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Jim Claven

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Australian Hellenes honour Anders Lassen – the Achilles of Thessaloniki

Melbourne’s Greek community joined with local Danes to commemorate the key role Major Anders Lassen played in the liberation of Thessaloniki 73 years ago.

Features

The day the Germans marched on Lemnos

Historian Jim Claven shares the story of one island’s experience of occupation, the northern Aegean island of Lemnos.

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Honouring Lefkada’s Anzac sons

The Lefkadian Cultural Association commemorated Australian soldiers of Hellenic heritage including Gunner James Zampelis.

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What OXI Day meant to Australia in 1940

On Saturday 28 October, we commemorate 77 years since General Metaxas said Oxi to Mussolini’s ultimatum to enter Greece.

Life

Dreams of Pontus

Following their performance at the Greek Centre, Jim Claven goes one-on-one with Thessaloniki’s Christos Kaliontzidis and Andonis Pilalidis about Pontian music.

Features

To Erythrae and the fair shores of Greek Ionia

Many modern travellers are aware of the great Greek settlements on Asia Minor’s Aegean Coast. But few know Erythrae was once the most important of these cities.

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William Davis’ journey to Gallipoli

A tale of Trades Hall, Lemnos and the bloody fields of Krithia.

Features

A grave in Mani

The fatal journey of Prahran’s William Salter.

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Discovering Lemnos’ Australian Pier

Built by Australian soldiers, the pier was one of the first pieces of infrastructure erected on Lemnos by the Allies.

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