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Meet the backstage crew behind Hobart’s Greek Festival

It was all hands on deck last weekend on North Hobart’s Federal Street, as around 150 volunteers served crowds of multiple times their number, at Tasmania’s annual Greek Festival. “We’re …

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Unearthing Alexander’s legacy in Portugal: The Battle of Hydaspes in mosaic

Over the years I have travelled from North Africa and Central Asia to Europe, in order to study Greek historical sites and monuments. Being aware of the Indian and Hellenic …

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Lemnos’ children sang to the diggers – Sydney’s Sergeant Murphy on Lemnos and Imbros

Recently on a visit to friends in Bendigo the conversation turned to the Hellenic link to Anzac. Soon I was leafing through two old books, published during the First World …

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The intergovernmental committee that forever changed our lives (Part 2)

Continued from last week – Read The ICEM legacy: How Greece and Australia forged a migration path to new beginnings (Part 1) The relationship between the ICEM and travel agents …

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Rising star Danielle Stamoulos talks about her creative career, Medusa and latest project ‘Gorgo’

‘Gorgo’, a new Greek Aussie film, is taking the international film festival circuit by storm. Written by and starring Danielle Stamoulos as Medusa, the film has won accolades and plaudits …

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Melbourne group on mission to uncover historical archives on the Greek island of Ithaca

Upon returning from her Ithacan holidays last year, Vicky Kapourelakos showed her mother a document “that brought her to tears”. It was the birth certificate of her mum’s brother who …

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Sewing the past into the future: Evie is stitching heritage into swimwear

Meet 24-year-old Evie Ganikis, who is hand-sewing bikinis in her Yiayia’s basement for her brand Doxxia Swim. Four years ago, when struggling to find bathers that were size inclusive, she …

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A lifetime of love and service: Con and Helen Papadopoulos celebrate 70 years of marriage

Constantinos (Con) and Helen (née Zannetides) Papadopoulos recently marked an extraordinary milestone—their 70th wedding anniversary. Surrounded by their immediate family, the couple reflected on a lifetime of love, community service, …

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From the ring to the screen: Louis Mandylor’s Hollywood journey

Louis Mandylor has lived a full life filled and has navigated sport to acting – from football and boxing first Mandylor then settled into the world of acting and directing …

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George Megalogenis on the future of Australian politics: A nation in transition

Many readers will be well aware of the work of journalist and writer George Megalogenis. For many years he has been tracking the Australian national mood and its political impacts. …

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