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The Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia regards George North (Tramountanas) as their Pioneering Grandfather.

George Tramountanas was born in his native Lemnos, Greece, in 1822. He came from a family of shipbuilders and seamen and had traveled to Australia as a teenager before finally arriving at Port Adelaide, South Australia, in 1842.

George Tramountanas changed his name to George North before his marriage to Englishwoman Lydia Vosper on 26 September 1858; she arrived from Devon, England, aboard the Caucasian in 1855. Their two sons George Henry (born in 1861) and Hero Clare (born in 1862) were born at GreenPatch near Port Lincoln.

By 1874 George & Lydia had moved north and eventually with their 2 sons had land holdings of over 20,000 acres in the vicinities of Bramfield, Mt Wedge, Calca, Talia & Colton.

George and Lydia hosted a wedding reception at their North Park property (just south of Bramfield) on 4 November 1884 for their first son George Henry and his new wife Eliza Valkema and another on 18 May 1885 when their second son Hero married Rosina Ann Boylan, many of their 22 grandchildren were also born at North Park.

George and Lydia retired and lived their final years with their son Hero and his wife Rosina at their Newland Grange homestead at Colton, South Australia. George North died on 29 January 1911 and his wife Lydia on 20 November 1913; they are both buried in the Old Colton Catholic Cemetery. They were survived by their two sons and 22 grandchildren.

Source: Wikipedia (by Mario Jaspers)