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Sister CitiesMelbourne - Thessaloniki30th Anniversary Celebrations

(1984 - 2014)

We came a long time ago determined to stay

Sister CitiesMelbourne - Thessaloniki30th Anniversary Celebrations

(1984 - 2014)

We came a long time ago determined to stay

Thessaloniki Association

The White TowerMelbourne ThessalonikiSister Cities

Μελβούρνη ΘεσσαλονίκηΑδελφοποιημένες Πόλεις

Thessaloniki Association

The White TowerMelbourne ThessalonikiSister Cities

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Sister Cities30th Anniversary Celebrations

1984 - 2014

MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI

Sister Cities30th Anniversary Celebrations

1984 - 2014

Publication Design & Layout by John LioupasFront Page by Yiannis Papageorgiou

CONTENTS

Messages:

Thessaloniki Association President - Mr. Paul Mavroudis 4Minister of Macedonia & Thrace - Mr. Georgios Orfanos 5The Ambassador of Greece to Australia - Mr. Haris Dafaranos 6Consul General of Greece in Melbourne - Ms. Christina Simantiraki 7Lord Mayor of Melbourne - Mr. Robert Doyle 8Mayor of Thessaloniki - Mr. Yiannis Boutaris 9Premier of Victoria - Dr. Denis Napthine 10Leader of the Opposition - Daniel Andrews 11Hon. Mathew Guy MLC 12Hon. John Pandazopoulos MP 13Jenny Mikakos MP 14Maria Vamvakinou MP 15Fiona Richardson MP 16VMC Chairperson - Mr. Chin Tan 17G.O.C.M.V. President - Mr. Bill Papastergiadis 18Jewish Community of Thessaloniki President - Mr. David Saltiel 19G.O.C.O.D. President - Mr. Angelo Sardelis 21Lonsdale Street Greek Precinct Association - Mr. Ignatios Karasavvidis 22

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439 HIGH ST - NORTHCOTE - MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA. Postal address: P.O. Box 19, NORTHCOTE, VIC 3070

Ph: (613) 9482 1660, Fax: (613) 9859 6638, Web: www.thessaloniki.org.auABN 561 7701 3691

ΕΝΩΣΗ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΕΩΝ“Ο ΛΕΥΚΟΣ ΠΥΡΓΟΣ”

THESSALONIKI ASSOCIATION“THE WHITE TOWER”

Melbourne’s Thessaloniki Associa on “The White Tower” is celebra ng the 30th anniversary of the sisterhood between the ci es of Melbourne and Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia in Northern Greece.

Over three decades the bonds that have been forged between the two ci es increase in strength ensuring frui ul cultural, economic and social benefi ts.

This year the Associa on has put together an impressive and signifi cant program to promote this important milestone with a variety of lectures, such as honouring the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki in conjunc on with the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, and two further lectures on the history of the ANZACS in Thessaloniki during both great wars (WW I and WW II) and the Pon an Refugees.

Other events include art exhibi ons, excursions, the “Annual Dinner Dance” and of course the highlight and much an cipated Cultural Fes val at Federa on Square.

The program gives everyone the opportunity to par cipate in the warmth of the occasion and enjoy tradi onal music and dance together with good food in a fes ve atmosphere.

I hope you can all join us in the spirit of Hellenic hospitality!

Paul Mavroudis – PresidentThessaloniki Associa on “The White Tower”

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ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΑΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

Θεσσαλονίκη 18/07/2014

Προς Πρόεδρο Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων Μελβούρνης «Ο Λευκός Πύργος»κ. Παύλο Μαυρουδή

Αξιότιμε κύριε Πρόεδρε,

Η συμπλήρωση 30 χρόνων από την αδελφοποίηση της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη αποτελεί αναμφίβολα ένα σημαντικό γεγονός.

Καταδεικνύει τους στενούς δεσμούς που έχουν οι δύο πόλεις, οι σχέσεις των οποίων διακρίνονται από αμοιβαιότητα, φιλία και συνεργασία σε διάφορα ζητήματα.

Η παρουσία 300.000 και πλέον Ελλήνων δείχνει και τον σημαντικό ρόλο που παίζει η Μελβούρνη στην προβολή του ελληνικού πολιτισμού και των θέσεων που έχουμε στα εθνικά θέματα, μέσα από τις δράσεις που υλοποιούνται στην περιοχή.

Θεωρώ πως οι απανταχού απόδημοι Έλληνες επιτελούν σημαντικό εθνικό έργο, καθώς καλούνται να διατηρήσουν ζωντανό το ελληνικό στοιχείο, μακριά από την μητέρα Ελλάδα.

Το πνεύμα ενότητας και ομοψυχίας που έχουν οι Έλληνες της διασποράς, πρέπει να αποτελεί παράδειγμα προς μίμηση για όλους μας. Άλλωστε, δεν πρέπει να ξεχνάμε πως όταν είμαστε ενωμένοι, μπορούμε να πετύχουμε τα πάντα, ανεξάρτητα πόσο ψηλά είναι ο στόχος που έχουμε βάλει. Ο Πρόεδρος και τα μέλη της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων Μελβούρνης «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» έχουν αποδείξει ότι μόνο μέσα από την υπέρβαση, μπορούμε να ανακαλύψουμε τις δυνατότητες που έχουμε για να φτάσουμε εκεί που θέλουμε. Με αυτές τις σκέψεις, χαιρετίζω τις επετειακές εκδηλώσεις και εύχομαι καλή επιτυχία συνολικά στις δράσεις του Ελληνισμού της Αυστραλίας.

Με εκτίμηση

Ο ΥΠΟΥΡΓΟΣΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΘΡΑΚΗΣ

ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΟΡΦΑΝΟΣ

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Μήνυμα στην Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» για την 30η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη

Οι εκδηλώσεις εορτασμού για την 30η επέτειο της αδελφοποίησης της Θεσσαλονίκης με τη Μελβούρνη μας δίνουν, για μια ακόμη χρονιά, την αφορμή να γιορτάσουμε και να ανανεώσουμε τους στενούς δεσμούς φιλίας που συνδέουν τις δύο όμορφες αυτές πόλεις.

