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Peter Veneris diaries

Date
1944-01-01
Place
Biloela
Townsville
Subject
Category
Author
Veneirs, Peter
Keywords
Greeks in Australia
Current holder
Link
Series number
32080
Item number
99183676620102061
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
In copyright. Unrestricted access.
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1944 to 1952
Description from source
3 exercise books

Three exercise books containing journal entries and text written in Greek by Peter Veneris, who was originally from Kythera in Greece. The journals were written in various locations in Queensland and are dated 1944, 1945 and 1952. The 1944 volume contains entries written in Townsville, the 1952 volume is titled has ‘Murgon’ written on the cover. After the war he spent time working in a number of Queensland towns before eventually settling in Biloela where he ran a drapery business. There is a park named after him in Biloela.
Physical format
Manuscripts
Diaries
Bibliographic citation
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