Australia

Almost 100 years after its extinction, scientists at The University of Melbourne are ready to try and bring the Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) back to life. The species has been declared extinct since the 1930s. The initiative now has a partnership...

The remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger, believed to have been lost for the last eighty-five years, have been found in an Australian museum. The discovery of the bones and skull of the last existing thylacine was made in...

The town of Burnie in Tasmania, population 20,000, can claim that is the only city outside Greece and Cyprus that is run by a Greek mayor and a Cypriot deputy. Following the October council elections, Steven Kons was elected mayor and...

In state elections to be held on Saturday, March 15, Labour's expatriate Greek Minister of South Australia, Tom Koutsantonis, is expected to be re-elected for the seat of West Torrents. However, according to the latest polls, the Labour Party itself is...

Greek-Australian Nick Saramaskos, who lives in Hobart, Tasmania, has become famous for producing chrysanthemums. Born on the island of Kimolos, he immigrated as a child to Australia, where his struggle for survival began. His education was low as poverty did...

The Greek Festival in Estia, Hobart on March 16-17 will welcome visitors from Tasmania, Australia and the world to showcase Greek culture and the community's place. The event is being held in one of the most beautiful areas of...

Tasmania's Greeks' are offering help for the victims of wildfires that spread across the island state south of Australia. According to the head of the Greek community of Hobart, John Fotakis, Greeks came immediately to rescue the fire victims,...

The 2012 Estia Greek Festival celebrates its 19th anniversary from the 1st until the 17th of March, 2012. The festival is held under the auspices of the Greek community of Tasmania. The Premier, Lara Giddings, said events include an...

The new opera "The Barbarians", produced by Hobart-based opera company IHOS and composed by artistic director Constantine Koukias, opened last week in Hobart as part of the Festival of Music and Art (FOMA). Based on the poem Waiting for...

On Thursday, wildlife specialists saved 32 of the 230 whales that had been discovered stranded on Tasmania, an island state in Australia, the previous day. According to the Tasmanian Department of Natural Resources and Environment, it was assumed Wednesday that...

Many of the constellations we know in the night sky were named according to the myths of the ancient Greeks. But similar stories are told by those from many other cultures  on Earth, including those of Australia. By Duane W. Hamacher Look upon...

Greek-Australians continue to express outrage, sadness and anger over what is now twelve deaths suffered by their tight-knit community at St. Basil's Home for Aged Care in Melbourne. According to media reports, the entire state of Victoria has experienced 92...

Spiders belonging to the Darling Downs funnel-web species can be found throughout eastern Australia, and two out of fourteen recorded people who have been bitten by the venomous arachnid have suffered severe symptoms of poisoning. However, the spider's poisonous...

The Greek community of Melbourne is presenting a lecture by Professor Peter Monteath on Australians who fought in Greece during World War II, as part of its Greek History and Culture seminars. The event will take place on Thursday at...

Data from the Australian population census of 2016 show that fewer people speak Greek than at the last census of 2011. According to the data, 237,000 people spoke Greek at home, while in 2011 252,000 people responded positively to this...