Advertisement

Jim Claven

News

New Veterans’ Minister visits Melbourne’s Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial

Recently the new Albanese Government Minister for Veterans’, the Hon Matt Keogh MP, paid a visit to Melbourne’s iconic Lemnos Gallipoli Memorial and enjoyed a guide tour and presentation by …

Features

Finding the Lost WW1 Graveyard of Lemnos

One would think that after one hundred years there was not much more to be found in the history of the Greek Island of Lemnos’ involvement in the Gallipoli campaign …

Life

John Craxton – Artist, Philhellene and the exhibition of his work at Athens’ Benaki Museum – A review

One of the benefits of re-visiting famous museums or art galleries is the opportunity of catching a significant temporary exhibition. So what a wonderful surprise it was for me to …

Life

From Smyrna to Thessaloniki – In praise of Eftychia and her ‘Fanos tis Polis’ restaurant

When you travel you have many experiences, opening up and challenging your senses. Some of these are well-known but are experienced for the first time. But I think the best …

Features

Historic commemoration of WWI Australian nurses held on Lemnos

This month saw a unique event held on the northern Aegean Island of Lemnos. For the first time the landing of the Australian nurses on Lemnos during the Gallipoli campaign …

News

Thessaloniki’s WW2 Allied Prisoner Memorial proposal advances

Discussions held in Greece’s second city – Thessaloniki – have advanced the Australian community proposal to have a commemorative plaque installed at the site of the former German-run Allied POW …

Features

The Ghosts of Methoni

The traveller interested in history is spoilt for choice in Greece as one travels across the expanse of its mainland and further to its many islands. The physical legacy of …

Features

Aeschylus’ The Persians at Epidvaros – A Triumph

As a lover of classical civilisation, who read and studied classical drama both at secondary school and Monash University in Melbourne, a trip to Greece in summer would not be …

News

Hellenic link to Australia’s Anzac story discussed at Australian Embassy in Greece

Last week historian and author Jim Claven provided an update on some key Hellenic Anzac commemorative developments in a briefing to the Australian Embassy in Greece, addressing the work of …

Life

Soldiers and Aliens by June Factor – A book review

I often think of the journey of historical enquiry as a constantly changing painting or image, being added to as new researchers uncover aspects of the past that have been …

Advertisement