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Argos, a visit to the oldest city in mainland Europe
Argos is one of the oldest cities in mainland Europe but also a modern city with attractions and places that interest every visitor. The reason for this brief reference to …
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Zoy Frangos’ Greek-Indigenous ‘Variations’ tell an Aussie story with a different spin
“I want them to go on the journey with me and hopefully connect with them on a personal level,” says Zoy Frangos, the singer and actor who has performed across …
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My pappou, a prisoner of war
In the summer of July 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus. My grandfather Panayiotis Harpas was aged 35 and my grandmother Ellatha Harpas was only 29 years old. That summer would changed …
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Mary Coustas: “Greek women were never invisible”
“Who do you want to speak to, Mary, or Effie?” asks actor and comedian, Mary Coustas over the phone. Effie (Stephanidis), Coustas’ alter ego is fixed in the Australian psyche, …
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Revealed: In 1986 letters to Greek minister, Boris Johnson denounced UK government for not returning Parthenon Marbles
Boris Johnson was once such a fervent supporter of the Parthenon Marbles being returned to Athens that he wrote to the Greek culture minister to denounce the British government for …
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A victim of circumstance: a grandfather’s story of 23 years without his family
Pamela Gonos the family history enthusiast now understands why it took her grandfather twenty five years to bring his son to Australia from Greece. Gonos knew nothing about her grandfather, …
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Jim Pavlidis narrates events and life with illustration
I spoke to illustrator Jim Pavlidis just before the federal election. Pavlidis is lean and angular, and in his grey shirt and faded jeans he looks like a former member …
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From little boy who read his big brother’s medical books to GP trailblazer
The fig tree Evdoxia Malios planted in her son’s new GP clinic 50 years ago is still there. But, the sunroom where she met other elderly Greek women is long …
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A father turns his daughter’s illness into a superpower, offering children strength through imagination
It all started in June 2013, when Jason Sotiris’ one-year-old daughter, Angela was diagnosed with a rare disease, multi-system Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH). The family was celebrating her first birthday …
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Greeks’ ability to rapidly mobilise and get the job done in chaos is a mystery to Lagos
Stephanie Lagos, the Australian refugee and migrant advocate, the social worker, and psychologist, had carved out a significant career in Melbourne over 20 years. The former director of Spectrum Migrant …