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Papaflessas Celebrates – Kalamata Place naming and Jim Claven’s Grecian Adventure
This year’s annual Papaflessas Greek independence day dinner dance had much more to celebrate than usual – an historic naming and the launch of the new book by historian Jim …
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Cretan Brotherhood of Western Australia remembers Battle of Crete
The Cretan Brotherhood of Western Australia under the auspices of the Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand and in conjunction with the Consul General of Greece in Western Australia …
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Cyprus High Commissioner pays visit to NT before departure
The Cyprus Community of Northern Territory organised a farewell dinner for High Commissioner Martha A. Mavrommatis, who will be departing Australia in the next couple of months. While in Darwin …
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Darwin’s Greek diaspora conference a success
The third international conference of the diaspora entitled Contemporary and Diachronic Aspects of the Hellenic Diaspora, which but for the COVID pandemic was to have been held last year, took …
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Costa Vertzayias’ book launch takes place at a packed Greek Community Club
The launch of Costa Vertzayias’ new book ‘1922- Dispossessed and Uprooted’ took place at the at the Greek Community Club on the occasion of the 100th tragic anniversary of the …
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Vale Manos Milios
One of the most prominent sports and lifestyle writers the Greek community in the diaspora has seen, soccer coach Manos Milios, has passed away. Milios, died on Thursday with COVID-19 …
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Alphington Grammar to seek legal options in council stoush over school gate removal
Despite the Alphington Grammar School community rallying on Tuesday morning to convince The City of Yarra that the school needs an entrance gate for their students protection, the council followed …
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PRONIA honours Margaret Moraitis OAM, 1937-2022
The entire PRONIA family was deeply saddened, by the news that one of its founding members, Margaret Moraitis OAM had passed away. Margaret was instrumental in organising the first informal …
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Hellenic connection to Anzac commemorated in Victoria’s Parliament
A delegation from the Hellenic Armed Forces, along with representatives of the Regional Government of Crete, were recently welcomed into Victoria’s Parliament by the President and Speaker of Parliament. The …
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GCM announces subsidised summer camp for young adults to Thessaloniki and Northern Greece
An inaugural summer camp programme has been announced for young adults from Australia to be held in Thessaloniki and Northern Greece this July. The inaugural programme has been funded by …