Όντας και οι δύο πόλεις με πλούσια πολιτιστική ζωή και δραστήρια νεολαία, η Θεσσαλονίκη και η Μελβούρνη μοιράζονται μεταξύ άλλων και την αγάπη της εδώ μεγάλης ελληνικής ομογένειας, η οποία, κάθε χρόνο τιμά, με ποικίλες πολιτιστικές, ιστορικές και καλλιτεχνικές εκδηλώσεις, τη σχέση της με την αδελφή πόλη.

Εφέτος, η Θεσσαλονίκη δεν γιορτάζει μόνο την 30η επέτειο αδελφοποίησης της με τη Μελβούρνη. Ως Ευρωπαϊκή Πρωτεύουσα Νεολαίας για το 2014, έχει την ευκαιρία να αναδείξει τη δυναμικότητα των νέων της και τις πολλαπλές δυνατότητες ανάπτυξης που προσφέρει στους τομείς του τουρισμού, του πολιτισμού, της επιχειρηματικότητας και της εκπαίδευσης.

Εύχομαι η 30η επέτειος αδελφοποίησης να αποτελέσει αφορμή για ένα γόνιμο διάλογο και ανταλλαγή γνώσεων και ιδεών που θα ενισχύσουν και θα ενδυναμώσουν περαιτέρω τη συνεργασία Θεσσαλονίκης-Μελβούρνης.

Κλείνοντας, θέλω να συγχαρώ την Ένωση Θεσσαλονικέων «Ο Λευκός Πύργος» για τις άοκνες προσπάθειες τους να διατηρήσουν ζωντανή και επίκαιρη τη σχέση των δύο πόλεων και να ευχηθώ, από καρδιάς, κάθε επιτυχία στις εφετινές εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις.

Χριστίνα ΣημαντηράκηΓενική Πρόξενος της Ελλάδος στη Μελβούρνη

Η ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΞΕΝΟΣ ΤΗΣΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗ

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MESSAGE FROM THE LORD MAYOR OF MELBOURNE The City of Melbourne is delighted to celebrate the 30th anniversary of our sister city relationship with Thessaloniki. Our bond with Thessaloniki formed in 1984 and was for many years Melbourne’s only sister city relationship within Europe. Since that time, the ties between our two cities have strengthened and we have been able to share a multitude of cultural, economic and social benefits. Melbourne is also home to the largest Greek-speaking population outside of Greece and we are proud of the significant contribution the Greek-Australian community make to Melbourne. We look forward to continuing work with the Thessaloniki Association and nurturing our relationship with our sister city Thessaloniki, long into the future.

Robert Doyle Lord Mayor

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ΧΑΙΡΕΤΙΣΜΟΣ ΔΗΜΑΡΧΟΥ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣΈκδοση για τα 30 χρόνια αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη

Αγαπητοί φίλοι,

Με ιδιαίτερη χαρά χαιρετίζω τις εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις για τα 30 χρόνια της αδελφοποίησης της Μελβούρνης με τη Θεσσαλονίκη και στέλνω τις θερμότερες ευχές μου για την επιτυχία των εκδηλώσεων.

Φέτος η Μελβούρνη τιμά την επέτειο της αδελφοποίησής μας, τιμά τη Θεσσαλονίκη, τιμά τον ίδιο το θεσμό της αδελφοποίησης των πόλεων. Η αδελφοποίηση πόλεων, ένας θεσμός που υπερβαίνει το συμβολισμό, αποτελεί βασικό εργαλείο της τοπικής αυτοδιοίκησης για την ανάπτυξη των σχέσεων και την αλληλογνωριμία των λαών.

Η Θεσσαλονίκη έχει αναθερμάνει τις σχέσεις της με τη Μελβούρνη και με πολλές από τις αδελφές της πόλεις και συνεχίζουμε, μια έμπρακτη απόδειξη της εμπιστοσύνης μας στο θεσμό της αδελφοποίησης.

Στόχοι και δυνατότητες, συγγένειες και δεσμοί και στο επίκεντρο ειλικρινή αισθήματα φιλίας: η Θεσσαλονίκη και η Μελβούρνη έχουν πολλά ακόμη να κάνουν μαζί κι ένα κοινό μέλλον.

Εύχομαι και πάλι καλή επιτυχία στις φετινές σας εκδηλώσεις και μεταφέρω τους χαιρετισμούς και τις ευχές των δημοτών της Θεσσαλονίκης.

Γιάννης ΜπουτάρηςΔήμαρχος Θεσσαλονίκης

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MESSAGE FROM THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION

It gives me great pleasure to send my best wishes to the Thessaloniki Association The White Tower on the special occasion of 30th anniversary of Sister City relationship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne.

Though humbled by the rich history of Thessaloniki, Melbourne shares a lot in common with the culture and events capital of Greece equally renowned for its parks and museums.

The Sister City relationship fosters a strong bond between Melbourne and Thessaloniki. Our ties with one of the economic, industrial, commercial and political centres in Greece has generated great benefi ts for Melbourne.

With the largest Greek population in Australia, the Greek infl uence and contribution to Melbourne reaches from the Greek precinct in the heart of the CBD to a signifi cant number of homes and businesses in the suburbs.

These achievements are only possible with the tireless efforts from Greek organisations like the Thessaloniki Association and our Greek Community in the great state of Victoria.

On behalf of the Labor Party, I thank the Thessaloniki Association for all your wonderful work over the past twenty-nine years. I believe your commitment will make this Sister City relationship even better and stronger in the future.

Daniel Andrews MPLeader of the OppositionShadow Minister for Multicultural AffairsShadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________________Parliament House, Spring Street, Melbourne 3002. Phone: (03) 9091 7921

daniel. [email protected] • www.danielandrews.com.au

Hon Daniel Andrews MPLeader of the Opposition

Member for Mulgrave

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Message from the Federal Member for Calwell Maria Vamvakinou MP

I am pleased to join the Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” in celebrating its 30th anniversary.

As Greece slowly recovers from the Global Financial Crisis, it is fi tting the Association has this year chosen to focus on the cultural and trade relationship, between the sister cities of Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Hundreds of entrepreneurs of Greek background contribute to Australia’s economic development, and there is no doubt that there is untapped potential in establishing mutually benefi cial trade relations between both countries.

Migrants have helped make Australia the success story that it is today. It is my belief that as a nation we will benefi t from sharing our expertise and building on strong bilateral relationships such as the one that already exists between Australia and Greece.

