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Run for The Voice: Ultra-marathon runner Pat Farmer talks exclusively to Neos Kosmos
Dorothy Hatzopoulou, talked to ultramarathon runner and former federal politician Pat Farmer AM, about his latest campaign to Run for the Voice to Parliament, and how Greece inspired him. Farmer’s …
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The hidden reality of intimate partner sexual violence in family and Greek communities
The reality of intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) affecting primarily women, is often shrouded in darkness. Feelings of shame, and the debilitating impact on self-worth that this violence creates, often …
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Emanuel Comino: The 90-year-old “Father of the Marbles Campaign”
On Wednesday evening 29 March, the venue of the Pallaconian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria “Leonidas,” was full of people who gathered to attend a lecture on the return of …
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Paddy Montgomery, the Irish Australian master of the Greek traditional instruments
There is something about traditional Greek folk music, that carries the identity of all regions; sounds that run deep in the veins of Hellenism. From, Thrace, to Northern Epirus, Thessaly, …
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Tasmania and the Greek Revolution – Lieutenant George Darby and the Badger
The study of history throws up some interesting connections. The annual celebration of the Greek War of Independence bends my mind to connections between Australia and that famous revolution that …
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Greek prisoners sent to the colony of NSW were freedom fighters
The Greek Revolution of 1821 which will be celebrated on 25 March also had an impact on Australia. Like many Irish Republicans sent here as convicts there was also seven …
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In the shadow of the acropolis
No matter the amount of times I stand before her, my breath is always taken aback as I stand in contemplation and in reverence of the glorious Temple of Athena …
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That Greece might be free – Remembering the Scottish philhellenes in the Greek War of Independence
As Hellenes around the world on 25 March celebrate the success of the Greek revolution and the foundation of Modern Greece, we should remember the many Philhellenes who joined in …
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Eva Boleti: Teaching Indigenous children in WA while completing a PhD research in Greek Diaspora
Driven by curiosity and respect for cultures, Eva Boleti let her adventurous spirit take her to Western Australia. “It is an amazing experience. I never imagined that I would be …
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“Not to brag… my wife and I make the best sausages”
An organic culinary spectacle is happening in a modest unit in Moorabbin. The octogenarian couple, Dimitri and Antonia Adaras are governed by a youthful enthusiasm, and a joy that challenges …