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Australia
2012 HACCI Excellence Awards Gala
The 2012 Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Excellence Awards Gala Ball took place on Friday 12 October 2012 at the prestigious and stunning MURAL Hall in Melbourne. The almost 400 guests in attendance, all looking sensational, were treated...
Australia
New Antipodes Journal Issue Released
The new Antipodes literature journal issue number 58 was published by the Greek-Australian Cultural League of Melbourne marking its establishment in 1974, and has been circulating non-stop twice a year.
The presentation of the new issue took place on Oct....
Australia
Greek-Australian Family’s Hong Kong Work Done
A Greek-Australian family, who worked and lived as volunteers in Hong Kong for five years, just arrived back to Australia. Jim and Eleni Motti, originating from Kythera, Greece, gave up their careers and took their two children to the...
Australia
Comino’s Passion for Return of Parthenon Marbles
The Chairman and Founder of the first committee in the world for the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Hellas, Emanuel Comino, made a strong plea for the British Museum, where they are housed, to return the stolen goods...
Australia
Greek-Australian Professors Lead Autism Research
Stan Skafidas and Christos Pantelis are the leading figures of the research team from the University of Melbourne who uncovered an early genetic test to predict a child's risk of autism. This is the first known test of...
Australia
Famous Greek-Australian Chef Tess Mallos Passes Away at 79
The renowned Greek-Australian chef, cookbook author and food consultant Anastasia (Tess) Mallos, a child of Greek immigrants who taught Australians for the first time how to love Greek food, lost her fight with cancer and passed away at the...
Australia
Big Jump in Greek-Australian Mixed Marriages
Mixed marriages in the Greek-Australian community,which have been rising steadily, hit 62 percent last year, according to data released by the Holy Archdiocese of Australia. During the past decade a 20% increase had been recorded when it comes to...
Australia
Australia No Paradise for Many Greeks Living in Poverty
While many Greeks view Australia as a place to begin a career and life anew and flee Greece's economic crisis, many Greek-Australians are living in extreme poverty, according to an article in the Neos Komsos newspaper.
The sad truth was...
Australia
Australian Police Want Public’s Help Finding Greek Hairdresser’s Killer
MELBOURNE - Police are appealing to the public for any information about the murder of 33-year-old Greek-Australian hairdresser Penny Galanopoulos. who was found dead in her fire-damaged house on January 10. Police determined her death was "suspicious" and that...
Australia
Census Data Show Greek Australians Earn Far Below Country’s Average
New data published in Australia show according to the latest census that most Greek Australians earn far below the country's average. More specifically, they earn between $200 and $300 a week while the average Australian earns between $400 and $600.
Figures become even...