I look forward to sharing in many more future events and celebrations.

Yours sincerely,

Maria Vamvakinou MPFederal Member for Calwell

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Level 3, 3 Treasury Place Melbourne 3002 GPO Box 4698, Melbourne VIC 3001 T.03 9651 0651 F. 039651 0612 [email protected] multicultural.vic.gov.au

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON It is with the greatest of pleasure that I extend my best wishes to the Greek community of Victoria, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the sister–city relationship between Thessaloniki and Melbourne. I commend the dedication of Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’, and thank all involved for organising the array of events to be held across Melbourne in the coming months. The Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ has an impressive and distinguished history of strengthening ties that link Melbourne and Thessaloniki, ensuring the important bond between the two great cities are maintained and strengthened. The rich traditions and vibrancy of Greek culture have become an important part of the larger fabric of Victoria’s multicultural society and its overall diversity. The Victorian Multicultural Commission proudly acknowledges the many social, cultural and economic benefits that the Greek community has enriched our State with. Melbourne’s sister-city relationships play a strong role in bringing people and countries together. I commend the leadership and achievements of the Thessaloniki Association ‘The White Tower’ on this important milestone, and I am confident that your great work will continue for many more years.

Mr Chin Tan Chairperson

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I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association in its celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the sisterhood affi liation between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Thessaloniki is a city with a long history and deep culture and the Thessalonicians who immigrated to Melbourne have infl uenced and enriched the fabric of our multicultural city. We applaud the As-sociation’s commitment to multiculturalism and its willingness to build strong relationships with other ethnic communities, such as the Jewish Community of Victoria.

The Greek Community of Melbourne has enjoyed a strong relationship with the Thessaloniki Associa-tion. We greatly appreciate its support to our organisation and in particular the initiative to organise a special fundraising event in support of the Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture.

As a Melbournian of Macedonian origin I am very proud of the Association’s Anniversary, and for the opportunity to participate in the planned events.

On behalf of the Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne, I congratulate the Thessaloniki Association for organising this year’s events and for its efforts to preserve and promote the Sister-Cities affi liation between Melbourne and Thessaloniki.

Bill PapastergiadisPresident

GREEK ORTHODOX COMMUNITY OF MELBOURNE & VICTORIAΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΗ ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗ ΚΟΙΝΟΤΗΤΑ ΜΕΛΒΟΥΡΝΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΚΤΩΡΙΑΣ

168 Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000 Australia • Est 1897 • ABN 14 004 258 360 • ACN 004 258 360tel: +61 3 9662 2722 • fax: +61 3 9663 3130 • e-mail: [email protected]

Message by the President of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

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MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF THESSALONIKI MR. DAVID SALTIEL, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE

FRATERNIZATION OF THE SISTER CITIES THESSALONIKI AND MELBOURNE The Jewish Community of Thessaloniki honors the 30th anniversary of the frater-nization of the sister cities Thessaloniki and Melbourne, which share, numerous historical, geographical and social elements. Cities that throughout time were the focal points of important historical developments and are today the second largest urban centers in Greece and Australia respectively. They have been marked, by the sea, their harbor, and their towers constitute their landmarks. Above all however both are cities and societies that have always been multicul-tural and open, ready to welcome and provide shelter to people from different countries, with different traditions, customs and religions, while generously giving them a chance for a better future.

During its long history that is interweaved with the history of Thessaloniki, from the ancient times till today, our Community and its members strived for the progress and prosperity of the city side by side with everyone who was graciously hosted by our city over time. Thessaloniki experienced many periods of prosperity, over the centuries, as a result of the Jewish population of Thessaloniki, which in-creased tremendously at the end of the 15th century when the Jews who were expelled from Spain, as well as other smaller groups of Jews from Central Europe found, literally and fi guratively, their safe harbor in Thessaloniki.

It is probably rather diffi cult for someone to identify at fi rst glance this centuries-long continuous presence. They would have to walk in the streets of Thessalo-niki, search, and inquire. Then, another, almost hidden, reality will start to unfold before them.

They would be able to hear the voices of vendors who promote, in Judeo-Span-ish of course, their merchandise in the streets of Thessaloniki. They would hear Ladino songs being played by street musicians on every kind of joyful occasion, people talking the charitable institutions of the Community such as the Matanot Laevionim, the Allatini orphanage, the healthcare establishments of Bikour Holim or the Hirsch Hospital. They would hear the footsteps of pupils, boy scouts and athletes as they headed not only for the schools of the Jewish Community and of Alliance israélite Universelle but also to the sport arenas, libraries and facilities of clubs like the Maccabi and the Akoach. They would hear the prestigious Rab-bis of the Jewish Community teaching in the infamous rabbinical schools of the

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city like the Talmoud Torah Agadol and reading the Torah in the more than 30 synagogues and more than 80 smaller ones (midrashim) while the entire city of Thessaloniki would come to a standstill because of Shabbat.

They would be able to bargain any kind of item, in the port, the Modiano Market the Karasso arcade and throughout the streets of Thessaloniki. They would be able to seek the advice of prominent and renowned Jewish doctors, lawyers and a wide range of other professionals. They would see the despair in the eyes of the tenths of thousands Jews who were left homeless by the fi re of 1917 and would feel the passion of those who join Avraam Benaroya and the Federacion, the fi rst ever labor union.

This timeless buzz of a city with a large Jewish population was interrupted by the 19 piercing whistles of the 19 trains departing for Auschwitz-Birkenau, followed by a deafening silence. A silence that conceals pain and absence. A silence indicative of what had been attempted by the instigators and executors of the Holocaust. Not only to annihilate the 50.000 Jews of Thessaloniki but to wipeout every single trace of their history. Nevertheless after the war Thessaloniki welcomed once again its children who had survived. Those very few who, in spite of what they experienced in the camps or while in hiding sought out their Homeland in order το see their children grow up in the neighborhoods and the streets of Thessaloniki and the Commu-nity become vital and thrive once again.

Today the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki suffers from the same problems that torment our society as a whole. Despite the diffi culties we keep moving forward having as our guide the values and principles of our forefathers. In spite of our small numbers we maintain a vibrant and very active Community that is an inte-gral part of the wider society of Thessaloniki. We honor, unswervingly the memo-ry of those who were exterminated by the Nazis, while investing on initiatives that will bring forth, in an accurate manner, the history of the city and will teach the younger generation the lasting lessons of the Holocaust.

