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The shifting tides of Sydney’s inner city Greek enclaves: From working-class to gentrified and expensive gems
Marrickville, Earlwood and Parramatta constituted what once were Sydney’s Hellenic hubs, where many post-war Greek immigrants settled during the mass chain migration between 1957 and 1975. However, these once working-class …
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What OHI Day meant to Australia in 1940
Across Australia and throughout the Hellenic diaspora, this month will see Hellenes take part in their annual commemoration of OXI Day – the day that the then leader of Greece, …
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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 …