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Capturing time in the shadows: The photographic Odyssey of Georgia Metaxas
It’s early 2000s. A young photographer enters the Greek Community building on Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street and introduces herself. “I said, you know, I’d love to get to know my community …
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From Yiayia’s wisdom to Parkinson’s advocacy: Olivia Nassaris’s journey to CEO of Parkinson’s Australia
In Greek families, it is often expected that the children will care for their ageing parents. What is less common is for grandchildren to take on this role. In her …
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Boomers are like way cooler than Gen Zers, but brands miss the memo
One can be 62, pump out Led Zep, Miki Theodorakis, and Kendrick Lamar, and still go to the coast for summer, if not Greece, Spain or Indonesia every few years. …
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Eternal echoes: Narrating 200 years of Greek presence in Australia
Collaborators and life partners, Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis, will tell the story of the Greek Australian Diaspora since the early 1980s in a presentation titled, ‘In Their Own Image: …
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The Piper of Mudros Bay and the Scots Anzacs who came to Lemnos
As the Australian nurses arrived on the northern Aegean Island of Lemnos in August 1915 they were welcomed by the sound of a musical instrument dear to my heart – …
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Meet the eight Greek Australians dominating Victoria’s real estate market under 35
Eight Greek Australians are Victoria’s top real estate agents aged 35 and under. According to a list compiled by the Herald Sun, 19 agents individually traded more than $100m in …
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A Greek Ghanaian girl’s journey to Miss Universe Australia
Alysia Salley has always felt like a typical Greek kid, growing up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Visiting her yiayia and pappou every day after school with her cousins, …
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Shelley Dark challenges existing narratives about Ghikas Voulgaris and Australia’s Convict Pirates
Twenty years ago, our son delivered an astonishing revelation at a family dinner. He had learned that he and his father were descendants of Ghikas Voulgaris—one of the first Greek …
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The thriving Greek family in Jordan whose refugee story spans multiple conflicts
Every Greek diaspora family has a refugee or migration story to share. Some have more than one. Jordanian-born Katia Tsichlakis is in the second group. Her father, Elias, his nine …
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Exploring Alexandria’s rich Greek heritage in Egypt
Being a Hellenophile Indian scholar, I am intensely interested in visiting sites of Hellenic history in different countries and continents. Pursuing my interest and passion, I recently went to Alexandria, …