We warmly congratulate the organizers of the events for the 30th anniversary of the fraternization of the cities of Thessaloniki and Melbourne, which highlight the benefi ts of coexistence within open and multicultural societies.

For the Jewish Community of ThessalonikiThe PRESIDENT

David Saltiel

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30th Anniversary Celebrations – Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister Cities I welcome the opportunity to convey my Community’s best wishes and congratulate Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” for your 30th Anniversary celebrations of the Sister-Cities between Melbourne and Thessaloniki. The celebration of this important Sistership milestone and your Association’s pledge for business and pleasure to go hand in hand, will without doubt culminate in a number of successful events promoting cultural awareness and intercultural harmony.

Your Association’s commitment to foster cultural bonds between the city of our forefathers and the city where we live is commendable; as is your support for our Community and educational facility Oakleigh Grammar.

I am delighted to announce that Oakleigh Grammar has announced a third Prep class to be introduced in 2015 as a response to growing interest in the School. This has been the result of word spreading amongst the local community and beyond about our world-class academic staff, the Middle Years International Baccalaureate Program, the highly acclaimed ‘Leader in Me' Process for leadership and social success, small class sizes, spacious classrooms, the growing appreciation for cultural diversity in our student population and the excellent leadership of Principal Mark Robertson - a well respected leader and change agent in the Victorian education system.

I congratulate the Association and send my Community’s warmest wishes to all those who have organised the 30th anniversary celebrations.

Angelo Sardellis President The Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh & Districts

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Εκ μέρους του Lonsdale Street, Greek Precinct Association και εμού προσωπικά ως Προέδρου, Μακεδόνα και μέλους της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων ο Λευκός Πύργος, χαιρετίζω τους εορτασμούς των 30 χρόνων αδελφοποίησης των δύο πόλεων μας Θεσσαλονίκης και Μελβούρνης.

Δύο πόλεων με κοσμοπολίτικο χαρακτήρα και πολυπολιτισμική παράδοση, με πολλές εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες επισκέπτες κάθε χρόνο δεσπόζουν στον σύγχρονο κόσμο ως παράδειγμα προς μίμηση.

Η Θεσσαλονίκη μια πόλη ιστορική, σταυροδρόμι πολιτισμών και εμπορικής διακίνησης με το λιμάνι δεσπόζει σαν βασίλισσα για κοντά 2500 χιλιάδες χρόνια, στην Βαλκανική χερσόνησο.

Η Μελβούρνη νεώτερη πόλη, αλλά με την δική της ξεχωριστή ιστορία και πρόοδο είναι παράδειγμα στη Αυστραλία και τον υπόλοιπο κόσμο.

Εμείς εδώ στην μικρή Ελλάδα του Lonsdale Street για πολλές δεκαετίες τώρα, εκθέτουμε και προαγάγουμε το Ελληνικό πνεύμα και την Ελληνική κουλτούρα στους επισκέπτες μας από Μελβούρνη και όλη σχεδόν την υφήλιο.

Η μαρμάρινη στήλη του Μέγα Αλέξανδρου και του Αγίου Δημητρίου στον δρόμο μας, είναι σήμα κατατεθέν για την Ελληνικότητα του δρόμου μας και την αδελφή σχέση των δύο πόλεων μας, Θεσσαλονίκης και Μελβούρνης.

Συγχαρητήρια στον πρόεδρο κ. Παύλο Μαυρουδή και το συμβούλιο της Ένωσης Θεσσαλονικέων, για της ακούραστες προσπάθειες που καταβάλουν για την διοργάνωση των εκδηλώσεων, αυτής της μεγάλης γιορτής που μας γεμίζουν χαρά και υπερηφάνεια για την καταγωγή μας και την ιστορία μας.

Εύχομαι κάθε επιτυχία στις προγραμματιζόμενες εορταστικές εκδηλώσεις της επετείου και καλή παραμονή με πολλές ωραίες αναμνήσεις στους επισκέπτες μας από Θεσσαλονίκη και Ελλάδα γενικά.

Με κάθε εκτίμηση

Ιγνάτιος ΚαρασαββίδηςΠρόεδρος Lonsdale Street Greek Precinct

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Thessaloniki water front, looking west.

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Jim Claven has visited Thessaloniki and Mac-edonia to research the story of the Australians who came there in the First World War. Here he re-tells their story.

Walking along the quay at Thessaloniki is quite a wondrous experience. From the former rail-way station, past the grand hotels and on to the White Tower, all sitting on the edge of the bay extending off to the horizon, one is struck by the peaceful beauty of the place.

It is hard to imagine that these very stones have witnessed war as well as peace. The quays once bustled with army transport ships, the harbour massive battleships. The beautiful avenues of the city once sounded to the march of soldier’s boots as well as the loud carousing in the bars and cafes of the city. And above all the castle and the hills beyond, to the battlefi elds of yesterday.

Each year we celebrate the liberation of the city and its re-unifi cation with Greece in 1912. Yet barely three years later, Thessaloniki be-came the centre of a major campaign in the First World War that would last until 1918 and the end of the war.

What is less appreciated is the Australian con-nection to this campaign, Thessaloniki and its inhabitants. For around 450 Australians took part in this long military campaign. They arrived at this strange new city on the bay, with its imposing castle, encountering a new people, culture and environment.

Amongst the horrors of war and disease and a city overfl owing with refugees, they were able to see in its antique ruins and ancient churches the classical and biblical stories they had only read of. They would not only survive the bitter

by Jim Claven

They came to helpAustralian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki

in the First World War

winters and hot summers, but would wonder at the fl owers, birds and animals that abounded in the surrounds of the city and beyond. They would travel throughout Macedonia, even to far Edessa, writing of the food, villagers and sights. And they would enjoy the entertain-ments of this great, big city, with its Levantine cafes and shops, cinema’s and dance-halls.

These Australians are often forgotten. While most of the nurses arrived from Australia as part of the Australian Army Nursing Service, the vast majority of the soldiers travelled from the United Kingdom in a variety of British Army units. Apart from a few who had already enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and the members of the AIF’s mule train unit transferred from Gallipoli via Lemnos, most had joined the British Army while working or studying in the United Kingdom. Others had travelled specifi cally to gain commissions in the British Army.

