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Staios extends dementia research and helps raise funds for fire victims
Clinical neuropsychologist Matthew Staios is well known for his tireless spirit and efforts to hold on to his Greek Australian identity. A little over a year ago he rode his …
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Outpouring of support by Victorians for Athens fire victims
Australia and Greece have long shared a special bond, and this was reaffirmed on Wednesday night by ABC Radio at the Greek Centre in Melbourne, with the launch of its …
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Action for Athens
Tonight, Melbourne’s Greek Centre will hold a fundraising event for the wildfire victims in Greece. The benefit will be broadcast live on ABC Radio Melbourne & Victoria and it will be …
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Milk bar memories surface in Kythera
Photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski took a significant piece of Greek Australian history back to where it all began for many families and individuals who left for Australia …
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Oakleigh Carnegie RSL welcomes the ‘Anzacs on the Acropolis’
Last Sunday saw the gifting and unveiling in the heart of Melbourne’s Greek community of one of the most iconic photographs depicting the Hellenic link to Anzac. The photograph was …
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Sydney Greek bakery is philotimo in action
The tragic scenes that were broadcast around the world as forest fires broke out east of Athens on 23 July, deeply affected Greeks across the disapora. Among those who have …
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A flat white to support Greece
To help raise funds for the people in need after the disastrous fires of Attica, Anna Timou and Matthew Staios will hold a pop-up Greek coffee shop at On the …
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Demand for Greek speaking volunteers to assist elders
Having a chat in their native language can make any person regardless of age feel like home, but especially for members of our elderly community. Simple gestures like this can …
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Greek Centre to host free screening of the Green Project’s Sudamerica
To celebrate the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH 2018), Greek NGO the Green Project is heading to Australia to spread its message and launch their ‘Platypus Trail’ trek. A …
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Stories from the ships
Modern Australia is a country inundated with migration and displacement stories, yet many of those remain absent from the annals of its history; their memories kept alive within the hearts …