Features
Features –
Saint Valentine, Saint Hyacinth, and the lovers Aquila and Priscilla
Every February 14, couples around the world celebrate love in the name of Saint Valentine. But who exactly was he, and how did he become the patron saint of romance? …
Features –
From Zerma to Abbotsford, a Greek Civil War adventure
A few weeks ago, I was invited to the Abbotsford home of Pantelis and Dimitra Vlahopoulos, migrants that arrived in Melbourne in December 1966. Their backyard had the obligatory lemon …
Features –
A second shot at Miss Universe Australia with a mission to inspire
Dana Diamataris, loves a new challenge any opportunity she gets. “Why should you stop challenging yourself at any point in your life? Why not continue to do it again and …
Features –
Celebrating a great big fat Kazzi mixed wedding
My cousin’s eldest son fell in love with a childhood sweetheart whose family is part-Greek. It was a match made in the Mediterranean. But that wasn’t enough. The wedding had …
Features –
Tracing Greek migration through Neos Kosmos obituaries
The Greek community of Victoria – and generally across the Australia – is mostly an advent of the post-war Southern European mass migration to Australia. Boatloads arrived in the 1950s …
Features –
Sydneysiders to walk the 100km trail of the ANZACs in Crete
A team of Greek Australians and philhellenes are preparing to honour the ANZACs who fought at the Battle of Crete, walking the 100km trail they carried out all in the …
Features –
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 …
Features –
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 …
Features –
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 …
Features –
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 …