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Marathon Uluru: “It’s just the sky and the ground. As far as your eye can see”
Greek Australian Monash lecturer, Dorothy Kapetopoulos, is now a marathon runner. Her last adventure, a once in lifetime experience, took her to the Australian Outback Marathon which is annually around …
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Finding the Lost WW1 Graveyard of Lemnos
One would think that after one hundred years there was not much more to be found in the history of the Greek Island of Lemnos’ involvement in the Gallipoli campaign …
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Sound weaponised – Ancient Greece to heavy metal
As if the tumultuous din of battle is not horrendous enough, over the ages humans have discovered plenty of ways to exploit sound in warfare. I found a variety of …
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Pyrrhus, a Pyrrhic Victory and the rise of Epiros in the Hellenistic Age
Epiros, is a place of geographical contrasts. The high mountains and winding roads that take you across terrain that only shepherds and trekkers seem to traverse with ease. Then you …
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Historic commemoration of WWI Australian nurses held on Lemnos
This month saw a unique event held on the northern Aegean Island of Lemnos. For the first time the landing of the Australian nurses on Lemnos during the Gallipoli campaign …
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Asia under the Seleucids, a Hellenic Empire
As someone focused on documenting Hellenic history across the world, am grateful that most Hellenic territories are of a manageable size. There is one that was huge, a headache to …
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The Ghosts of Methoni
The traveller interested in history is spoilt for choice in Greece as one travels across the expanse of its mainland and further to its many islands. The physical legacy of …
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100 years in a lifetime and a marker of modern Greek history
Pelagia Iakovidou (née Pavlidou), recently turned 100. Her long life is part of the narrative of modern Greek history. Still in her mother’s womb in the summer of 1922, her …
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Emmanuel Dakis: The Legend of Chapel Street
“I don’t want to exist. I want to live!” Emmanuel Dakis, the tailor of Chapel street, once said in an interview to Aron Lewin. This phrase sums up how the …
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A journey to a new Ithaca: the Ithacan Philanthropic Society
Sitting one story above Elizabeth Street’s bustling commercial strip, Ithaca House has since 1958 been the club rooms of the Ithacan Philanthropic Society. Established in 1916 as a community organisation …