives from our Association, and the Cretan Association of NSW toured Crete in August as part of a Filoxenia Program hosted by the Pancretan youth of Greece and funded by the Mayors of Zaros, Tympaki and Gortinas. The group is pictured here with the Mayor of Zaros Mr. Ioannis Zaharioudakis in front of the famous Lake of Zaros.
Representatives of the International Cretan Federations and Associations around the world met at the headquarters of the Pancretan Association of Macedonia in Thessaloniki, to discuss the formation of the World Confederation. Pictured from Australia are Mr. Ioannis Assargiotis ( representing the Cretan Federation of Australia ) and our Association President Mr. Tony Tsourdalakis
Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne General Meeting in 1982.
Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne welcomes the Cretan music composer Giannis Markopoulos in 1981
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in Melbourne 1981
Pancretan Brotherhood volunteers building the Cretan Village in 1981
The Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in Socrates Tsourdalakis house in Melbourne 1981
Battle of Crete function with the musicians from left Grigoris Saris, Antonis Tsourdalakis & George Tsourdalakis
Rethymnian Association picnic with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in Melbourne 1981
Battle of Crete celebration at the Melbourne Shrine of Rememberance in 1981
Tsourdalakis brothers & their families in Kostas Tsourdalakis house with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute. Melbourne 1981
Cretan Village of the Pancretan Brotherhood in 1981 before it was built. Just a farm with sheds
At Markos Klados house with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in 1981
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in Melbourne 1981
General meeting of the Pancretan Brotherhood at the Cretan Village in 1981
Christmas Father at the Cretan Village of the Pancretan Brotherhood in Melbourne in 1981
Tsourdalakis brothers & their families in Kostas Tsourdalakis house with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute. Melbourne 1981
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Thanasis Skordalos lyra & Antonis Apostolakis lute in Melbourne 1981
The Cretan musicians George Tsagarakis lyra & George Tamiolakis lute at a Rethymnian Association picnic in Melbourne 1980
The Cretan musicians George Tsagarakis lyra & George Tamiolakis lute at a Rethymnian Association picnic in Melbourne 1980
The final meeting for the creation of Pancretan Federation of Australia in Sydney 1980
The President of the Pancretan Brotherhood Nikos Andriannakis with another Cretan at the Shrine of Rememberance in Melbourne for the battele of Crete celebrations in 1980
The Australian battle of Crete veteran Bill Brown with wife Esme in George Tsourdalakis house in Melbourne 1980
The Cretan musicians George Tsagarakis lyra & George Tamiolakis lute at a Rethymnian Association picnic in Melbourne 1980
Easter feast in Cretan Village of the Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne in 1980
Members of the Pancretan Federation of Australia Comitee in 1980
Rethymnian Association dancing group at a function in Melbourne 1980
George Paterakis at the Pancretan Brotherhood General Meeting in 1980
Easter feast in Cretan Village of the Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne in 1980
The Cretan musicians George Tsagarakis lyra & George Tamiolakis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1980
The Cretan musicians George Tsagarakis lyra & George Tamiolakis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1980
The Cretan musicians Nikos Alefantinos lyra & Tasos Kondogiannis lute at a Rethymnian Association picnic in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians Nikos Alefantinos lyra & Tasos Kondogiannis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians George Papadakis lyra & Manolis Kaklis lute in George Tsourdalakis house in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians George Papadakis lyra & Manolis Kaklis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1979
he Cretan musicians Nikos Alefantinos lyra & Tasos Kondogiannis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians Nikos Alefantinos lyra & Tasos Kondogiannis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1979
The Archibishop of Australia Mr Stylianos at a Pancretan Brotherhood function in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians George Papadakis lyra & Manolis Kaklis lute at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1979
The Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute in a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1978
Cretan League of Victoria Comitee & Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne at their amalganation in 1978
The Archbishop of Australia Mr Stylianos in a Pancretan Federation of Australia function in Albury 1978
The Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute in a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1978
The Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute in a christning function in Melbourne 1978
The Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute in a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1978
The Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute in a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1978
Cretan League of Victoria Comitee & Pancretan Brotherhood of Melbourne at their amalganation in 1978
Battle of Crete celebartion in Rethymnon in 1978 with Australian veterans.
Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1978, with Cretan musicians Zacharias Melesanakis lyra & Vagelis Tsfantakis lute
The President of thw Rethymnian Association George Tsourdakakis at the Association function in 1978
Rethymnian Association dancing group in a function in Melbourne 1978, with Cretan musicians Zacharias Melesanakis lyra & Vagelis Tsfantakis lute
Battle of Crete celebartion in Rethymnon in 1978 with Australian veterans.
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis & Nikos Alefantinos in Melbourne 1977
The Cretan musicians Sifis Panagiotakis & Markos Nenedakis at a christening faunction in Melbourne 1977
The Cretan musicians Sifis Panagiotakis & Markos Nenedakis at the Rethymnian Asociation faunction in Melbourne 1977
Christmas Day in Socrates Tsourdalakis house in Melbourne 1977 with his mum , brothers, sister & the Cretan musicians Nikos Skevakis lyra & Nikos Alefantinos lute.
From left the secretary of the Rethymnian Association Socrates Tsourdalakis with Cretan musicians Sifis Panagiotakis & Markos Nenedakis at the Asociation faunction in Melbourne 1977
From left the secretary Socrates Tsourdalakis,the president George Tsourdalakis and the treasurer George Kambourakis of the Rethymnian Association Melboune giving a cheque to Metropolitan Irineos for the Greek Navy in 1976.
