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Panagiotis Kosmas Tsitsilias

Tsitsilias was son of the mayor of Potamos Kosmas Tsitsilias, who was closely associated with Eleftherios Venizelos, whom he supported after the Thessaloniki government during the First World War. Panagiotis Tsitsilias l...

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Dr Panayota Nazou

Panayota's latest book is Greek Proxy Brides in Australia: Experiences and Testimonies. It will be launched in September, 2012. This book seeks to fill part of the gap in the story of Greek women emigrants to Australia a...

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Masaaki Noda

Massaaki Noda is one of Japan's most prominent artists. His sculptures, in particular are superior. Through his freindship with Hearn Society, Athens, President, Takis Efsathiou, Noda has developed a profound interest i...

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Myrto Dimitriou

Curriculum Vitae Επώνυμο: Δημητρίου Όνομα: Μυρτώ Ημερομηνία γέννησης: 02.08.1983 Τόπος γέννησης: Θεσσαλονίκη e-mail: Email, Myrto Dimitriou http://omadafantasia.blogspot.com http://origamiwithfantasygroup.blogspot.com w...

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A pioneering spirit

Neos Kosmos pays tribute to the life and work of Dr Archie Kalokerinos, medical pioneer of the 20th century Neos Kosmos, 23 Mar 2012 Penni Pappas Download a .pdf version of this article here: Neos_Kosmos_Archie.pdf "He...

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Fire in Cafe

Tenterfield Star, Sept 30, 1954 Tenterfield Fire Brigade were called to the Paragon Cafe on Tuesday night, when the chimney in the kitchen caught alight. The Brigade recieved the call about 6:15 p.m., and quickly had the...

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The Golden Greeks

Photograph: George and Maria Sourrys and family. John Sourrys One of the species thrown up by the outback was the Greek Cafe. Hailing from the small island of Kythera, the Greeks began to come to Australia from the turn...

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Revere the adopted son

by: Adrian Mourby From: The Australian November 25, 2011 The former residence of writer Lafcadio Hearn in Matsue. Picture: JNTO These days the name Lafcadio Hearn is mostly known only to people who have read You Only Liv...

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The mango tree, 1974

After the pictures on Saturday nights the town made for Comino’s to eat mud-crabs that turned brick red when boiled or grilled trumpeter or steaks heaped with onions while Georgi, his coat off and gold watch-chain hung w...

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Australia to New Zealand by Kayak

On November 13 2007 James Castrission, Justin Jones, and Lot 41 departed Forster, Australia. 62 days later they arrived in New Plymouth New Zealand. They had kayaked 3318km, braved 10 metre swells, faced howling winds of...

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The tragedy and the trilogy

Australian Financial Review. December EDITION, 2011 p. 32 Brook Turner Brothers-in-arms. George Miller (right) with his business partner and collaborator Doug Mitchell It’s a measure of George Miller’s pulling power that...

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George Miller’s new script

Australian Financial Review. December EDITION, 2011 pp. 1 & 28-34 Brook Turner Dr D studios at Sydney’s CarriageWorks, Redfern, Sydney. Photo by Nic Walker Millers Crossing Four years after reaching the pinnacle of his p...

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Lafcadio Hearn and Haiku

by Cor van den Heuvel Lafcadio Hearn was born on the Greek island of Santa Maura, originally called Leucadia, in 1850, to an Irish surgeon in the British army and a woman of Maltese ancestry. He and his mother moved to D...

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