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To Australia, far away,
there I'll go, my sweet mother,
I’m off to spread joy
to the whole world,
so that my songs are heard
by all in foreign lands.
Stelios Kazantzidis
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Video Stories

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MARTHA GIANOPOLITIS

She toiled in two continents, she”divided” her life between two homelands

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Duration: 15:46
PANAGIOTIS GIANNOUDIS

Through cinema, he brought a sense of home to the expatriates

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Duration: 15:27
PATRICIA ECONOMOU

Her family fought for the construction of churches in the Antipodes

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Duration: 13:56
DIMITRA MICOS

Inspiring acts of philanthropy in a new homeland

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Duration: 14:30
EMANUEL COMINO

The advocate for the return of the marbles to Greece

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Duration: 16:39
SOPHIA VARDAVAS-HASKAS

The “mother” of Greek dance in Australia

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Duration: 15:42
KOSTAS LIANOS

Ten dollars in his pocket, and his destination the “unknown”

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Duration: 11:23
LIANA VERTZAYIA

She overcame all obstacles under the gaze of her Guardian Angel

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Duration: 13:04
KALLE EGLEZOS

She “wove” her life on the loom of hard work and giving

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Duration: 13:30
GEORGE PASSAKOS

He discovered the beacon that guided him through life’s “storms”

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Duration: 12:56
THOMAS PAPADOPOULOS

He drew crowds with the strings of his bouzouki

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Duration: 12:37

Podcasts

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Ana Pothitou
ANNA POTHITOU
07:54

She “wove” her future on the “loom of toil”

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Parasxos Pezas Photo
PARASCHOS PEZAS
11:19

He witnessed the horrors of World War II first-Hand

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Dionisios Skouris Photo
DIONYSIOS SKOURIS
07:54

He returned to Greece, but longed for Australia

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Neroupos23
ANDREW NEROUPOS
13:34

He was ready to die for his ideals

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Andrew2
ANDREW STATHOPOULOS
14:09

He kept his shop “Greek” for over fifty years

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Kyriakos Aksountas Photo
KYRIAKOS AXOUNTAS
08:26

He chose Diaspora over life in the village

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KONSTANTINOS PAXIMADAS
10:51

He thought he would build his future in Greece, however…

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Theofanis Emmanouilidis
THEOFANIS EMMANOUILIDIS
12:42

He danced the Kalamatianos in the face of life’s “tempests”

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ANDREW GEORGIS
12:15

He fought for Cyprus, he found peace in Australia

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Kostas Tsourdalakis
KOSTAS TSOURDALAKIS
10:09

He hid from German shellfire in Greece, he stood proud and tall in Australia

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