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Julia Banks’ shining hour – the MP who brought a sitting PM to Oakleigh

For the majority of the Greek Australian community – those of them, at least, who bother to follow politics – Julia Banks will forever be remembered as the MP who …

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International Gothic and Pontus in crisis

Mystery surrounds the exact date that renowned fresco painter Antonio di Puccio Pisano, also known as Pisanello, painted “St George and the Princess of Trebizond,” widely held to be the …

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The value of a degree in Humanities and Modern Greek studies

At the start of every academic year, many university students wonder which subjects they should include in their studies and how they should they go about choosing them. Perhaps the …

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Tsitsipas Deus: Abdul the motor mechanic and his take on Greek glory

Abdul the motor mechanic, is one of my oldest and closest friends. Heavily bearded and bodily hirsute, he hails from Florina. His original nickname was “freebie” because years ago, in …

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YOUR SAY: Is the Prespes Agreement really a resolution of the long-standing name dispute?

Our readers responded to the plethora of articles and opinion pieces showing different aspects of the long-standing name dispute, including a plethora of opinions. We were inundated with messages on …

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OPINION: “Macedonia is one, and Greek”, the mantra

Many Greeks have taken up, on Facebook at least, the slogan, “Macedonia is one, and Greek”. For most, I know, this is an innocent affirmation of faith. We routinely demonstrate …

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OPINION: The myth of modern Macedonia

As a professor (now an emeritus professor) of Classics and Ancient History at The University of Western Australia, I became involved in the Macedonian naming dispute about ten years ago, …

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Letter to the Editor: Archdiocese condemns regurgitated article

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has become aware of an ‘article’ that was published in Greek and English on the 16 January 2019 edition of The Greek herald, by …

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Taken for a ride: Aiia Maasarwe could have been any one of us

Last Friday after work, all I wanted was to board the first tram, go home and rest; potentially head out for a drink or two. But I couldn’t. Most days …

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Diatribe: The enigma of the arrival and afternoon in Melbourne

Giorgio De Chirico, an Italian painter who was born and raised in Volos, painted The Enigma of the Arrival and the Afternoon in 1912. An eerie mood and strange artificiality …

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