The women from Australia would staff four British Hospitals established to the east of the city – at Hortiatis and Kalamaria, as well as the Scottish Women’s Hospital to the west of the city at Arnissa. By the end of 1917, the Austral-ian nurses would total a fi fth of the British Army’s nursing staff in northern Greece.

They included the young but already cel-ebrated novelist, Miles Franklin. Originally from the valleys of southern New South Wales, she had come to England to pursue her activism in women’s rights. Working at London’s famous feminist cafe, the Minerva, she would be in-spired to join Edinburgh Doctor Elsie Inglis’ femi-nist initiative – an all female fi eld hospital, the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Arnissa in 1917.

This hospital was headed by two Australian doctors – Agnes Bennett and Mary De Garis.

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From Sydney and a graduate of Edinburgh University’s medical school, Agnes was the fi rst woman to receive an offi cer’s commission in the British Forces while serving in army hospitals at Cairo. From Mildura and a medical gradu-ate from Melbourne University, Mary served as her second in command. A brilliant student, the fi rst woman to be awarded a Doctorate of Medicine, she had held previous positions at the Melbourne and Women’s Hospitals and after her war service would go on to work at

Geelong Hospital, the only female doctor in Geelong until 1941.

Twenty Five year old Staff Nurse Christine Erica Strom from Melbourne enlisted with the Aus-tralian Army Nursing Service on 24th May 1917 and arrived in Thessaloniki in August of that year. She served at both the 60th and 42nd British General Hospital until January 1919. And the nurses at the four British Army Hospitals were led by Principal Matron Jessie McHardie White. From Yarra Flats, near Healesville and 47 years old when she arrived at Hortiatis, she had trained at the Alfred and Women’s Hospitals in Melbourne and had already commanded the nurses on the HMT Dunluce Castle, transferring the sick and wounded from Gallipoli to Lemnos in 1915.

Amongst the men, thirty-two were medical staff, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps. Two of these were Dr McAdam from Melbourne, who would serve as a Lieutenant with the 27th Casualty Clearing Station, and Major W.K McIntyre, from Sydney who had studied Medicine at Edinburgh University, who commanded the 80th Field Ambulance.

The soldiers included some who would go on to serve as senior offi cers in the Australian Army in the Second World War. Ned Herring from Maryborough in Victoria was studying law at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. A Second lieuten-ant, he would be decorated and promoted for his service with the Royal Field Artillery during the campaign. He would return to Greece as a Brigadier in 1941.

Lieutenant Rupert Hoddinott was another Staff Nurse Christine Erica Storm

A view of the 60th British General Hospital.

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artillery offi cer who had enlisted at South Mel-bourne on 19th August 1914. A former surveyor from Kew, he would transfer from the 1st Aus-tralian Light Horse Brigade in Egypt to the Royal Field Artillery, serving in the Salonika campaign as an offi cer.

Lieutenant Patrick Guaran, a 19 year old Mel-bourne university medical student from Inker-man Road in St Kilda, had been one of the fi rst to join the AIF in August 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion at Gallipoli and transferred to the Royal Munster Fusiliers in September 1915 to serve in the Salonika campaign. Lieutenant Brice B MacKinnon enlisted in the Black Watch after fi nishing school in Melbourne.

Most of the Australians served as offi cers. But as well as the Australian mule train unit, there were ordinary soldiers like Private Cliff Doolan from Nundle and Walgett in outback New South Wales, who had previously fought in France but now served with a cyclist unit at-tached to the 26th Division’s 78th Brigade. He would go on to be captured in Crete in 1941. And there was the Reverend J.V. Patton, from Sydney and a former Vice Principal of Moore Theological College, who would minister to the troops in the campaign as an army chaplain.As they arrived from October 1915, these sol-diers were the fi rst Australians to fi ght on main-land Greece. The nurses would arrive later in four contingents, the fi rst arriving in July 1917. Approaching the quay, they saw a vibrant, unfamiliar and somewhat dangerous city. The soldiers wrote of Thessaloniki as a “wondrous sight”, of its bustling port and the city stretching along the shore and climbing up to the walled

citadel above. For some it reminded them of Naples.

They would write of its multicultural character, of the abundance of its stores and its enter-tainments. Two of the favourite haunts of the Australians was Orosdi Back’s emporia and Floca’s cafe. The former was the “Harrods of Thessaloniki as the Australian Major Debenham called it, were one could purchase anything, whether fresh scrambled eggs or the oddments to make life bearable.

Thessaloniki 1917, One of the wards at the 50th British General Hospital at Kalamaria where AIF nursing sisters served.

A Red Cross recruiting poster for nurses from World War 1

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Cafe Floca, where the Australian soldiers and nurses dined, destroyed after the Great Fire, August 1917.

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They came to helpAustralian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki

in the First World War

Floca’s was a large cafe on the Place de la Liberte, with pavement tables where one en-joyed its coffee, ice creams and famous small elegant cakes – such as their signature “Plaisir des Dames”, a roll with chocolate on the out-side and cream chocolate fi ling on the inside. The place to be seen and meet, Miles Franklin described tea here as a “rendezvous with the bloom of international chivalry”. It was also known to be full of spies, eager to overhear bits of military information from the Allied soldiers who fl ocked here.

Yet there was another entertainment venue which would be the location of a famous get-together dinner held by the Australian soldiers and nurses – the famed White Tower restaurant. A popular haunt for offi cers of all nations, this quay-side venue beside the famous Ottoman era tower, was a restaurant and outside cafe with marble tables – gay with fl owers and fruit – with customers drinking beer or grenadine while listening to its band. On 7th January 1918 a New Zealand soldier organised a dinner at-tended by a number of Australian soldiers and nurses, including Miles Franklin and Dr Agnes Bennett.

After arriving, the Australians would make for their hospitals and bases in the hills surrounding the city. Leaving the city, on their way to Lem-bet and the Derbend Pass, many of the soldiers would have walked the old Roman road, the Via Egnatia, which once led the Roman legions from the Adriatic to Constantinople, passing the remains of the Arch of Galerius – one of the main thoroughfares of the city to this day.

