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Swapped at birth – DNA test helps uncover adoptee’s Greek heritage
The truth about Penny Zagarelou-Mackieson, her heritage and natural family would have never come to light, if it wasn’t for a surprising DNA test result in 2016, that revealed that …
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The day in 1941 when 100,000 Melburnians flocked to the city centre for ‘Greek Day’
This month we remember and commemorate Greece’s valiant and successful resistance to the Italian invasion in 1940. We should also remember that Greece’s fight was responded to across Australia by …
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Thanatos: Death Personified’ exhibition seeking to create open dialogue about our mortality
Three Greek artists have combined for an exhibition on the topic of death, with the ultimate goal being to explore and facilitate open discussion on this subject. The exhibition, called …
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Film Festival brings together Melbourne’s community in celebration of Greek cinema
Cinephiles, the Greek community and business leaders, families, young and old, gathered at the Astor Theatre, Palace Cinema Como and Balwyn Cinema for the opening of the 2023 Greek Film …
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Age-defying weightlifting Greek Yiayia shatters stereotypes and records
Generally, a 79-year-old Greek woman would be sipping coffee, cooking for grandchildren, gossiping with her girlfriends, binging Greek soapies, and attending church. That is unless that woman is Eleni (Eleftheria) …
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David Hill’s 50-year love affair with Greece: A golden anniversary celebration
“I think I was in love with Greece before I even went there” David Hill tells Neos Kosmos. The Inaugural Chair of the International Association for the Reunification of the …
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Greek Aussie’s wine and food odyssey around the globe
Last month, West Australian gastropub Mayfair Lane was named Australia’s Best Pub Restaurant Wine List for 2023. It was one of many awards the Greek-Sicilian Foni Pollitt (nee Tsouvallas) the …
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Jason, the Argonauts and the Greeks of Georgia
We all know about Jason and the Argonauts – a group of buffed up men who went on an epic voyage in 1200 BC. The Argonauts racked up more frequent …
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Harry Corones and the pioneering Greeks of Charleville, Queensland
In Charleville, Queensland, the legacy of some Greek families is still alive and well. In particular the family of Harry Corones and Jim Corones who emigrated to Australia in 1907. …
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Helping those in need: the Greek Australian behind Diva Charity Incorporated
On October 10 founder of Diva Charity Incorporated, Christina Iskandar was a finalist for the Westfield Local Hero Award, and while she would have loved to have won the 20K …