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The ‘blessed Liberty Ships’: The ‘yeast’ that caused the Greek fleet to rise
I grew up in a family of Greek merchant sailors. My father, from Hydra, served in the Greek Navy and then the merchant marines, as did his father, grandfather, brother, …
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Artist Elena Papanikolakis on breaking the mould, and pursuing her passion
A photograph, words in a book, a scene in a film, or a conversation with the perfect stranger all have the potential to inform, and weave themselves into the work …
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The Aussie bar under the Acropolis
The AFL Grand Final between Richmond and GWS was seen by hundreds of thousands of people. Those who were not fortunate enough to attend the event at the MCG had …
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Your guide to the 26th Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival
This year’s lineup for the 26th Delphi Bank Greek Film Festival (GFF) is the most promising so far, showcasing a wide and diverse selection of works from Greek filmmakers. The …
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The legendary doily: a trademark in every Greek Australian household
On the dining table, on top of the television set, on the bed side table, on top of the fridge; those are just a handful of the places where every …
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Peter Polites: ‘Mortgage, success, houses, investment. These aren’t Greek values’
In creating Panos, the main protagonist for his latest novel The Pillars, author Peter Polites took inspiration from notorious gay right-wing troll Milo Yiannopoulos. At the beginning of the book, …
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Drones made in Greece
Greece has entered a new era in the production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – the so-called drones. The MPU RX-4, the fruit of a Greek project to develop and manufacture …
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Road to Remembrance (Part 1): The WWII Liberation of Greece
Few realise that the very first Allied victory of WWII was achieved by the Greek Army as it successfully repelled the 28th of October 1940 invasion attempted by Italian fascists. …
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Award-winning chef Natalia Gaspari: ‘My entire world was destroyed’
When Natalia Gaspari won a Hat in the 2019 Australian Good Food Guide Awards just a few weeks after opening her dream restaurant Ble Greek Kouzina, she became just one …
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Who said our Greek Australian children can’t dance?
Greece is one of the few countries in the world where folk dances are still as alive today as they were in ancient times, and even Down Under, dance has …