Conference -Through Australian Eyes

Saturday, 5th of June 2010

The Fourth annual RETURN TO ANATOLIA Conference on Saturday, the 5th of June 2010 at the Brunswick Town Hall, Melbourne. This year's conference is dedicated to the events that unfolded in Anatolia Through Australian Eyes.....
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Melbourne - Thessaloniki Sister City

Sunday, 22nd of November 2009

The Annual Sister-Cities Festival is on at Federation Square in Melbourne. More than 40000 people attend each year. Government representatives from Melbourne Victoria and Thessaloniki Macedonia will be present. Many dancing groups, food stalls, arts and crafts, giveaways, music and entertainment.

Macedonian Walkabout

Sunday, 1st of November 2009

Through this fully illustrated presentation, Sydney-based historian
Dr Panayiotis Diamadis will look at the history and culture of Macedonia through the eyes of Australians who have travelled there over the last century. Some were soldiers, sent to the northern frontier of Hellas to defend democracy against Nazi tyranny. Others came over into Macedonia because of the overwhelming need, created by the Hellenic Genocide of 1914-1924...

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The Forgotton Anzacs

Saturday, 19th of July 2009

The presentation is designed as an overview of Australian
involvement in the Near East during World War I and the Inter-War Period. This involvement may be divided into two broad spheres: military and philanthropic.

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Conference - The Endurance of Children

Saturday, 13th of June 2009

The Third annual RETURN TO ANATOLIA Conference on Saturday, the 13th of June 2009 at the Jika International Hotel in Fairfield, Melbourne. This year's conference is dedicated to The Endurance of Children: Victims, survivors, guardians of hope.

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ANATOLIA – Land of Culture, Land of Refuge

Mill Park Library, 21st March 2009

The public history exhibition was a synthesis of multimedia,
black-and-white as well as colour photographs of the Assyrian, Armenian and Pontic Greek people whose origins are from Anatolia. Exhibition was on through till the end of April 2009.

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The Silk Road: From China to Anatolia

Saturday, 31st January 2009

The Silk Road is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting East and West by linking traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads and urban dwellers from China to the Mediterranean Sea during various periods of time. At the Whittlesea Chinese Association's New Year festivities in Lalor, Victoria

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MACEDONIA – Land of Culture, Land of Refuge

Fitzroy Library, 12th November 2008

a public history exhibition of black-and-white as well as colour photographs, posters, rare books and magazines. It has two main focal points: the diverse cultures that have thrived in Macedonia since time immemorial; and the refuge the Macedonian lands have provided to hundreds of thousands of people fleeing persecution over the centuries.

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Conference - The Women of Anatolia

Saturday, 3rd MAY 2008

The second annual RETURN TO ANATOLIA Conference began on Friday, 2 May 2008 at the Jika International Hotel in Fairfield, Melbourne. The function took place in the presence of politicians, academics, sponsors and members of the Hellenic, Assyrian and Armenian communities. This year's conference was dedicated to The Women of Anatolia: Tradition, Memory, Family.

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