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Ellinis; Australis; Patris; Australian designs the ships that brought Greek migrants to Australia
Ever since he was young, 24-year-old, Michael Brady, has been fascinated by ships, and not just the beautiful old luxury liners like Queen Mary and Titanic, but also the historic …
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Christina Perestrelo, a third generation Greek Australian looks to piece together her late mother’s life
For most of us, family history is a given. Our parents and grandparents will sit us down early in life and show us family photos whilst narrating memories as if …
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Stavros Messinis’ art is a ‘Dream State’
Stavros Messinis was interested in literature and photography from a very young age. While studying journalism in Athens, he felt more seriously inclined to express himself poetically, with the political …
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First St Paisios Church in Australia nears completion
Significant progress has been made towards the completion of the first Greek Orthodox church dedicated to St Paisios the Athonite, in Perth. The foundation stone for the one and only …
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Athens Anaplasis, the beautification of Greece’s capital and uncovering the Ilissos River
Athens is one of the least green cities of Europe, however Athens Anaplasis SA has been created to undertake the design, the organising process and the implementation of an extensive …
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Sunday family lunches…The one Greek tradition migrants kept alive here in xenitia
If there is one tradition all Greek migrants respected and kept alive since arriving in Australia and throughout their migration history, it would certainly be the traditional Sunday lunches during …
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75-year anniversary of the uprising nobody wants to know about
75 years ago thousands of starving Greek soldiers and sailors in the allied-controlled Mediterranean were attacked and then imprisoned in isolated desert camps in Africa when they peacefully protested to …
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To meat or not to meat?
More and more Greek Australians are choosing a cruelty-free lifestyle, abstaining not only from eating meat but all animal products. Paul Collaros has taken his ideology one step further by …
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Japanese musician with rebetiko in his soul performs at Melbourne Rebetiko Music Festival
On the one hand you have the Japanese work ethic, subservience and fastidiousness. On the other hand you have Greek rebetika, music once despised and marginalised within the hashish dens …
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Agios Efstratios, an ideal island to forget to bring an iPhone charger to
Sometimes, it’s all about the risk. The risk of sailing to a quiet island with no advertised hotel and certainly it’s a risk to sail on what appears to be …