The Metropilitan of Kydonias & Apokoronou Irineos in a Rethymnian Association function in Yaraville 1976.
Rethymnian Association function in Yaraville 1976 with guest of honor Metropilitan Kydonias & Apokoronou Irineos.
Rethymnian Association function in Yaraville 1976 with guest of honor Metropilitan Kydonias & Apokoronou Irineos.
The Metropilitan of Kydonias & Apokoronou Irineos in a Rethymnian Association function in 1976
The Metropilitan of Kydonias & Apokoronou Irineos in Kostas Kellergis house in Melbourne 1976.
Back from left George Rerakis, Kostas Tsourdalakis, Antonis Kon. Tsourdalakis & George Tsourdalakis.Front from left Michael Tsourdalakis & Nikos Kalaitzakis in 1976.
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Rethymnian Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Apokoroniotes Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Apokoroniotes Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Apokoroniotes Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Apokoroniotes Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Apokoroniotes Association function with Cretan musicians Nikos Manias lute & Markos Daskalomarkakis lyra in Yaraville Melbourne 1975.
Rethymnian Association dancing group at a function in Melbourne 1974.
The musicians from left Antonis Kosta Tsourdalakis, Kostas Tsourdalakis & George Tsourdalakis at the Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1974.
The Cretan musicians Spyros Sifogiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis with Kostas Tsourdalakis at a Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1974.
Rethymnian Association function with the Cretan musicians Spyros Sifogiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis in Melbourne 1974.
Cretan League of Victoria function with Spyros Sifigiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis Melbourne 1974.
Cretan League of Victoria function with Spyros Sifigiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis Melbourne 1974.
The Cretan musicians Spyros Sifigiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis at a private function in Yaraville Melbourne 1974.
Cretan League of Victoria function with Spyros Sifigiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis Melbourne 1974.
Rethymnian Association function with Antonis Kostas Tsourdalakis & George Tsourdalakis in Melbourne 1974.
Rethymnian Association function with Sifogiorgakis-Markogiannakis in Yaraville Melbourne 1974.
Cretan League of Victoria function with Spyros Sifigiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis Melbourne 1974.
Rethymnian Association function with Sifogiorgakis-Markogiannakis in Melbourne 1974.
Welcome at the Melbourne Airport of the Cretan musicians Spyros Sifogiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis 1973.
Rethymnian Association function with Sifogiorgakis-Markogiannakis in Melbourne 1973.
Rethymnian Association picnic at Green Hills with Spyros Sifogiorgakis & Giannis Markogiannakis Melbourne 1973.
The Cretan lyra player Spyros Sifogiorgakis in Melbourne 1973.
Rethymnian Association picnic at Green Hills with Kostas Moudakis & George Tsourdalakis Melbourne 1973.
Rethymnian Association function with Sifogiorgakis-Markogiannakis in Melbourne 1973.
Rethymnian Association function with Sifogiorgakis-Markogiannakis in Melbourne 1973.
Cretan League of Victoria function in Melbourne 1973.
The Cretan musicians Spyros Sofogiorgakis-Giannis Markogiannakis at the Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1973.
The Cretan musicians Spyros Sofogiorgakis-Giannis Markogiannakis with little Antonis Socrates Tsourdalakis at the Rethymnian Association function in Melbourne 1973
Rethymnian Association picnic at Green Hills with Kostas Moudakis & George Tsourdalakis Melbourne 1973.
Cretan League of Victoria function in Yaraville Melbourne 1973.
Rethymnian Association of Melbourne dancing group in a function with Kostas Moudakis lyra & George Tsourdalakis lute in 1973.
Rethymnian Association of Melbourne picnic in Green Hill with Kostas Moudakis lyra & George Tsourdalakis lute in 1973.
Rethymnian Association of Melbourne function with Kostas Moudakis Janury 1973.
Vagelis Vadarakis with his wife in 1973. One of the founding members and 1st tressurer of the Rethymnian Association of Melbourne arkadi.
Christening Feast for Antonis George Tsourdalakis with kostas Moudakis Lyra January 1972.
Christening Feast for Antonis George Tsourdalakis with kostas Moudakis Lyra January 1972.
Kostas Moudakis & the Cretan priest Giannis Limogiannis in Antonis George Tsourdalakis Christening 1972.
Kostas Moudakis lyra, George Tsourdalakis lute with other Tsourdalakis brothers in Kostas Tsourdalakis home Melbourne December 1971.
Kostas Moudakis lyra with George Tsourdalakis lute in Kostas Tsourdalakis house in Melbourne December 1971.
December 1971 in Kostas Tsourdakakis house. Lyra Kostas Moudakis, lute George Tsourdalakis & other Tsourdalakis brothers.
from left George tsourdalakis, kostas tsourdalakis, kostas moudakis & antonis galanis in Melbourne 1971.
The planting of a Cretan olive tree at the gardens of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance in 1971.
The planting of a Cretan olive tree at the gardens of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance in 1971. On the right Bishop Aristarhos
The Cretan League of Victoria Comitee in 1970. From left Sopasis, Ladakis,Kondouthakis, Apanomeritakis, Lionakis, Nikolakakis, Garifalakis, Sarimanolis, Kondekakis.
The Comitee of the cretan leaque of victoria at a christmas function for the kids in 1970.
The lyra player Manolis Dendidakis with lute palyer Grigoris Sarris in Melbourne 1970.