Greek-Australians

A celebration of Greek life took place from January 12-13 at the Delphi Bank Semaphore Greek Festival of South Australia. Tens of thousands of people set a new attendance record for the two-day festival at Semaphore Beach, which celebrates...

Thousands of people gather at the Greek Centre of Melbourne each week, and recently the Federal Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Alan Tudge, paid a visit to the Centre. “We welcome the opportunity to meet and work with the...

A special evening of music in Melbourne has helped raise money for those affected by Greece's devastating July fires. Melbourne’s Greek Center was the venue for ABC Radio's live benefit broadcast hosted by The Friday Revue’s Richelle Hunt and Brian...

A Melbourne-based group is looking for Greek-speaking volunteers to spend time with elderly Greeks. The importance of speaking in their native language is believed to have a positive impact on the elderly. The organization, MiCare, has set up the Community and...

Greek caregivers are being offered the chance to work in Australia to tend to the needs of elderly Greek-Australians. According to a report in Greek newspaper Kathimerini, Fronditha Care has teamed up with the Australian government is seeking Greek-speakers to help...

It's that time of year again in Queensland, where thousands of Greeks, Greek-Australians or just friends of Greece gather for the famous Paniyiri Greek Festival. Scheduled for May 19 and 20 in Musgrave Park and The Greek Club, Edmondstone St,...

Greek Australians took part in a demonstration in Melbourne on Sunday to protest what they called the "sellout of Macedonia" and to coincide with a massive rally taking place in Thessaloniki. Organized through Facebook by a group called 'Macedonia is...

The Greek population in Australia may be booming after many Greeks relocated Down Under due to the recent recession, but Greek names for newborn babies are in decline. According to data released by the Victorian registry of births, deaths and...

A decision by the metropolitan church of Mytilini (Lesvos) to use 150,000 Australian dollars donated as earthquake aid by Greek-Australians, to repair churches, has angered residents on the island, who lost their homes to earthquakes in June. Instead of allocating...

The desire to forge even stronger bonds with Greece was the message that a Greek Australian delegation sent during its visit to Athens. President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) Bill Papastergiadis, who led the delegation, proposed a series...