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Golden Dawn Stops Fundraising Activity in Australia

The Australian branch of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn announced it has stopped a fundraising drive in Australia because of reactions against it. However, Golden Dawn has refused to rule out future fundraising activities. Golden Dawn was collaborating with a community...

AHEPA’s Fundraising for Greeks

The Australian Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) is going to hold a fundraiser aiming at offering aid to Greek people affected by the financial crisis. This was decided in the 58th AHEPA’s National Convention in Sidney where many delegates from...

Australia’s First Battle of Crete Memorial Gets Green Light to Proceed

Work on the Battle of Crete Memorial at Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia is underway after many years of planning, negotiating, and fundraising. Battle of Crete Memorial in Australia to Be Unveiled Later This Year When complete, the memorial will...

Greeks Honored in New Australian National Monument to Migration

Greek philanthropists have banded together to commemorate Greek migrants on the new National Monument to Migration in Australia.

Greek Australians Join Effort to Help Fire Victims

The Greek community in Australia has joined efforts of the Federal government, aid organizations and government and communities around the world to help victims of the bushfires which are currently devastating multiple areas across the country. “We are going through...

Special Melbourne Radio Broadcast to Raise Funds for Greek Fire Victims

Greeks and friends of Greece in Australia are being encouraged to tune into to a special broadcast of a fundraising event on Wednesday to help those affected by the Attica fires. Melbourne's Greek Center will host a very special live...

Greek Australians Raise More than 2,000 Dollars for Christos from Arkioi Island

More than 2,000 dollars were raised by an online fundraising appeal organized by two Greek Australian women for the benefit of young Christos and his school at the tiny Greek island of Arkioi. The two women were captivated by the...

Greek Glendi Returns to Oakleigh

The annual Greek Glendi in Oakleigh returns this year on Saturday and Sunday, November 4-5, aiming to beat last year's attendance of 20,000. The annual Greek event does not only celebrate Greek culture through music, dance and food, but it...

The Easter Spirit: Greek-Australian’s Fundraiser for Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal

Over the past seven years, Greek-Australian Ellen Koutsodimitropoulos along with her family have raised some $31,000 for the Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Every year they hold fundraisers at the Greek Community of Broadmeadows and Districts hall two weeks...

Darwin’s Greek Community Wraps 10,000 Dolmades for Glenti Charity Festival

It's an annual tradition that would make most Greeks head spin. Even the idea of producing 10,000 of dolmades is daunting to most, yet every year without fail, Darwin's vibrant Greek community spends the Thursday before its Glenti festival...

#ReturnTheMarbles Campaign Unveils New Ad

A Picture Says a Thousand Words The campaign to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece is using a billboard to help spread the message. The #ReturnTheMarbles campaign has placed a provocative billboard with a strategically placed message just a few hundred meters from...

45 Greek Organizations Support the Greek Community of Melbourne

For the first time in 35 years, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, has united 45 regional organizations, reviving the old tradition of the pan-regional fundraising dinner dance. The event was held on Saturday, October 17, at Stars...

Melbourne’s Hellenic Heart Initiative to Support Greece

Greece’s financial and social crisis made many Greek Diaspora communities worried about their homeland, but also about their relatives who still live in the country. Greek-Australians have been trying to find a way to aid people in Greece, either financially or...

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...

Fundraiser to Help Greek-Australian Wife of Man Killed by Lightning

Friends and relatives contributed to a fundraiser to assist Greek Australian Mary Mourgelas whose husband was killed by a bolt of lightning in Worongary. The 39-year-old Kane Bennett was killed trying to protect his wife and two children from an...