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Greek Community of Melbourne

117th Anniversary of The Melbourne Greek Community

One hundred and seventeen years ago, 57 Greeks who were living in Melbourne decided to create the Greek Community of Melbourne, without knowing that it would later become one of the largest and most historical Greek Diaspora organizations in...

‘The Burning Light’ of Australia

The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales in collaboration with the Sydney Greek Festival, the Greek Community of Melbourne and Antipodes Festival will present a Greek play by Kostas Varnalis, entitled “The Burning Light” to the Greek Diaspora...

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...

Greeks of Australia Celebrate March 25

The cloudy sky and the rain didn't stop the Greeks of Melbourne from celebrating the 25th March National Anniversary. Many Greek students as well as members of Greek organizations took part in the annual parade which was attended by more...

A Donation that Moved Melbourne’s Greek Community

  With construction almost complete of the new building for Melbourne’s Greek Community Cultural Center, ever more Greek expat organizations, enterprises and individuals continue to offer their support to this ambitious project. A donation with a special meaning was made recently to the...

Melbourne: Football Academy in Leading Greek College

The Greek football club Hellas Melbourne (South Melbourne FC) in collaboration with the daily college of  the Greek Community of Melbourne's Alphington Grammar school announced the establishment of a new football academy. Male and female students of the college, alongside their...

A Historical Year for Greeks of Melbourne

The new year will be a historic year for the Greek Community of Australia and especially Melbourne with the construction of the new Community building in the center of Melbourne, where our Cultural Center will be housed,"  stated the president...

Community of Melbourne Awards Greek Students

For yet another year, the Christmas ceremony of the Greek Community of Melbourne was dedicated to the best students in the afternoon and Saturday schools of Alphington Grammar. Students, parents, teachers, members, benefactors and friends of the community, as well...

The Impact of World War II on Greek Immigrants

A Greek professor of the University of Melbourne, conducted research concerning the impact of the second world war on Greeks who emigrated to Australia during and after the war. Presenting the results of the research in a lecture in the...

Melbourne’s Greeks Meet Immigration Minister

The Australian Immigration Minister, Chris Bowen, has repeated that Australia is ready to sign the agreement on granting visas to young people from 18 to 30 years old for vacation and work. The Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Akis Gerontopoulos in...