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 [...]
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Cretan Girl Among Finalists for Best Job In the World
Anna Fotakis is one of thousands who applied for the position of Taste Master, one of the six “best jobs of the world” on offer by Tourism Australia. This competition saw applicants from around the world submitting a 30 second video explaining why they should be selected to have one of the best jobs in [...]
Rise in Greek Real Estate and Senior Tourism
The Australian media estimate an expected rise in the real estate sector in Greece soon, with the new law voted by the Greek parliament, which allows the granting of residence permit to non-EU investors, who are interested in buying or renting property worth over 250,000 euros, with a five year term and renewal possibility. Relative [...]
Greece’s Best Grabs Aussie Headlines
Despite its crushing economic crisis, an avalanche of austerity measures and constant images of protests, strikes and riots, Greece remains an irresistible lure to many around the world, and some of its best features have been showcased in Australian media. Writer Daniel Scott from The Age and Sydney Morning Herald, produced a two-page travel story [...]
Sixty Australians Died in Greece in 2012
According to the Canberra Times & Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, more than 100 Australians died in Thailand and a further 60 died in Greece last year. The causes vary between the two countries. The deaths in Thailand were largely due to illness or accident, while in Greece they were from what [...]
Australian Tourists Love Greece
Australian tourists spend the most time and money than any other holidaymakers who choose to visit Greece. According to The Age newspaper, on average, an Australian tourist in Greece spends €1,420 ($1,820) each per trip and stays about 12 days longer than most other nationalities. Next biggest spenders are Canadians (€1,207), Americans (€1,098) and Russians [...]
Australia Revises Travel Recommendation for Greece
The recent violent attacks both on journalists and the New Democracy offices in Athens, led the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs to reconsider its travel recommendation for Greece. The revised recommendation has no major changes, but it has been highlighted that: “violence can occur without warning in Greece, which includes bomb placement in public and [...]
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05 / 21 Medals to Aussies Who Fought in Battle of Crete
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05 / 20 Greek-Australian Sisters Organize Penny Marathon 2013
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05 / 20 Greek- Aborigine Receives Scots College Scholarship
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05 / 22 Golden Dawn’s Scary Rise Chronicled
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05 / 15 Australia to Receive 190,000 Immigrants
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05 / 20 Greek- Aborigine Receives Scots College Scholarship
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05 / 22 Queensland’s Premier at Paniyiri Greek Festival
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05 / 15 Five Million Dollars to Soundproof Greek Church
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05 / 22 Nick Xenophon to Form Political Party
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05 / 22 Society of Friends of Greek Culture Founded in Perth
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05 / 21 Medals to Aussies Who Fought in Battle of Crete
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05 / 20 Greek-Australian Sisters Organize Penny Marathon 2013
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