Hellenic Museum To Offer Virtual Course on Ancient Greece in January
The Parthenon. Credit: Wikimedia Commons The Hellenic Museum, Melbourne’s iconic hub of Greek culture and history, both ancient and modern, will be hosting a fascinating course called “City, town and...
View ArticleAustralia’s PM Scott Morrison: OXI Day a Beacon That Lit Our Way to Victory
The Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison on Wednesday described OXI Day as “a beacon that lit our way to victory,” in a message honoring the determination and sacrifice of the Greeks in the...
View ArticleMelbourne Set for New Greek Museum Which Could Rival World’s Best
Photo: pxfuel It was announced on Friday that a new “tier one” Greek museum is in the works for Melbourne if the plans put forth by a group become a reality. To be situated in the city’s old Land...
View ArticleMelbourne Seminar to Portray Misery of a Starving Greece Under Nazi Occupation
Greek Jews from Ioannina being sent to Auschwitz in 1944. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Violetta Hionidou, aProfessor of Modern European History at Newcastle University, will present an online lecture...
View ArticleGreeks in Sydney Celebrate 50th Anniversary of St. Nectarios Church
Saint Nectarios Church in Burwood, Sydney. Credit: Saint Nectarios Burwood-Sydney Australia/ Facebook Saint Nectarios Church, a center of the Greek diaspora who live in the area, has been serving the...
View ArticleGreek Community of New South Wales Presents Greek Bicentennial Program
Sydney’s Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales will present a full slate of events celebrating the bicentennial of modern Greece in 2021. The bicentennial, commemorating Greece’s triumphant...
View ArticleSenator Paul Scarr Calls on Australia to Recognize Armenian Genocide
Australian Federal Senator Paul Scarr. Photo: www.Twitter.com/@ANCaustralia Federal Senator for Queensland Paul Scarr announced his support of the Joint Justice Initiative, calling for Australia to...
View ArticleGreek Australians Lead Way in Demanding Return of Parthenon Sculptures
Several of the Parthenon Sculptures. Photo credit: Athens News Agency-Macedonian News Agency The nation of Australia has taken steps to intensify the international pressure placed on Great Britain to...
View ArticleCretan Australians Prepare to Mark Anniversary of the Battle of Crete
German paratroopers landing on Crete, May 20, 1941. Photo Source: Wikipedia The Cretan Federation of Australia and New Zealand is preparing to mark the 79th anniversary of the Battle of Crete despite...
View ArticleArea of Sydney Renamed “Little Athens”
Sydney’s Inner West Council announced last week that an area of the city will be renamed “Little Athens” in honor to the contributions of Greek-Australians to the community. The newly-designated area...
View ArticleAnzac Day: The Brave Australians and New Zealanders who Fought for Greece
ANZAC Day is a day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders “who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations” and...
View ArticleGreece Honors Sole Surviving Australian Veteran From Battle of Crete
Norman Maddock holding hands with his wife at the Greek Consulate ceremony The Greek Consulate in Melbourne honored the sole surviving ANZAC veteran from the Battle of Crete in a ceremony held on...
View ArticleAustralian PM Scott Morrison Sends Message to Greek Australians for March 25th
Prime Minister of Australia Scott Morrison sent a message to Greek Australians on the occasion of March 25th, Greece’s Independence Day. The complete message by the Australian PM: “I am pleased to...
View ArticleThousands Greek Australians Celebrate Independence Day in Melbourne, Greek MP...
Thousands of Greek Australians attended the parade for Greece’s Independence Day in Melbourne on Sunday, while several attendants booed Greek Deputy House Speaker Giorgos Varemenos when he tried to...
View ArticleLemnos Gallipoli Committee Commemorates Armistice Day 1918
The Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee participated in a service by the Oakleigh-Carnegie RSL Sub-Branch on Sunday in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in 1918. The...
View ArticleFlashback to the Day the First Greeks Arrived in Australia
Coal miners in Hill End-Tambaroora of New South Wales, early 1870’s. Among them Jeremiah Williams (Jerasimos Vassilakis) in the center of the picture. Copyright: Holtermann collection of the State...
View ArticleCypriot Australians to Commemorate Anniversary of Turkish Invasion
The Cypriot Community of Australia, along with the Justice for Cyprus Coordination Committee (SEKA), are to hold a number of events to commemorate 44 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus....
View ArticleMelbourne Seminar Delves into Greek History
The Greek community in Melbourne will be hosting an exciting lecture on Dr Anna Efstathiadou examining some of the propaganda prints produced by the Metaxas regime during the Greek-Italian War. Taking...
View ArticleGreek-Australians Still Honor 11-Year-Old Hero a Century Later
The patriotic spirit of 11-year-old Greek-Australian Hector Vasyli is still alive and being honored by many people even 100 years after his death. The newspaper boy was much loved in his time and his...
View ArticleHellenic Museum Joins Peers to Highlight Melbourne’s Diversity
The Hellenic Museum has teamed up with four other multicultural venues in Victoria to highlight Melbourne’s claim as one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities. The Chinese Museum, Co.As.It...
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