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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Brides on board: What happened to the GREEK women of the Begona?

Back then, marriage by proxy was a way for GREEK men living in Australia to find wives of the same standing and cultural background. Peter Photakis was an inquisitive eight-year-old boy on board the Begona with his mother and two brothers. His mother wasn't one of the 'brides', but he has since spent ...


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