Nick Dallas
Features –
We’re living longer, at least the first generation
Greek migration to Australia is mainly a post-war affair. Buoyed by the ‘populate or perish’ mantra of the times and the Migration Restriction Act commonly called the White Australia Policy, …
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Farewell to the post-War migrant generation: Mapping their arrival from their obituaries
They say that as we grow older, we become more like our parents. Growing up in Melbourne as a young boy in the 1970s, one of my tasks was to …
Dialogue –
Are children of newly-arrived migrants snubbing Greek School?
There is a variety of different providers of Greek language courses for school children in Melbourne: Government schools, independent schools, VSL and what many of us have grown up with, …
News –
Greek language learning in Victorian schools: attrition is reversible
Nick Dallas gives a concise overview of the state of affairs of Greek language learning in Victorian schools at primary and secondary level.
News –
Greek aluminium industry: not a lightweight matter
While Australia is the largest bauxite producer in the world, Greece has some of the largest deposits in Europe.
Features –
Taking physics to new frontiers
Not only physicists but the general public were excited by the announcement this July that the elusive Higgs boson (God particle) had been discovered.
Features –
Reaching for the stars: Baikonur Cosmosdrome
Here is the story of a strong Pontian Greek connection to this very Russian cosmosdrome.
Features –
Montenegro: No longer Serbia’s junior partner
Nick Dallas walks us through Montenegro and looks at why the country is now stepping into its own.
Features –
Sismanoglio: A beacon of Greek culture
Nick Dallas explores the Turkish town of Sismanoglio and its Greek connection.
Features –
The determined Greeks of Tunisia
Nick Dallas investigates Greeks of the diaspora who call the North African country of Tunisia home