Hellenic Australian provides a wide range of consulting services to Greek citizens who are interested in working or studying in Australia. Australia is currently experiencing a shortage of qualified labor force and is in need of skilled workers. The Daily Telegraph describes this shortage as following, “As mentioned in a report, Australia is dealing with [...]
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More Greek Students Choose Australia
There has been an increase in the number of Greeks who choose Australia for university studies by approximately 500%. According to data from the Australian Department of Immigration, while only 102 young people from Greece got a student visa for the period 2011-12, the number has now risen to 587 people. However, despite the significant [...]
The Richest Greeks of Australia
Seven Greek-Australians are among the 200 richest people in Australia, according to the list published by the financial magazine BRW. The richest Greek in Australia is Kostas Makris, the former owner of the Greek football club Panachaiki, with 900 million dollars. Over the previous years, Makris was the only Greek-Australian billionaire. Makris and his son [...]
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 [...]
The Role of Lemnos in the Gallipoli Campaign
In 2015, Australia will celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Australian forces landing in Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. The Gallipoli Campaign was the first major battle undertaken in World War I by Australia and New Zealand, and is often considered to have marked the birth of national consciousness in both countries. Anzac Day, April [...]
Fronditha Elderly Care Gets $1.8M Gift
Some 1.815 million dollars was donated to Frontida Care in commemoration of doctor Constantine Kiriazopoulos, by his son Mike Krizos in his will. Fronditha Care – formerly called the Australian Greek Society for Care of the Elderly – is a charitable organization providing services to Australian elderly of Greek speaking background, and was founded in [...]
Greek Scientist Warns of Global Cereal Disease Risk
The planet will be threatened by global wheat and food shortage if the amount of money allocated for the creation of new, resistant seeds isn’t doubled, claims Dr. Darren Kriticos, a scientist of Greek descent, who works for Australia’s national science agency CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization). Kriticos wrote a study on [...]
Tsipras’ Forthcoming Trip to Australia
Alexis Tsipras, leader of Syriza, is planning to visit Australia in the next months, as Kostas Isichos, executive of the party revealed. “My trip will not be the last. I hope that the President of Syriza, Alexis Tsipras, will be able to visit Australia in 2013”, Isichos stated in an interview to the Greek Radio [...]
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06 / 19 Dream of a Shadow, Greece’s Crisis Migrants
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06 / 19 Antipodes Festival Features Tsiolkas’ Life
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06 / 17 Work or Study in Australia for Greek Citizens
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06 / 14 Boletsi Follows Cavafy’s Barbarian Trail
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06 / 14 Greek-Australians Want ERT Open
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06 / 12 NSW Greek Orthodox Community Supports ERT
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06 / 11 Greek-Australians Honored for Queen’s Birthday
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06 / 09 Melbourne Victory Keen to Sign Greek Captain
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06 / 08 Aussie MP Wants FYROM Called Macedonia
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06 / 07 More Greek Students Choose Australia
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06 / 11 Greek-Australians Honored for Queen’s Birthday
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06 / 12 NSW Greek Orthodox Community Supports ERT
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06 / 14 Greek-Australians Want ERT Open
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06 / 14 Boletsi Follows Cavafy’s Barbarian Trail
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06 / 17 Work or Study in Australia for Greek Citizens
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06 / 19 Antipodes Festival Features Tsiolkas’ Life
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06 / 19 Dream of a Shadow, Greece’s Crisis Migrants
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