Features
Features –
Beyond a march: Greek youth commemorate their ancestors’ fight for independence
As 25 March falls upon us every year, thousands of Greek-Australians across the country take a moment to reflect and thank those that came before them for the great sacrifices …
Features –
Marching through the ages: Photos of celebrations past and present
Greek-Australians gather across their cities every year to mark the revolutionary formation of a modern Greece that broke free of a 400 year Ottoman rule. A sea of white and …
Features –
Lambros P. Indares, grandson of a commanding officer of the 1821 revolution, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Greek Independence with a 21 gun salute at Alcatraz
The newspaper clipping, faded with time and yellowish, reads as follows: Independence of Greece The Greek residents of this city [San Francisco] celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Independence of …
Features –
“My mother is dying in Greece and I can’t be there for her”
When the late long-distance phone call from Greece interrupted Eleni, 28, as she was putting her newborn baby to sleep, the young mother of two who does not wish to …
Features –
It’s party time when Jerry Tee performs!
At a time when most children learn how to ride a bike or kick a ball, four-year-old Jerry Tee (Kyriacos Tsitas) was already striking his first notes on the bouzouki. …
Features –
“Fish from Greece”, Greece’s dynamic and flavoursome fishing sector
Greece is known for its clear and blue waters, but it is also a country with an important aquaculture production including fish farming in marine and fresh water, shellfish etc. …
Features –
An interview with Cyril Roussos, very much his legendary father’s son
Celebrated internationally and praised in Greece, Demis Roussos died at Ygeia hospital in Athens on 25 January 2015. Greeks at the time were glued to their TV sets as the …
Features –
Heard about the Hydriot who was a War of Independence Hero – for Argentina?
Quite close to the Hydra Museum and its Merchant Marine Academy, the oldest such academy in the world, there are a series of commemorative plaques and statues. Far too many …
Features –
Letters of Lambros Indares: How the grandson of a commanding officer of the 1821 Revolution shed light on the ‘Cretan problem’
On 31 October,1864 the SS Egmont entered Port Phillip Bay. Amongst the passengers who disembarked at Melbourne, according to the official incoming passenger list, was Lambros P. Indares, noted on …
Features –
Australia’s Ambassador to Greece Arthur Spyrou: Strengthening the bonds between the two countries
The Australian Ambassador to Greece, His Excellency, Arthur Spyrou, is a senior career officer with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has been serving as Australia’s Ambassador to …