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Breaking barriers: Martha Oplopiadis leads the way for women in engineering
Martha Oplopiadis is a trailblazer in Australia’s transport sector. Her work in engineering, leadership, and major infrastructure projects shows what women can achieve with skill and determination in a male-dominated …
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A Greek Cypriot visionary at the top of the GRAMMYs
From experiencing the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus as a two-year old boy and listening to Dalaras and Marinella as a teenager, to rising to president of the organisation behind …
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Exploring Greek Australian identity today through the eyes of a newcomer
Being Greek Australian today can mean different things to those born in Australia and those who recently arrived from Greece. While tradition helps keep the Hellenic culture alive, young people …
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Kastoria Lane: Honouring Coburg’s Greek heritage
Melbourne’s northern suburb Coburg will now have a Kastoria Lane, paying homage to the large northern Greek immigrant population that settled there in the post-war period. Once a hub for …
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Women take centre stage at the International Women’s Day Blues Festival
Although the blues scene has been traditionally male-dominated, some women are working to inspire more female artists to join. The International Women’s Day Music Festival is back this year to …
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Kos Society of South Australia effort to donate ambulance in Kos delayed by Greek bureaucracy
The Kos Society of South Australia “Hippocrates” got caught in Greece’s bureaucratic red tape when they tried to donate a modern ambulance to the National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAV) …
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Women defy stereotypes in Melbourne and Canberra Epiphany ceremonies
While it is customary for men to dominate the retrieval of the Holy Cross during Theophany celebrations, it was two women, one in Melbourne and another in Canberra, who defied …
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Jon Yiannis Escobar brings together Greek culture and dreamlike worlds
Jon Yiannis Escobar’s yiayia and papou did more than help raise him, they introduced him to Greek cinema. For the 23-year-old Greek Colombian filmmaker, this moment shaped the course of …
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New committee launched to enhance multicultural engagement in Suburban Rail Loop project
The Suburban Rail Loop Authority (SRLA) has formed a first-of-its-kind committee for a major Victorian project to improve communication with multicultural communities throughout the Suburban Rail Loop (SRL) delivery. The …
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Ellinikes Fones: Harmonising tradition, community, and heritage in Brisbane
Choral singing has been a central part of tradition across cultures. Some of the oldest choral music that has survived comes from ancient Greece, like the Delphic hymns from the …