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Workings of Ancient Greek and world’s first computer unravelled by UK university team
The riddle wrapped in a puzzle as to how the world’s first analogue computer worked may have been unravelled by a University College of London (UCL) Research Team that includes …
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Seven Greek pirates sent as prisoners to the colony of NSW were freedom fighters says scholar
Sailors, Pirate and Freedom fighters Seven Greek sailors were sent as convicts to Australia in 1830 for piracy. The seven sailors on a Maltese ship Hercules attacked a British Ship, …
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Greek Orthodox parishioner bashed, left bleeding, on steps of church
Penelope Katsavos, 78, was viciously attacked on the steps outside her church. Penelope, known to the parish as Kyra Poppy, was opening Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox church in …
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Dreaming that Greece might still be free
Last Wednesday, the 17 March, the City of Moreland, home to one of the most historically significant Greek communities in Melbourne, held a Greek Bicentennial Day Celebration and Flag Raising …
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Max Richter’s Sleep, a filmed antidote to modern life with music to dream by
Music does things. For German-born, English-raised composer Max Richter, music is a “vehicle for travelling through the world, for getting through life”. So he says in the film Max Richter’s …
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Online launch set for Angela Costi’s latest collection of poetry
The online launch of Angela Costi’s has fifth poetry collection “An Embroidery of Old Maps and New” published by Spinifex Press, will take place on 7 April between 6 and …
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Greek women join their voices to those of others, and say ‘Enough is Enough’ at March4Justice
When 58-year-old Melbourne academic, designer, entrepreneur and mother Janine Hendry decided to stage a protest against sexism, misogyny and alleged sexual misconduct in Australia’s parliament, she thought it would be …
Kastellorizo is first of remote Greek islands to have completed vaccinations ahead of tourism season
Kastellorizo has been the first of several Greek islands with fewer than 1,000 residents who have been fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus ahead of this year’s tourist season. The …
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Diaspora poets invited to contribute work to Naoussa 1821 event
You have just a few days to submit your poem relating to the Greek revolution against Ottoman rule as part of 25 March celebrations in Naoussa that includes works from …
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A bottle of ouzo’s connection to the COVID-19 vaccine
Historian Leon Saltiel recounts an invitation to dinner by his aunt in Geneva that led to the discovery of a little-known part of Thessaloniki: the history of a distillery producing …