Jim Claven
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On Anzac Day: Remember the nurses on Lemnos
The recent republication of the first-hand account of the Lemnos experience by Anne Donnell – Frontline Nurse: The Inspiring True Story of an Australian Nurse at Gallipoli is an important …
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Sydney’s Greek Australian Writers Festival – A Triumph
On 2 April I had the privilege to take part in Sydney’s Greek Australian Writers’ Festival. The Festival is presented by the Greek Festival of Sydney (this year celebrating its …
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Tasmania and the Greek Revolution – Lieutenant George Darby and the Badger
The study of history throws up some interesting connections. The annual celebration of the Greek War of Independence bends my mind to connections between Australia and that famous revolution that …
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That Greece might be free – Remembering the Scottish philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence
As Hellenes around the world on 25 March celebrate the success of the Greek revolution and the foundation of Modern Greece, we should remember the many Philhellenes who joined in …
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The Yarraville Festival’s Hellenic Heart
The Yarraville Festival is back with a bang if last weekend’s effort is anything to go by. As the sun shone, thousands from across Melbourne’s inner west and beyond made …
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Ballarat’s son, Major George Devine Treloar in Lemnos
Many Neos Kosmos readers will be aware of the post-WWI refugee work of Ballarat-born Major George Devine Treloar who helped over 100,000 Christians refugees from Asia Minor resettle in northern …
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Gertrude Munro honoured as the only Australian nurse to die on service in Greece during the First World War
Recently the Australian Embassy in Greece paid tribute to the war service of a nurse from Ballarat, Sister Gertrude Eveyln Munro. In a formal ceremony held at the Allied War …
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Anzac Refuge – Finding Trahila’s Agia Paraskevi Church
Many readers will be aware of the quiet heroism of many Greek civilians during the Second World War in bravely assisting many Allied soldiers who were on the run in …
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Review – ‘The Greatest Escape’, the incredible story of survival in Greece during WWII
It is over 80 years since the Greek campaign of 1941, yet important firsthand accounts of the campaign continue to emerge. One of these is the recently published book The …
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Commemoration of George Treloar and the Asia Minor Catastrophe returns to Ballarat [PHOTOS]
For the first time since the COVID pandemic and despite threatening weather, the annual commemorative service recognizing the work of George Devine Treloar in assisting the Christian refugees fleeing the …