Celebration of Treloar legacy through new book continue to Perth

The bequest of George Devine Treloar continues onto Perth with the Western Australia superior the latest metropolis to big a presumption of the caller publication connected Treloar which delves into his work while successful Greece.

The presumption of the publication ‘Genocide to Regeneration: the photographs of George Devine Treloar’, co-authored by Professor David Treloar and Dr Panayiotis Diamadis, will take centre stage connected Wednesday 1 October, 7pm, astatine the Archdiocese Function Centre successful Dianella.

The event, organised by the Hellenic Community of WA and the Pontian Brotherhood of WA, will spot the two authors successful attendance arsenic they elaborate connected the adjacent 200 photos, idiosyncratic extracts of League of Nations reports and maps that marque up the book.

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Treloar served arsenic League of Nations Commissioner for Refugees successful bluish Greece betwixt October 1922 and April 1924, during which helium aided thousands of Greek, Armenian and Assyrian refugees fleeing from genocide successful Asia Minor.

The humanitarian documented his work significantly, which has served arsenic the ground of the book.

Nearly each of the Treloar photographs person ne'er been published before.

The photos themselves are mostly spontaneous, unposed images of the refugees themselves, such arsenic crowded aboard boats, arriving, queuing for rations, gathering unsmooth accommodation, ploughing, surviving successful tents, spinning, weaving, preparing meals, rebuilding lives.