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Legendary Greek-Australian Athlete Honored with Statue

The great Greek-Australian footballer, Lou Richards was recently honored with a bronze statue at Collingwood football club's headquarters and a John Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award. The 91 year-old Lou Richards, was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1923. For 15 seasons...

Record Number of Greeks Attend Greek-Orthodox Churches of Australia

On the night of Easter, a record number of believers attended Greek-Orthodox Churches across Australia and mainly in Melbourne, the epicenter of the Greek Diaspora. With reverence and solemnity, Greek-Australians who attended mass at midnight on Holy Saturday, filled the...

Greek Fashion Designer Apologizes for Using Skinny Model

The Greek-Australian fashion designer Alex Perry has apologized for casting an extremely thin model on the runway at his show at Sydney's Fashion Week. The editor of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, Jackie Frank, was the first to express her concerns...

Greeks and Smoking Go Hand in Hand

Shopkeepers of the Greek-Australian Diaspora are concerned because of the imminent smoking ban at the most “Greek” corner of Melbourne. Specifically, the pedestrian street situated at the Oakley suburb, where almost all the shops and cafes are Greek. Since smoking...

Glamorous Launch for ‘The Hellenic Initiative’ in Australia

More than 150 leaders of the Greek-Australian community met in Sydney last week to discuss how to mobilize Australian support for The Hellenic Initiative. Representatives from every state and the two mainland territories attended a dinner event at the Hellenic...

Greek-Australian ‘King’ of Gold Coast

The Greek Australian croesus, Kostas Makris, can now be considered as the King of the famous Gold Coast in Australia, after having bought the most expensive properties in the area. Makris, one of the wealthiest residents of Australia and the...

Delly Carr, Best Greek-Australian Photographer

Delly Carr is a top Greek-Australian sports photographer who has been awarded several times for his amazing photographs. His parents were born in Greece, his father in Kastelorizo and his mother in Syros, and they migrated to Australia as teenagers....

A Greek Among Founders of Pensioners Party

Greek-Australian Kyriakos Koliadis, is one of the founders of "Seniors United NSW" that will take part in the elections of the largest Australian state, held within 2014. "The state does not care about  pensioners, which constitute a large part of...

Greek History Classes at the University of Queensland

Alastair Blanshard, professor at the University of Queensland presented a lecture entitled "Explorations of Beauty and Desire in Ancient Greece" during the Greek history and culture seminars held by the Greek community of Melbourne on Thursday, March, 27. The...

Gerontopoulos Meets with Greek-Australian Entrepreneurs

Greek-Australian entrepreneurs are interested in investing in Greece, as was discussed in a meeting with the Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyriakos Gerontopoulos. Minister Gerontopoulos completed his four-day visit in Australia by meeting in Sydney with the Greek-Australian Minister...