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Attend a Lecture on the Antikythera Mechanism at the Greek Centre Melbourne
On Monday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m., Professor Xenophon Moussas will present a lecture about the Antikythera Mechanism at the Greek Centre as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars offered by the...
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Enlightening Speech on the Anthikythera Mechanism by Professor Xenophon Moussas
The Greek Festival of Sydney and The University of New South Wales presented a lecture by Professor Xenophon Moussas (University of Athens) at the John Niland Scientia Building UNSW on the evening of...
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Event Celebrates the Greek Brides of Begoña 60 Years Later
A special event to reunite “the brides of 1957” — a group of 900 single Greek women who left Greece in 1957 to move to Australia and marry in hopes of a of better life. The only thing is that they had...
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Commemorative Event Celebrates 60 Years Since the Arrival of the Greek Brides...
A commemorative event on Sunday is taking place to mark 60 years since a ship with 900 Greek brides arrived at Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay. The single women left Greece in 1957 to move to Australia...
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Asylum Seeker Resource Centre CEO to Greek-Australians: ‘They Spoke About us...
As the world gets ready to celebrate World Refugee Day and reflect on this important and most relevant subject, the CEO of Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) in Melbourne, Kon Karapanagiotidis, is...
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George Donikian on the Greek, Armenian and Assyrian Genocide: ‘I Promise...
In a video created by Greek-Armenian George Donikian for the Australian screening of the much anticipated film “The Promise,” Donikian, the founding anchor of SBS World News Australia, called out SBS...
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Australian Documentary Digs Deep Into Post-World War II Migrant and Refugee...
A new documentary series takes a close look into the post-World War II migrant and refugee experiences in Australia. The series entitled “afterwards” touches on many common subjects that impacted Greek...
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How Greek Migrants Contributed to the Introduction of Barramundi to...
The contribution of Greek migrants to the introduction of barramundi to modern Australian cuisine is the subject of a story on the SBS website. According to the SBS report, Greek migrants along with...
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First Greek War Museum to Open in Australia
(Fr Christos Tsoraklidis in uniform) The first Greek War Museum in Australia is scheduled to open next year, according to a Neos Kosmos report. The newly elected...
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The Greek Brides of the Begona: An Extraordinary Journey Remembered
The amazing story of the 900 Greek women who travelled 60 years ago aboard the Begona ship from Greece to Australia to meet their future husband was the subject of a mini-documentary by Australian...
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Giannis Haroulis to Rock Sydney Greek Festival
Australian audiences are getting ready for legendary Greek musician Giannis Haroulis who is bringing his popular mix of Cretan music, blended with folk and modern Greek pop, to Sydney. The 36th Sydney...
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Haute Couture from Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations at Hellenic Museum
Haute Couture in Ancient Greece: The Spectacular Costumes of Ariadne & Helen of Troy at the Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, will bring to life the magnificent costumes worn by Minoans and Mycenaeans...
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Iconic Greek-Australian Cafe Facing Closure
Over a century of Greek-Australian history in New South Wales is coming to an end with the forced move of Katoomba’s opulent Paragon Cafe, set up in 1916 by a Greek entrepreneur from Kythera. The...
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Georgios Tramountanas: The First Greek to Settle South Australia
Georgios (or George) Tramountanas is generally credited as being the first Greek to migrate to South Australia in 1842, according to the National Archives of Australia. Born in Athens in 1822,...
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Melbourne Lecture Examines Colonial Rule in Greek Islands
Corfu newspaper writes about enosis [union] with Greece in 1864The history of Greece’s Ionian islands under British rule came under the spotlight in a lecture given in Melbourne on Thursday. Dr....
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Hellenic Community of Melbourne Honors Evzones
The Evzones of Greece’s Presidential Guard were honored by the Hellenic Community of Melbourne at the Greek Centre as part of the March 25th festivities. The Board of Directors of the Community held a...
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Alexander the Hellene: Melbourne Seminar Examines Ancient Sources
A lecture about the Alexander the Great will be presented by Dimitris Gonis on Thursday 12 April 2018, at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars,...
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Lecture Tells Tale of Australians Who Fought in Greece in WWII
Australian soldiers land on Suda Bay, Crete in May 1941. The Greek community of Melbourne is presenting a lecture by Professor Peter Monteath on Australians who fought in Greece during World War II, as...
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ANZAC Day is Equally Important to Greeks and Australians (video)
ANZAC Day commemorates the date the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli, Turkey on April 25, 1915, marking the first time the two armies fought together away from home, for the...
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Evzones in Sydney for ANZAC Day Ceremonies
(Greek Presidential Guard with Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Christos Karras) The Greek Presidential Guard is in Sydney to take part in the ANZACs Day events and participate in several...
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