Passing through the local Greek villages behind the front, the Australians would enjoy the abun-dance of food and fresh produce in Macedo-nia. Many would augment their army rations with purchases from the local villagers. They would buy fi gs and mandarins, chickens and rabbits, chocolate, fresh eggs and native black bread, as Lieutenant Hoddinott and Chaplain Patton did. One wrote of a local village: “The place is a mass of fruit. The fi gs are just ripe, great big greeny-yellow ones, plenty of grapes, quinces, plums and pomegranates. The place is green with all manner of trees, and is quite the most verdant spot we have struck in Mac-edonia.”

Soldiers and nurses were witness to local village dances and church services, recording them in their diaries and letters home. Lieutenant Guaran from St Kilda wrote of the kindness of

the local Greek peasant women and of Easter Sunday dances, presided over by the village priest: “The amusement is mainly dancing. They move around in a circle, and keep doing so for quite a long time, with intervals for cof-fee or something stronger. Towards sunset the order of proceedings varies. They fi re revolvers promiscuously, and the village tumblers spring somersaults to the plaudits of the admiring crowd.”Major McIntyre also witnessed village festivities

“The women were all out in their best coloured petticoats and aprons, sitting in groups and singing queer songs in their rather shrill high-pitched voices. They made a curiously long pause between each line, and sing in unison, but it sounded very pretty. The children are much more musical, their voices being softer.

A funny old hurdy-gurdy machine played dance music on the village green, and a lot of young bloods danced in pairs a kind of waltz, and the women and girls gradually collected; and fi rst one and then another allowed herself to be dragged into the ring. One dance was very graceful: they all joined hands to make a broken circle, and worked around, dong a kind of slow Highland fl ing with their feet. It really did look pretty and graceful. The tune was quite unlike our dance music, and was rather nice.”

Some of the soldiers and nurses were aware of the regions classical and biblical connec-tions, such as Major Ned Herring, Lieutenant Mackinnon and Matron Jessie McHardie White. Some learnt Modern Greek. Chaplain Patton wondered at the Roman Arch of Galerius and the Churches of Agia Sofi a and Agios Dimitrios,

A pavement cafe in central Thessalonikiopposite the Hotel Angleterre in 1917.

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and went on to deliver a lecture to soldiers on Thessaloniki’s history at a YMCA Recreation Tent erected in the city. And he chose a par-ticularly appropriate biblical quotation from the Acts of the Apostles to inspire the soldiers who had come from across the globe to defend Thessaloniki:“And a vision came to Paul in the night; there stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedo-nia and help us.”

Many wrote of the friendliness of the Greek villagers. They sold their produce to the Austral-ians, they invited them to watch their festivities, and they worked on improving the local roads. To improve their health, the Scottish Women’s Hospital at Arnissa opened a special ward for local women and children in October 1917. But the women’s relief was limited by the sus-picions of their husbands. Wary of the amorous intentions of the recovering soldiers, they would quickly remove the women as soon as they had recovered! And the Australians would help the people of the city during the Great Fire of Thessaloniki in 1917 which saw most of the cen-tre of the great city destroyed.

Despite the extremes of weather, many Aus-tralians would appreciate the beauty of their surrounds. Miles Franklin, who came from the Brindabella Valley in New South Wales, wrote of “enjoying the Australian heat” of the sum-mer, with the opportunity to swim nearly every day in nearby Lake Vegoritis, “a glorious swim-ming hole”. She would fi nd in the surrounding mountains echoes of the Blue Bogongs familiar

to her from Australia. Matron Jessie McHardie White found the arching elms of the seafront at Stavros reminded her of far off Ballarat and Lake Wendouree.

If one visits the cafes of Edessa you will be walk-ing in the footsteps of Miles Franklin. In 1917 she wrote of sipping coffee among card-playing offi cers here, it’s beautiful gardens and the Ka-ranos falls, where the towns streams gather into a cataract “hurling themselves off the plateau with a roar like thunder” into the valley below. She wrote of the Monastery of Kaisariana two hundred feet below – said to be the burial

The Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki

Stella Miles Franklin, assistant cook in the Scottish Women’s hospital

in Macedonia, 1917-18

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place of Philip of Macedon – and the view across to cloud-wrapped Mount Olympus – a view that can still be enjoyed today.

Many of the Australian nurses and soldiers commented on the beauty of the natural sur-rounds. At Hortiatis Nurse Strom found the view across the bay from the hills above beautiful, with “sweet smelling herbs” – wild thymes, mint and lavender, growing all around. Miles Franklin wrote of the sounds of shepherd’s reed-fl utes, the clamour of new-born lambs and seeing wild geese, crested larks and little fi nches and even “the lordly eagle”. Dr De Garis wrote of the poppies, anemones, pansies and primroses of Arnissa in spring. Major Ned Herring wrote of the glorious scenery: “...of snow-capped peaks, of glassy lakes and glorious hills and glorious val-leys, studded with quaint and attractive villages ... For it is a wonderful country, and in springtime this year it was hard to pick a more beautiful scenery ... With all its drawbacks, its unhealthy summer with its myriad of fl ies, Macedonia has treated us well.”

Lieutenant McAdam talked of: “... a gorgeous sunset, all pinks and violets. Mount Olympus and the range behind it stood out boldly and looked magnifi cent. The snow was tinged with violet ... Between the clouds the sky was tur-quoise blue. The colour deepened until it was a blood red. Olympus stood out black against the sky. On one part of it a sphinx could be seen.”

Yet the main experience of the soldiers and hospital staff was one of war. They took part in murderous attacks and counter attacks on the defences of Lake Doiran, the Struma (Styrmonas) Valley and the heavily defended mountains of the Grand Couronne, with mas-sive artillery barrages and threats from aerial bombing. Major Ned Herring serving with

the Royal Artillery was nearly killed by enemy shelling during the fi erce counter-barrages of the battles for Doiran. Sydney-sider Major Debenham was half-buried by shell a burst when leading his company of Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in an attack on the Grand Couronne. And the Australians Lieutenant Goldie and Second Lieutenant Brice McKinnon led daring and successful raids behind the enemy lines around Lake Doiran. The doctors and nurses of the fi eld hospitals were over-whelmed by wounded and sick from the day that they arrived. One of the hospi-tals received 24 cases on its fi rst day, followed by over 520 in its fi rst six weeks. The Austral-ian Lieutenant Wilkins described the waves of wounded following a massive night assault as “a horrible sight” that tested his nerves.

