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Rembetika Blues from Smyrna to Syria: How the music style became the soundtrack for displaced migrants
Sydney-based filmmaker Mary Zournazi’s upcoming documentary ‘Rembetika Blues’ traverses Australia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, the US and UK to chronicle how the haunting Greek rebel music become the soundtrack for forced …
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The legendary picnics of the early Greek Australians
At least once every couple of months on a Sunday, mainly during the spring and summer months, most Greek Australian families would get together with family and friends and head …
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Greek Australians saturate Greece once again this summer!
What better way for Greek Australians to display their adoration for Greece than visiting their homeland once again this summer and enjoying the holiday of a lifetime? Athens, Rhodes, Crete, …
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Greek Australian volunteer Jane Pallot in Sierra Leone: ‘We need to look beyond our own borders’
Since returning to Melbourne from Africa, Jane Pallot is sure of one thing: the majority of middle class Australians have no idea what real poverty is. In March, the Greek …
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Uncovering family secrets through genealogy and DNA testing
A few years ago Con Drakos’ life was changed forever. Born and raised in Brisbane to parents of Asia Minor heritage, he grew up in a family of seven siblings. …
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Dardalis Archives revive the Greek migrant story at La Trobe University
Migrants move with the future in mind, but their journeys inevitably involve excising part of their past. Moving forth for a better life, little by little, they discard parts of …
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‘The Ghost of Peter Sellers’ conjures the hot director in idyllic Cyprus
A comedy genius, a new hot director and a 17th century pirate comedy filmed in idyllic Cyprus. What could possibly go wrong? You’d be surprised! Award-winning documentary ‘The Ghost of …
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Make sure your fingerprints aren’t all over it
“…when Antony and Dolabella were accused to him of plotting revolution, Caesar said: ‘I am not much in fear of these fat, long-haired fellows, but rather of those pale, thin …
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The passionate, poetic voice of Luka Lesson Haralampou
With the 2019 High School Certificate approaching later this year and his performance poem, ‘May Your Pen Grace the Page’, being a core text for Year 12 English’s Module C …
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Are Cypriot wine varieties the answer to Australia’s climate change crisis?
Clashing viewpoints show that climate change continues to be a contested issue among experts, politicians and the general public. But for those working across Australia whose livelihood depends on nature’s …