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Vaughn Arambatzis, 13, receives award for bringing the community together
A young resident of Connells Point in New South Wales, has recently received an award by Keep Australia Beautiful for bringing his local community together under two beautiful causes, protecting …
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Englishman reflects on his years living in a Mani village
It is 28 years since now-retired couple John and Mary Hayes sunk roots in Neohori (in the West Mani). And while the village has still retained the charm that drew …
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The extraordinary story of Maria and Manolis Nicolis who were forced to leave Greece and migrate to Australia
This is the extraordinary love story of Manolis and Maria Nikolis, two early Greek Australians who after enduring the hardships and tragedy of war-torn Greece (during the German occupation) and …
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Patricia Karvelas takes charge on ABC flagship RN Breakfast
Patricia Karvelas attended University High School where she wrote for the school magazine and began broadcasting on a Melbourne community radio station while still at school. She is a graduate …
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Recalling the Journey of the Diakakis Family: the story of Helen Pagonis
My Australian-born mother, Helen Kathleen, grew up in a community of ‘displaced persons’ of Greek heritage from Asia Minor who resettled in South Melbourne in the aftermath of the First …
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Singer-songwriter Eves Karydas: ‘My family was the gateway to Greek culture in Cairns’
Hannah Evyenia Karydas, best known by her singer-songwriter moniker ‘Eves Karydas’, is slowly making her way back out onto stages across Australia, after being one of the many musicians who …
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Jill Taylor-Nikitakis: ‘Whatever I was meant to do in my life, came into my path on its own’
Jill Taylor-Nikitakis is a woman that does not go unnoticed. In our community she is known from her action as the President of the organisation Fronditha, yet, the assertive guru …
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Refugee student in Greece has “all the motivation to succeed” in his dream to become a doctor and help those who need it most
Boye was forced to flee his home in Ghana in 2016 when he was just a child, alone. Fast forward five years and he is now studying Biomedical Sciences in …
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Remembering the life of Olga Cosmas
On 9 November 1929, Olga Kouvaras was born in Sydney. The first child of Telemahos and Erasmia Kouvaras who both originated from the island of Ithaca. At the time of …
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The Hellenic Sailors of Kephalos Bay – on service with the Cable Ship Levant II at Gallipoli
For many years now I have been researching and writing about the Hellenic link to Australia’s Anzac story. The roots of this link can be found in the role of …