But if this was not enough, the Australians had to survive the particular privations of this cam-paign. Poor food and water, often inadequate accommodation, freezing snow-bound winters and dry, dusty and chocking heat of summer, was the lot of these Australians. Yet as well as the ever present dysentery and cholera fac-ing those in the fi eld, Thessaloniki brought with

They came to helpAustralian soldiers and nurses in Thessaloniki

in the First World War

Thessaloniki waterfont, White Tower in the background.Original colour image from 1812. Musee Albert-Khan Paris

A general view of Thessaloniki and Mount Olympus in the background.

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it the major problem of malaria. The marshes of the Axios River to the east of the city were a breeding ground for mosquitoes. This was the common experience of the soldiers and nurses. Both Miles Franklin and Major Ned Herring wrote of its debilitating effects and the awful side-effects of the powerful quinine injections. Over 160,000 British soldiers were infected with malaria – compared to just over 23,000 bat-tlefi eld casualties, with some 35,000 chronic malaria cases requiring repatriation to Britain.Many of the Australians who served in the campaign received awards for their bravery and service. Two soldiers were awarded the Distinguished Service Order, including Major Ned Herring. Seventeen Military Crosses were awarded, four Orders of the British Empire, two French Croix de Guerre’s and two Greek Orders of the Holy Redeemer. Six Australian nurses, including Matron Jessie McHardie White and Matron Alice Marion Prichard were award-ed the Royal Red Cross decoration, seventeen the Greek Order of Military Merit and eleven mentioned in despatches.

For some like Hospital Orderly Miles Franklin and Major John Lavarack there stay in Thessaloniki would be brief, a few months, maybe a year. But some Australians would remain.

If one takes the time to travel south of the city centre to Mikra you will fi nd the graves of two of these Australians. Three other Australian sol-diers who died are buried in other cemeteries, some beyond the borders of modern Greece.Nurse Gertrude Evelyn Munro had arrived in Thessaloniki in 1916, serving with the 60th Brit-ish General Hospital at Hortiatis until 1918. From Ballarat, she had enlisted in the Australian Army

Nursing Service in August 1916. Like many who served in the campaign, she became ill having contracted malaria and dysentery, succumb-ing on 10th October 1918. She was 34 years old. She was buried with full military honours.

From Cottesloe in Perth came Sapper E Heron. He had enlisted with the British Army Royal Engi-neers and served in the campaign surrounding Thessaloniki. He was killed on 28th December 1918, aged 28.

Sydney-sider Lieutenant Ralph Cullen (previ-ously Cohen) is remembered on the British War Memorial at Doiran. He was the fi rst Australian killed in the campaign, having been killed dur-ing savage enemy counterattacks on Kosturino Ridge in December 1915, aged 30. 29 year old farmer, Second Lieutenant Donald Glasson, one of three Australian pilots with the Royal Flying Corps was shot down and killed over Hudova on 12th March 1917. He is buried in the Skopje Military Cemetery.

The fate of South Yarra’s Major Jack Hughston tells of the dangers faced by those caring for the wounded. Serving with the 68th Field Am-bulance, he died on 14th September 1918 after sustaining major wounds as a result of enemy shelling. He is buried at Sarigol Military Cem-etery at Kristoni Village, forty kilometres north of Thessaloniki.

The defence of Thessaloniki and the success of the campaign played a signifi cant role in en-suring that Thessaloniki would remain a part of Greece. By their participation in this campaign, these Australian soldiers and nurses helped secure this historic re-union.

Washing day at the Sister’s quarters at the 60th General Hospital, Horaitis.

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The battlefi elds and villages of the Thessalo-niki and Macedonia region – that had been much fought over in the First World War – would again fall victim to war in 1941. For it was in the valleys of Western Macedonia, through the so-called Monastir Gap, that would see Austral-ian and New Zealand troops fi ght alongside their Greek allies defending Greece in the face of invasion. The valleys of the Struma and Lake Dorian would bear witness again to the continuing connection between Australia and Greece. And indeed four of the Australians who fought here in the First World War would return to defend Greece in 1941.

Australia – and Melbourne – would become a place of immigration for many Greeks from Thessaloniki and its hinterland. And yet it was Australians who fi rst made this connection with Thessaloniki all those years ago in 1915. As we commemorate the liberation of Thessaloniki, we should also commemorate this link be-tween Australia and Thessaloniki. A link which in many ways secured Thessaloniki’s future and its link to Australia.

The fi nal word should be that of Miles Franklin who, despite the privations of war, wrote with regret on leaving Thessaloniki all those years ago, contrasting the realities of war with the timeless qualities of the land: “Now we have exchanged the mountainsides, once more starry with bloom, for the deck of a steamer ... but there is no winged sensation in clearing, for the hope of adventure lies behind ... Salonique, with its conglomerate drama, its smells, its sins, its glamour, drops behind us. Its ancient cypress trees, like sentinels of eternity, are hull down on the horizon ... The setting sun outlines kingly

Olympus in fl ame and gold, a vision for the gods ...Lake Ostrovo [Vegoritis] gleams irides-cent where the roads ascend to Kaimaksta-lan ... look upon the shepherd with his time-honoured crook ... as he guards the fl ocks that have pastured here since history began ... The berries shall return this year, as last, in the beech forests, and in the old, old fi elds, tilled by oxen for a thousand years, English fl owers shall bloom...”

Jim Claven is a freelance writer, published author and Monash University history gradu-ate, holding a Master of Arts degree from that University. A former government adviser on Veterans Affairs, he is secretary of the Mel-bourne-based Lemnos Gallipoli Commemora-tive Committee. He is currently researching the Anzac connections with Greece across both World Wars and developing associated com-memorative travel trails in Greece. Jim would like to acknowledge the work of Hugh Gilchrist Gilchrist in putting this article together. Hugh’s three volume history, Australians and Greeks, published in 1997, is an essential starting point for anyone researching Greece’s Anzac links.

Australian Navy Torpedo Boat Destroyer HMAS Yarra entering Thessaloniki harbour, October 1918.

