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The Heart of the Advocate: Poetry as a call to Justice
Poet, Angela Costi’s latest collection, The Heart of the Advocate, explores what it means to be an advocate in our world. Starting from the beginning, she reflects on her childhood …
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Lost and found: Four Greek Australian siblings reunite after 55 years
The story of four siblings of Greek background who only found each other after 55 years, has only just begun to unfold. Born within four years of each other (1968-1971) …
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A century of the Nikakis legacy: From war-torn Smyrna to a thriving family in Australia
When a young Cretan soldier fled the war in Smyrna in 1922, stopping in Crete to say goodbye to his mother before escaping – his journey of survival marked the …
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Carol Fraser: The Australian woman with a Greek heart
Some people are born into a culture, while others choose it. Carol Fraser is one such person—an Australian who embraced Hellenism so deeply that it became an inseparable part of …
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Ancient bonds to cricketing battles: Greeks and Indians unite in Australia
Ancient bonds: Greece and India’s 2,500-year-old connection Greeks and Indians have shared historical ties for over 2,500 years, dating back to interactions before Alexander the Great’s Indian campaign in 327 …
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Antipodes Festival: A living expression of Greek identity in multicultural Melbourne
The tapestry of Melbourne’s multiculturalism was on display at this weekend’s Antipodes Festival, a celebration of Greek heritage that brings together various cultural expressions in an immersive street experience for …
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Antipodes Festival: Melbourne’s celebration of Greek culture shines bright
The 37th Antipodes Festival remains one of Melbourne’s most significant cultural events. Once again, Lonsdale Street transformed over the weekend into a hub of music, dance, and community, with more …
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Arete: Virtue, influence, and the writers who stay
Arete ἀρετή – is one of my favourite Greek words. The standard translation is virtue –excellence, and goodness. This is technically correct, but the sound and associations in English miss …
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Greek festivals take over Melbourne and Sydney
The 37th Antipodes Festival returns this weekend, an annual event which has become part of Melbourne’s cultural life is stewarded by the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM). As its director …
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Janiszewski and Alexakis to gift decades of Greek Australian history works to State Library of NSW
Social historian Leonard Janiszewski and ethnographic photographer Effy Alexakis—renowned chroniclers of the Greek-Australian experience since the early 1980s—will deliver a special lecture at the Sydney Greek Festival on March 11 …