Jim Claven
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Twenty-Two & the Asia Minor Catastrophe– A moving evocation of a human tragedy
Those of us who were fortunate enough to have been able to secure tickets to the recent performance of Twenty Two at the impressive Clayton’s Community Centre Theatre have borne …
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Hellenic President and Australian Governor General to attend Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorations
It has been announced that their Excellencies the President of the Hellenic Republic, Ms Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and the Governor General of Australia, the Hon David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), will …
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Hellenic connection to Australia’s Anzac story commemorated at Oakleigh Dawn Service
Representatives of Melbourne’s Hellenic community again took part in the annual Dawn Service commemoration organized by the Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL at the iconic Cenotaph at Warrawee Park. The Cenotaph is modeled …
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Defending Homer’s wine dark sea
Every Anzac Day Australians and Hellenes remember the periods in history when our two nations were bonded together in the dark days of war. From the role of Lemnos in …
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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 …