Dean Kalimniou
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Diatribe: Stath, Greek dads and diversity on our screens
“I try to love you, but sometimes, it’s so hard,” Vasos exclaims in anguish, fulminating at yet another display of his son’s ineptitude. Welcome to the world of ‘Stath Lets …
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Melbourne’s Elgin Street in Carlton honours the memory of eighth Lord Elgin, son of the looter of the Parthenon Marbles
Generally speaking, Greek-Australians are a diverse tribe. They come from all walks of life and hold any number of political or religious ideologies. They love a good debate and whether …
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A Greek at the All Night Vigil at Brunswick’s Protection of the Most Holy Theotokos Russian Orthodox Church
When the envoys of Kievan Rus returned home from Constantinople, they told their master, Prince Vladimir: “We did not know where we were, on heaven or on earth; and do …
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Greek club mentality that is misogynistic and degrading to local women should be named and shamed
One Greek community experience that has been indelibly etched within my memory took place just a few years ago. A Greek community organisation had recently replaced its committee with members …
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History matters: Lonsdale Akropolis Club bombing of 1928
At 10pm, on Saturday evening, 1 December 1928, Melbourne was rocked by the sound of two explosions. The Akropolis Club in Lonsdale Street, a premises owned by Samian immigrant Nikolaos …
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From Immigration Museum to that of Shared Inanity
Some months ago, I heard something that shocked me. An elderly lady was recounting her early, difficult years in Australia, when, as a new migrant, she worked double shifts to …
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Letter: Protest against Albanian vandalism
The Panepirotic Federation of Australia condemns the recent dynamiting of the monument erected in the Greek minority village of Krania to honour Thymios Liolis, an ethnic Greek who fought in …
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Lord Byron vs Lord Elgin, a tale of two peers
“The slightest object from the Acropolis is a jewel.” Lord Elgin “but molest not yon defenceless urn: Look on this spot – a nation’s sepulchre.” Lord Byron Lord Byron famously …
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Justice for Cyprus
I grew up among people who were never able to return to their homes. They spent their entire lives pining for their wives and children, wondering about the state of …
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The Greek weed eaters and horta hunters: Why we love ‘horta’
“Here have some of this,” my grandmother dipped two the forks in the salad bowl and offered it to my Australian friend. “What is it?” his eyes grew wide in …