Education
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Teaching our children how to celebrate ΠΑΣΧΑ in xenitia
It was full steam ahead for the 143 students of St George Greek School who participated in Adelaide’s third annual Easter workshop. The event, organised and run by the Greek …
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A new, free app to help children learn Greek
As part of the ‘Speak Greek in March … and not only’ campaign, organisers have announced a new initiative – an app that helps children learn Greek in a fun …
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Cultural diversity at Coburg Library
As part of Cultural Diversity Week the City of Moreland and in particular the highly popular Coburg Library hosted a series of events celebrating the many cultural and faith-based backgrounds …
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Treasure trove of data from Greek-Canadian immigrant experience presented in Australia
Interesting insights into the migrant experience in Canada will be offered by Associate Professor Panayotis Pappas from Simon Fraser University in Canada during a lecture at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society …
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Another sister school relationship between Greece and Australia
Connections were forged and buildings were built between Lemnos and Dandenong during a successful Skype session between the Mudros Junior High School Lemnos and the Greek Orthodox Community of Dandenong …
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Watch rare footage of charismatic statesman Eleftherios Venizelos speaking in English
A historic video featuring Greek leader Eleftherios Venizelos has emerged from the University of South Carolina’s Moving Image Research Collections (MIRC) that preserves films and videos produced outside the American feature …
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New distance training program for teaching Greek as a second language
The Centre for the Greek Language has announced its latest distance training program for teachers in Greece and abroad, named Routes in Teaching Greek as a Second/Foreign Language. The course, …
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Melissa Afentoulis presents talk on migration from Lemnos to Australia
Melissa Afentoulis will a present a lecture about the migration from Lemnos to Australia, on Thursday 4 April, at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society, as part of the Greek History and …
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Tales of a Kastellorizian great grandmother’s exotic garments
As a young Greek-Irish boy raised in Melbourne, Geoffrey Conaghan was fascinated by tales of his great grandmother Amirisa Hatziagapitou Askitis. Photos of her as a black-clad yiayia in Australia …
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Professor Nick Doumanis explores ‘Nation, diaspora and Rhomiosyne’
Associate Professor Nick Doumanis will present a lecture about the history of modern Greeks, at the Greek Centre, on Thursday 28 March 2019, as part of the Greek History and …