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Lifelong experiences help master teacher and healer define the ‘formula of life’
Author, master teacher and healer Rena Harvey’s book The Formula of Life is all about self-discovery and empowerment. Drawing upon over three decades of work, Rena unveils what she believes …
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Helen Zahos: From war zones to advocacy and a few mountain peaks
Helen Zahos focuses on the really big stuff – bigger than dreading Monday, or an NBN outage. For the last 20 years the specialist disaster trained nurse from the Gold …
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From Homer to heaven: Divine love across the ages
The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer are the oldest works in Western literature. Written around 700 BC, they are transcripts of much older oral mythological storytelling of loosely historical Trojan …
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My journeys through Greek Literary Worlds: An enduring love story in three parts
I grew up surrounded by books. When someone who is in her sixties makes a statement like that, the reader’s mind might well go to some book-clad study in a …
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Greek rap finds a new home in Melbourne expressed through ‘H Division’
Hip hop is more than just a music genre, it is a cultural movement that has captured the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. It originated …
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Mani costume, Polynesian ships and Cinderella: A Gen Z’s reflection on knowledge and culture
It was a normal school day for Kleopatra (Kleo) Kokkas when she put on a traditional Mani costume to attend class last week. Her government high school in Melbourne does …
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The Doncaster home reinstated as a living museum of the migrant experience
“I wonder how long it takes for the wound to heal?” was my first reaction when last Sunday I got an invitation to visit a house in Doncaster to attend …
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Social media ban for under-16s sparks debate among teens and parents
Debate has erupted among teens and kids on the actual social media platforms the Albanese government is preparing to ban under 16s from accessing. A group of 12-year-olds even suggested …
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Ellinikes Fones: Harmonising tradition, community, and heritage in Brisbane
Choral singing has been a central part of tradition across cultures. Some of the oldest choral music that has survived comes from ancient Greece, like the Delphic hymns from the …
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‘Our People Their Stories’: A precious “Ark” of the history of Hellenism in Australia
As generations of the Greek diaspora succeed one another, the historical memory carried by those who emigrated to Australia during the 1940s, ’50s, ’60s, and even the ’70s is gradually …