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06:00pm

DATE 16/Sept/2014

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at Queens Hall, Victorian Parliament The Jews of Thessaloniki

Speeches by

Eyvah T. Dafaranos & Dr Helen Light Two most prominent members

of the Greek and Jewish Communities in Australia

To the Cocktail Reception & Speech Evening titled:

Alternatively please write to: [email protected]

Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” Together with

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Online Booking Confirmation at http://thessaloniki.org.au

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Greek Language Immersion Day

SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER, 2014

10.00am - 4.00pm

Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani 135 Arthur Seat Rd, Red Hill

The inaugural Greek Language Immersion Day for primary school

students studying Greek Prep - Year 6 aims to engage students in a

variety of cultural activities that elicit Greek language speaking and listening skills in a non-school

setting, whilst providing an opportunity for students of Greek

from all school sectors to meet and interact.

Students will practice Greek language skills through workshops, cultural

activities, art, craft and entertainment around the theme of ‘Olives & Oil’. The program will be conducted and fully supervised by experienced teachers from our schools along with surprise

appearances of high profile guests/ambassadors for Greek. Full

program details will be available soon! Places are limited.

Don’t miss out!

Theme of the Day: Olives & Oil

Cost: $20 per student Includes lunch, morning/afternoon snack,

entertainment & all activity materials Transport

Students make their own way with family or organize through your school. Families may wish to attend the church service with their child. Activities will commence after the service. Upon dropping –off their child, parents are requested to leave and welcome to return for afternoon tea from 2.30pm, remaining until the end of the program (4.00pm) to collect their child

The Inaugural Greek Language Day is proudly supported by:

The Department of Education and Early Childhood

Development The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Melbourne & Victoria The Modern Greek Teachers’ Association of Victoria The Thessaloniki Association (as part of the 30 year Melbourne Thessaloniki sister city celebrations) The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria The Greek Consulate in Melbourne

BER, 2014

Student Registrations: Complete and send attached application and payment to: Modern Greek Teachers’ Association of Victoria, P.O. Box 332, Carlton South, 3053

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9th November 2014

OPEN

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439 High Street, Northcote, Vic 3070

Art Exhibition Of paintings by

John Papageorgiou & Paraskevas Mavrianos

We cordially invite you to...

Thessaloniki Association

“The White Tower”

The Exhibition will be opened by the Hon. Jenny Mikakos MP

More information online at - http://thessaloniki.org.au/art-exhibition/

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Ajani Community Hall, 284 Thompson’s Rd,

Lower Templestowe, Manningham City building

Australian Soldiers and Nurses in Thessaloniki in the First World War

A presentation by

Jim Claven

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The program will be

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MMr John Pandazopoulos MP

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1c Bell Street, Preston

Tickets $70 adult, $40 concession

Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower” together with

Pontiaki Estia

We would like to invite you to

Alternatively please write to: [email protected]

DATE

Star Receptions

Annual Dinner Dance

Great food Greater Dance

Even better entertainment

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FREE

We would like to invite you to...

Thessaloniki Association “The White Tower”

For more info write to: [email protected]

Open to public event

DATE

1:00pm-9:pm TIME

DATE

30year Sister-cities

FESTIVAL 2014 Celebrate with us

and our visitors from overseas Eat and dance with us

and our local performers

Melbourne-Thessaloniki

30 Year Anniversary

30 YEARS SISTER CITIES

Melbourne’s Federation Square

23rd November 2014

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ANDY MYRIDAKISMANAGING DIRECTOR

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1.30 pm Procession of musicians and dancers in costume dancing their way from the Melbourne Town Hall to Federation Square. 2.00 pm Joseph Tsobanopoulos playing Gaida (Greek Bagpipes) in front of stage with dancers and audience participation.2.15 pm LEXI Interactive Learning - Junior Dance Group2.30 pm Melbourne School of Tarrantella - Traditional Dancing from Southern Italy.2.45 pm Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Dance Group.3.00 pm Pan Cretan Association Dance Group3.15 pm OPA School of Hellenic Dance Junior Dance Group3.25 pm Pan Cretan Association Junior Dance Group3.35 pm Pontiaki Estia Junior Dance Group3.45 pm Pallaconian Brotherhood Dance Group4.00 pm VIP Speeches4.45 pm Pontiaki Estia Dance Group5.00 pm Cretan Brotherhood Dance Group5.15 pm RAVAISI traditional Greek music from all regions of Greece featuring, Gaida, Thracian Lyra, Kaval, Lute, Clarinet, and percussion.6.05 pm Cyprus Community of Melbourne Dance Group6.20 pm Pontian Community Dance Group6.35 pm Cretan Brotherhood Junior Dance Group6.45 pm ANAGENISI Band, playing Laika, Dimotika, Rebetika and Neo-Classical Greek music.

MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI

Sister Cities30th Anniversary Celebrations

Federation Square Program

MELBOURNE - THESSALONIKI

Sister Cities30th Anniversary Celebrations

Federation Square Program

1.30 pm Procession of musicians and dancers in costume dancing their way from the Melbourne Town Hall to Federation Square. 2.00 pm Joseph Tsobanopoulos playing Gaida (Greek Bagpipes) in front of stage with dancers and audience participation.2.15 pm LEXI Interactive Learning - Junior Dance Group2.30 pm Melbourne School of Tarrantella - Traditional Dancing from Southern Italy.2.45 pm Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Victoria Dance Group.3.00 pm Pan Cretan Association Dance Group3.15 pm OPA School of Hellenic Dance Junior Dance Group3.25 pm Pan Cretan Association Junior Dance Group3.35 pm Pontiaki Estia Junior Dance Group3.45 pm Pallaconian Brotherhood Dance Group4.00 pm VIP Speeches4.45 pm Pontiaki Estia Dance Group5.00 pm Cretan Brotherhood Dance Group5.15 pm RAVAISI traditional Greek music from all regions of Greece featuring, Gaida, Thracian Lyra, Kaval, Lute, Clarinet, and percussion.6.05 pm Cyprus Community of Melbourne Dance Group6.20 pm Pontian Community Dance Group6.35 pm Cretan Brotherhood Junior Dance Group6.45 pm ANAGENISI Band, playing Laika, Dimotika, Rebetika and Neo-Classical Greek music.

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