Biography Category: Culture

Basil GENIMAHALIOTIS

Basil Genimahaliotis is a film maker and architect who has lived and traveled extensively around the world. Currently based in London, he originally hailed from the creative surrounds of Adelaide’s arts and design scene. His formative years were spent training

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David TSIREKAS

Prior to becoming a chef, David was a swim and water polo coach who during off season would work in kitchens in Australia and abroad. In 1998 David was offered his sisters partnership at an inner west classic restaurant called

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Παρούλα ΘΕΡΜΠΑΝ

Γεννήθηκα στην Μύρινα της Λήμνου από γονείς Μικρασιάτες. Ο Γιώργης και η Δέσποινα ήρθαν στο νησί διωγμένοι από τους Τούρκους. Μικρά παιδιά τότε μεγάλωσαν και αποφάσισαν να παντρευτούν. Απέκτησαν έξι παιδιά, τρία αγόρια και τρία κορίτσια. Το πρώτο παιδί, ο

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Stephanie GIANNIS

Stephanie Giannis is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, mentor and admitted solicitor in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Stephanie holds a number of degrees and diplomas ranging from a combined Arts/Law Degree from the Sydney University, with Double Majors

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George TILLIANAKIS

George Tillianakis is a Sydney based multidisciplinary artist, exhibiting primarily as a video performance artist, composer, and musician. George has been active in the arts for 20 years, exhibiting and performing in galleries internationally, most notably in New York City.

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Nick BONOVAS

Nick Bonovas was one of the fourteen Greek Australian artists that participated in the Exhibition held Wednesday 29 April 2015 , in Canberra, with subject of inspiration “Lemnos and her historic connection with the ANZAC Centenary” curated by Mrs Eva

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Ruby FEROS

“We can cry, close our minds and be empty, or we can do what he’d want: smile, open our eyes love and go on…” Ruby M Feros (also known as Ruby M Brown) is of Kytherian heritage. She is a

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George RAFTOPOULOS

George Raftopoulos
By Lee-Ann Joy

If you have ever met or talked to George Raftopoulos, you will know he has been fighting notions of conformity his entire life. Being from the only Greek family in a rural NSW town, George learnt from an early age the virtues of resilience, the value of humour, the resistance to conformity and to never take yourself too seriously.

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Sophia HASKAS

I was born in Rhodes in 1941. My parents’ names are Mihalis and Eleni Vardavas. I have three brothers Yannis, Iakovos and Ilias. I spent my childhood in Rhodes and I attended the Girl’s High School completing four years before

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Christos TSIOLKAS

Christos Tsiolkas’s first novel Loaded created a furore when it was published and was later made into the film Head On. Loaded was followed by Jump Cuts, written with Sasha Soldatow, and his second novel The Jesus Man. Christos co-wrote

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