Features
Features –
Gallipoli: what the Hellenic town means for Greek, ANZAC, British and Turkish people
Gallipoli means many things to many people and countries. To the Turks it is considered a defining moment for Kemal Ataturk and modern Turkey; to the British, yet another example …
Features –
Replicar Hellas: Vintage cars made in Greece
Ilias Gaganelis, a Greek mechanic of Pontian origin, born and raised in Germany, moved to Greece with his family in 2007 to pursue his dream. He is the founder of …
Features –
‘Greece is doing better than Australia on gender equality’
Women’s issues have been brought to the forefront recently and claim a much-deserved space in the public discourse. But for all the talk of feminism getting into a very public …
Features –
House of Pan: A call to open up your senses and embrace Greekness
When Marie Christou thinks about what it means to be Greek, the first word that comes to mind is ‘passion’ – followed by ‘history’ and ‘culture’, that quickly come out …
Features –
Why the A-League needs South Melbourne
Sunday 4 April 2004 is the day the bell tolled for the National Soccer League (NSL). The Grand Final between Parramatta Power and Perth Glory ended the NSL’s 27-year reign …
Features –
Two-year-old Greek Australian boy is the youngest drummer in the world
Born in December 2015, two-year-old Matt Karaberidis from Port Lincoln in South Australia has become the new internet sensation as he claims the honour of being the youngest and most …
Features –
Angelo Tsarouchas and George Zacharopoulos explore how defying their Greekness is mostly a pointless exercise at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Greek Canadian Angelo Tsarouchas and Greek-born George Zacharopoulos may share a vocation and an ethnicity, but what truly unites them and the many Greeks of the diaspora is a certain …
Features –
‘Apodimia’ photographed
The woman in the photograph accompanying this text is captured in that act of bidding goodbye to her sister. As her sister is long gone, the young woman, now an …
Features –
After fleeing bombs as a child, and surviving cancer in her early 20’s, Professor Maria Kavallaris’ breakthrough research in nanotechnology is helping to fight childhood cancer
Professor Kavallaris is the program head at the Children’s Cancer Institute based at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and leads the Tumour Biology and Targeting program as well …
Features –
Alice Tsakirakis is anything but fast fashion
From as far back as she can remember, Melbourne-based jewellery designer Alice Tsakirakis (nee Smith) had a penchant for creativity; some of her earliest memories as a child involving paintbrushes …