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Veterans families join in launch of Jim Claven’s Grecian Adventure
The descendants of some of the Australian veterans of the Greek campaign of 1941 recently came to Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance for the formal launch of Jim Claven’s new historical …
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Oakleigh Grammar Year 12 Graduate Dinner returns after two years
Oakleigh Grammar’s Year 12 Graduation Dinner brought together students, parents, staff and board members face-to-face after more than two years. The event that took place at Merrimu Receptions in Melbourne …
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Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee honours the Armistice of Mudros
The Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee’s annual service commemorating the Armistice of Mudros will be held on Monday 31 October, at the Lemnos Tree and Plaque near Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. …
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Hardalias in Canberra to strengthen Greek-Australian defence positions
Greece’s Deputy Defence Minister Nikos Hardalias met with members of the Joint Standing committee for Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade in Canberra on Monday over a working lunch organised by …
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Hundreds attend Asia Minor Catastrophe commemorative event at Panarcadian Association
The Greek-Australian Cultural League (GACL) alongside the Panarcadian Association of Melbourne and Victoria “O Kolokotronis” organised a moving commemoration of the Asia Minor Catastrophe on Sunday, 23 October, at the …
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South Australia’s pioneering first Greek to be honoured with bust unveiling at the Migration Museum
On Saturday October 29 the Tramountanas-North association in conjunction with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia, will hold a bicentenary celebration of the birth of George Tramountanas, the celebration …
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Kalamata and Peloponnese links to Melbourne promoted in Victorian parliament
The mayor of Kalamata Athanasios Vasilopoulos was hosted last week at parliament house by Labor MP and government whip in the upper house, Lee Tarlamis. Mayor Vasilopoulos took part in …
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Bishop Themi inspires students and staff at St George College, SA
Bishop Themistocles of Nikopolis (also known as Fr Themi) has been conducting visits around Australia to share his experiences and learnings from his missionary work in Sierra Leone. While in …
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‘Rebirth of a Nation: The Uprising of 1821’ show to entertain and chronicle Greece’s independence
Honouring the 200th Anniversary of Greek Independence, the Rallis School of Greek Dance (RSGDSYD) will present a show that brings the essence of the Greek heroes of 1821 to life, …
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Tears of joy as Melbourne’s Kalamata Place is launched by Mayor of Kalamata [PHOTOS]
The Pammessinian Brotherhood of Melbourne ‘Papaflessas’ held the official launch of Melbourne’s newest Greek landmark: Kalamata Place, on Saturday 22 October attended by Athanasios Vasilopoulos, the Mayor of Kalamata. The …