Gallipoli
Australia
Australians, Thessaloniki and World War I
Australians often ignore how the operation in Thessaloniki influenced the Allied strategy during World War I, as well as Greece’s stance during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.
Dr. Maria Hill, a distinguished historian, is a great supporter of this idea, therefore...
Australia
Lemnos – Gallipoli Project: Women in War
Preparations for the Lemnos-Gallipoli Project: Women in War are finally coming to an end. The international cultural project is organized in commemoration of the 100th anniversary since the Gallipoli campaign, which cost hundreds of thousands of lives. Thousands of...
Australia
Greeks and Armenians Protest Against Kemal Ataturk Monument in Sydney
Greeks and Armenians in Australia are reacting to the erection of a monument in honor of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in Sydney's Hyde Park. Several Greek Diaspora, Pontic and Armenian organizations expressed their disagreement with the monument in a written statement addressed...
Australia
Greek Diaspora of Sydney Offers Unique Artwork to NSW State Parliament
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary since Anzac forces arrived on the island of Lemnos, Greece, on March 4, 1915, the Greek Diaspora of Sydney offered a unique artwork by Nikolas Foteinos to the New South Wales State Parliament, in the...
Australia
Lemnos Gallipoli Photographic Exhibition
The Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee will be holding a major new fundraising event - the Lemnos Gallipoli Photographic Exhibition. The exhibition showcases forty of the most important images from the photographic record of Lemnos' role in the Anzac story.
This photographic archive is...
Australia
Australian Nurses in Anniversary of Gallipoli Battle
Antonis Hatzidiamantis, the mayor Lemnos island in northern Greece, met with Clare Ashton, research associate of the two high Nursing Schools of Australia. Their meeting was held in the context of celebrating 100 years from the landing of Australian troops of the...
Australia
Melbourne: Statue in Honor of Lemnos
Representatives of the Australian armed forces, Australian veterans, many Australian politicians and many Greek-Australians attended an event held in St Kilda town Hall, organized by the Returned Services League (RSL) in collaboration with Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee.
The organizers of the event aimed to raise...
events
Greek-Australian Conferences in Thessaloniki, Lemnos
Two major conferences will be held in Greece next month, with the initiative of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association. The first will be held from July 7 to 9 in Thessaloniki with the cooperation of the Hellenic-Australian Chamber of...
Australia
Greeks May Organize Aussies’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Australian soldiers’ withdrawal from Afghanistan may be organized by Greeks, as the Deputy Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDGS), Vice Admiral, Alexandros Theodosiou, stated on the SBS Radio Greek Program.
Theodosiou visited Australia on the occasion of...
Australia
Australian Prime Minister Gillard To Visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will reportedly visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew during her one-week-long stay in neighboring Turkey. Australian media use the nickname “Green Patriarch” for the Orthodox Church leader as a result of his actions on environmental issues.
PM...