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Greek-Australian James Castrission About to Complete World’s First Unsupported Trip Across South Pole
They've already reached the South Pole, and now now Australian adventurers James Castrission and Justin Jones are in a hurry to catch the last flight out of the continent ahead of winter storms.
The duo planted an Australian flag at...
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Epiphany Celebrations for Greek-Australians in Frankston and Rye
The Greek community of Australia is ready to celebrate Epiphany Day. Many Greek-Australians congregate in Frankston & Rye in order to attend the Blessing of the Waters.
The Epiphany commemorates the first two occasions on which Jesus’ divinity, according to...
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Christmas with Wild Weather and Greek Products for Greek-Australians
Storms pelted Victorians with hailstones as big as billiard balls during a wild Christmas Day barrage.
The damage bill could run into the tens of millions of dollars after hundreds of cars were bombarded, windows in homes and businesses were...
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$1.3 Million Stolen to Pay Murdered Greek-Australian’s Debts
The friend of a murdered Greek-Australian businessman gunned down during Melbourne's gangland war has been jailed for stealing more than a million dollars to pay off the dead man's debts.
Michael John Henderson, 59, pleaded guilty to 80 crimes of...
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Greek-Australian Sentenced to 31 Years in Jail for Double Murder
Greek-Australian Christopher Angelo Filippou shot 28-year-old Luke Willis and 22-year-old Sam Willis in the Newcastle suburb of Mayfield in June last year.The 54-year-old faced sentencing in the New South Wales Supreme Court in Newcastle on Thursday.
Acting Justice Jane Mathews...
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Ministry of Multicultural Affairs To Financially Support Greek Antipodes Festival
The Antipodes Festival was first organized in March 1987 after an initiative taken by the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria.
The first foundation meeting was held on March 25, 1986, in which the first “Committee” was elected to...
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Greeks in Australia to Revive “Hippocrates Garden” On The Island of Kos
The Greek-Australian Kostas Alaveras from Melbourne is trying to promote the preservation of all the remaining plants and trees of “Hippocrates Garden” on the island of Kos, since most of them are forgotten and neglected.
The International Hippocratic Foundation of...
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Greek-Australian Couple Makes Important Donation to “Osia Xeni” Missionary Brotherhood
A Greek-Australian couple donated the total of 32 highly-priced acres in the region of Halkidiki, Greece, to the “Osia Xeni” Missionary Brotherhood, Religious Ministry of Discharge of Poor Inmates an Runaways, based in the Perea neighborhood of the city...
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Research on Greek-Australian Diaspora’s Relations to Greece
Dr. Elizabeth Mavroudi, lecturer of Human Geography in Loughborough University of UK expressed her interest in conducting a new combined research on the sociocultural and and political links between the Greek-Australians and Greece, as well as on how they...
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High Commissioner of Cyprus Donates $5,000 to University of NSW
The High Commissioner of Cyprus, Ioannis Iakovou visited the university of New South Wales (NSW), gifting a $5.000 cheque to support the Greek Department of the University of NSW.
The Greek Department is planning to conduct a research on 'Cultural...