Victoria
Australia
Man Finds Gold Nugget Worth $250,000
Using an amateur metal detector, an Australian man discovered a large gold nugget in Victoria's goldfields. The nugget is nearly 250,000 AUD ($160,000) in value and weighs 4.6kg.The discovery was made in the "golden triangle" area between Bendigo, Ballarat,...
Ancient Greece
Colorful Parthenon Replica Adorns National Gallery of Victoria
A replica of the Parthenon, one of the world’s most iconic architectural structures, was installed at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on Monday.
Designed as a homage to the Parthenon on Athens's Acropolis and dubbed "Temple of Boom," the...
Australia
Resignation of Father Eleftherios Rocks Greek Orthodox Church in Australia
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in support of Father Eleftherios of Australia's Red Hill Church who resigned on Sunday following a spat with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
Father Eleftherios, a hugely popular Greek Orthodox priest, commonly known...
Australia
Victoria’s First Undercover Cop was Greek-Australian
What does the history of gambling in Victoria have to do with Greece? In a name, 89-year-old Nick Cecil. Cecil, a Greek-Australian, was Victoria's first undercover cop.
In his heyday, he tackled the illegal off-course gambling industry when it was...
Australia
Fifteen-Year-Old Greek Australian Wins Prestigious Greek Language Award
Greek Australian student Anastasia Rigopoulos, age fifteen, was recently given the European Union Delegation to Australia's "European Language Award" for her mastery of the Greek language.
Although she has never visited Greece, Anastasia started speaking Greek at home with her...
Australia
Melbourne’s Oldest Greek Orthodox Church to Reopen Before Christmas
The renovated Holy Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, or Evangelismos tis Theotokou, is preparing to open its doors to the faithful before Christmas for the first time after a disastrous fire in 2016.
The fire blazed through much...
Australia
Melbourne Opens Up Again After “Long Winter” of Coronvirus Lockdown
After what officials and residents called a "Long Winter" of coronavirus restrictions, and the reporting of zero new coronavirus cases in Victoria, Melbourne's many retail and hospitality industries will be opening up once again.
This report marked the first time...
Australia
Victoria: One in Five Victims of Coronavirus is Greek
Out of the 549 coronavirus deaths in Australia, 462 are from Victoria. One in five of those victims is of Greek heritage.
As the Australian government attempts to curb the spread of Covid-19 throughout the country by imposing restrictions, Victoria...
Australia
Victoria, Australia Calls for Participants to Submit Applications for 2020 Multicultural Festivals
The government of the state of Victoria in Australia announced recently that people can submit their applications to receive smaller or larger grants to participate in this year's ''Multicultural Festivals and Events Program.''
According to the official website of the...
Australia
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to Build New Monastery in Flowerdale, Victoria
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia announced on Tuesday that it will build a new monastery for men on the newly-renamed ''Mount Mela'' in Flowerdale, Victoria.
The move was agreed upon during a meeting on Tuesday, December 10, between His Excellency...