Paniyiri is Queensland’s signature celebration of all things Greek and the state’s largest cultural festival. The event will be held May 19-20 at Musgrave Park and The Greek Club in South Brisbane. Now in its 36th successful and exciting year, Paniyiri is a community initiative of the 25,000-strong Greek community of South East Queensland. Funds [...]
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Aussies From Kythera Push Tourism
Greeks from Kythera were the first to immigrate to Australia and in 1922 founded the Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia, known today as the Kytherian Association of Australia. According to the Association’s Cultural Officer, George Vardas, there are more than 60,000 Greeks with roots in Kythera who live in Australia. This year, the Kytherian Association of [...]
Small Alatsata in Brisbane
For more than 90 years in Brisbane, Australia, there has been a neighborhood, Small Alatsata, located in the West End and retains its Asia Minor character. The first refugees arrived there from the town of Alatsata, a purely Greek town of Asia Minor, which was an economically and culturally blooming Greek community, but was violently [...]
Permanent Greek Folk Exhibit in Sydney
At the suggestion of the Greek-Australian Councilor, Angela Vithoulkas, the City of Sydney will now provide a special place in the Lyceum Club of Greek Women of New South Wales, giving them the chance to exhibit their traditional costumes, jewelry and all the Greek traditional items collected during its 61 years of existence. “I am [...]
Greek History and Culture Seminars with Leading Speakers
The Greek History and Culture Seminars has been one of the most unique initiatives of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) in the field of culture over the last few years. These seminars have attracted enthusiastic supporters and have been embraced by a completely new audience of people of different ages and [...]
Antipodes Festival Draws The Pols
Prime Minister Julia Gillard led a large contingent of politicians who came to the March 16 opening of the Antipodes Festival, ignoring a chilly rain to kick off the festivities to honor Hellenism and make their presence known to voters. Others in attendance were Opposition leaderTony Abbott, the Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine, the Leader [...]
Proposal to Exhibit Mount Athos Treasures
The state of Victoria and Greece are going to discuss on the update of the memorandum signed in the early 90′s about teaching Greek in public schools. The proposal was made by the Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Citizenship, Nikos Kotsiras, in a meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister for Hellenism abroad, Costas Tsiaras. Tsiaras [...]
Cypriot Wine Festival In Melbourne
For the 19th consecutive year, the Cyprus Community of Melbourne held a wine festival, this time on March 2-3 at the Cretan Brotherhood, along with all the fan and festivities associated with the celebration of Cypriot food and wine. There was entertainment for all ages, including rides, performances by various dance groups from different regions from [...]
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