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HMS Argonaut and the Lost Graveyard of Lemnos
I’ve stood on the southern coast of Lemnos gazing into the calm blue waters of the Aegean which stretch before you. From time immemorial these waters have taken ships to …
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Springing into love: Finding the one at a NUGAS meeting
Regine Miriklis knew from the moment she stepped into the room at the Cypriot Club that fateful day in 2007, that she had met the love of her life, Jack. …
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Mad Melbourne rush to car washes, hairdressers, auctions and more
Melburnians began to feel that pinch of traffic this week. It felt reassuring to see services slowly ease following restrictions. Ali Sadiku, manager of Grand Wash Auto, which serves a …
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Melbourne in lockdown stirs the emotions of growing up in Melbourne in the 80s
In the 1980s, growing up in Melbourne was a unique time for an inner-city migrant kid. My parents had been in town for ten or fifteen years by then. They …
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A young Greek-Australian’s guide to navigating the ‘Millennial Crisis’
Despite often being labelled as privileged, smashed avo on toast eating, lazy good for nothings, there needs to be an understanding that millennials (aka Gen Y) have grown up in …
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Greek Shipping: An important global actor in line with the Greek maritime spirit
Greek Shipping is not just a remarkable economic activity, making Greece the world’s largest ship-owning nation, it is also an integral part of the country’s cultural heritage. The geographical position …
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Frontliners: Funeral directors speak of their exhaustion and palpable grief during the time of COVID 19
In interviews with seven services, specialising in Greek Orthodox funerals, the directors opened up about their jobs and the anguish of burying members of the Greek community during COVID-19. One …
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Salamis Special: Commemorating the very distant past
“Wait a minute,” Mehdi said and hurried to his shop’s counter. A few minutes he returned bearing a glass of steaming Persian, cardamom tea. “I’ve put a strand of saffron …
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Trimming the excess: how cutting down on junk food could help save the environment
Looking for a new reason to cut down on “junk” food? Besides the obvious health-related benefits, I showed in a recent study that discretionary or junk foods make up a …
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Beyond the bars: Eleni Psillakis on life post incarceration and her 2020 Altitude Award nomination
When Eleni Psillakis left the gates of the Dillwynia Correction Centre in July of 2014, she did not know what to expect of her life beyond bars. Six years on …