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RENAME ELGIN STREET
Generally speaking, Greek-Australians are a diverse tribe. They come from all walks of life and hold any number of political or religious ideologies. They love a good debate and whether in the regional...
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STATH AND GREEK DADS
“I try to love you, but sometimes, it’s so hard,” Vasos exclaims in anguish, fulminating at yet another display of his son’s ineptitude. Welcome to the world of ‘Stath Lets Flats’ a British sitcom...
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ON THE QUAI AT SMYRNA
"The worst thing was … how they screamed every night at midnight. I do not know why they started screaming. We were in the harbor and they were on the pier and at midnight they started...
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ANTIPODEANS AND ANTIOECOI
“We here in the Antipodes, the Antipodeans, do things differently from you over there in the Motherland,” a friend was explaining to a recently arrived lady from the Motherland.“Yes, I’ve heard,” she...
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GOING POSTAL AND THE DANAIDS
“The people who guard the rainbow don't like those who get in the way of the sun.”― Terry Pratchett, Going Postal“Those who fear that the political system of Greece will be subverted by a flood of...
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CONTAINERS
A most singular happenstance befell me recently. Having inherited from my grandfather, the propensity, when all within the domestic abode and slumbering safely in the arms of Morpheus, to descend to...
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DINOCRATES AND MOUNT RUSHMORE
“Somewhere in America… backbone of the continent, removed from succeeding, selfish, coveting civilisations and out of the path of greed, an acre or two of stone should bear witness, carrying likeness,...
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Ελληνομάθεια και Coburg West
Η είδηση ότι το ελληνικό πρόγραμμα του δημόσιου σχολείου Coburg West μέλλει να καταργηθεί, δικαίως έχει θορυβήσει την παροικία μας. Κι αυτό επειδή είναι αισθητή η πεποίθηση εντός της παροικίας, ότι...
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COMING HOME FROM GREECE
I remember my last homecoming from Greece. Seated on the aeroplane next to an irate elderly gentleman, by way of introduction, he exclaimed:-Άχρηστοι αυτοί οι Έλληνες. Τελείως άχρηστοι. Όταν έρχονται...
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ELENI TSEFALA: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF GREEK THEATRE IN AUSTRALIA, (1910-2010)
My earliest memory of the broader Greek community in Melbourne involves being taken to an open air theatre as a young child, to watch a production of Euripides’ Medea. The scene where Medea stands over...
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OXI: FESTIVAL AND PANIGIRI
There still exist people within our community, who still feel the traumatic effects of OXI and its aftermath, as do, in ways psychological, their descendants. The violence, the terror, the destruction,...
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LIFE TO YOU
The first time I noticed it was back in 2000 when I attended a friend’s wedding. «Να ζήσετε,» I wished his exuberant bride.“And to yours,” she responded.“What?” I asked, taken aback.«Και στα δικά σου,»...
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MEDUSA, A CLASS VICTIM OF WOMEN ENABLING THE PATRIARCHY.
“When Medusa looks in the mirror, she sees the Lady of Sorrows” Mason Cooley.“In mythology the Medusa can petrify people with a look – which is a good thing, I think. But the Medusa is a unique symbol...
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JIM CLAVEN'S "LEMNOS & GALLIPOLI REVEALED"
There is an arresting photograph in historian and long-time Neos Kosmos contributor, Jim Claven's recently published book "Lemnos & Gallipoli Revealed" that encapsulates the spirit of the work like...
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ANCIENT ARSE COUNTRY
- Τι είναι η Ελλάδα; the old man enquired, his bushy eyebrows raised in indignation, flecks of spittle flying from his dentures. Μια κωλόχωρα είναι.I am not aware of any other people who refer to their...
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WOG ™
“A blocky, cuboidal head, faced in pinks and whites and ruled in a fretwork of longitudes and latitudes which showed a few orthographic traces of worry…” Three Wogs, Alexander Theroux.In his word drunk...
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MEZUZAH
There is a mezuzah beside the door of my office. This is a piece of parchment contained in a plastic case and inscribed with the Jewish prayer Shema Yisrael, beginning with the phrase: "Hear, O Israel,...
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RECLAIMING THE CHRISTMAS KILECHE
That moment in the earth’s celestial orbit fast approaches whereby a family meeting is called at Casa della Kalimniou. The sole purpose of same is to allocate by means fair and consensual, the task of...
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HAPPY HERMES NEW YEAR
“I must ring Πίτα,” the middle aged lady remarked, outside church, “and wish him a Happy Nameday.”“Πίτα;” I asked, taken aback, “Γιορτάζουν σήμερα οι Πίτες;”“Yes,” the lady responded. “Είναι της...
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ΕΚΠΥΡΩΣΙΣ
Ekpyrosis (ἐκπύρωσις), the ancient Greek term for conflagration, describes a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction of the cosmos by a great conflagration every Great Year, (according to Plato,...
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