A campaign is underway to obtain heritage protection for Melbourne’s iconic Ancient Greece inspired amphitheatre on the banks of the Yarra in Fairfield. It follows on the recent threats to …

Across my many years as a student of history, the discipline has never failed to surprise me. Truth is often stranger than fiction. Delving into the sources and records of …

I had the pleasure of speaking with Greek campaign veteran Arthur Leggett on 8 September 2021, on the occasion of his 103rd birthday. Arthur is a legend amongst Australia’s Cretan …

I have been following the trail of Major Anders Lassen and his part of the Greece’s WW2 story for some time. Readers of Neos Kosmos may have read my articles …

Recently I talked with Peter Gissing from Wagga Wagga. Peter’s grandfather Henry  – or Harry as he was known – was one of those veterans who not only served on …

We all know that food, drink and hospitality are an essential element of Hellenic culture. History tells us that this is as much a facet of Greek life today as …

I have written previously about some of the Allied escapes from the coastal villages of the Mani following the German capture of Kalamata in late April 1941, including that of …

You would think that after more than a century that there wouldn’t be much new to discover about the Gallipoli campaign – and particularly the Greek Aegean Island of Lemnos’ …

Classical Greece’s impact on civilisation was immense, its influence stretching far and wide. And when communities throughout the western world experienced their own period of greatness, they reached back to …

Music and song is an important element of human endeavor and interaction. Whether at times of celebration or times of sadness, we all can be touched by an appropriate tune …