Opening Night - ΝΟΣΤΟΙ | Homecomings: Stories of the Ionian Island Diaspora in Queensland

Join The University of Queensland RD Milns Antiquities Museum, the Kytherian Association of Queensland, and the Ithacan Society of Queensland for the opening of ΝΟΣΤΟΙ | Homecomings: Stories of the Ionian Island Diaspora in Queensland.

ΝΟΣΤΟΙ explores the way that storytelling, history, myth, memory and experience of the Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece (Kerkyra, Paxi, Lefkada, Ithaki, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Kythera) fuels the imagination and identity of the diaspora in Queensland.

The exhibition is the result of a three-year collaboration between the Antiquities Museum and Ionian Islands diaspora communities in Queensland. It combines artefacts, documents, garments and photographs from public and private collections with newly recorded oral histories to create a rich tapestry of how the islands are remembered, experienced and passed on to future generations.

Opening Night

Celebrate the launch of ΝΟΣΤΟΙ | Homecomings with an evening of culture, connection and community. Join us at UQ, alongside members of the Ionian Island community and our valued partners who helped bring this exhibition to life. The event will include an official opening ceremony, tours of the exhibition and a reception with complimentary light refreshments. 

Be part of this special moment as we honour stories of migration, memory and belonging. 

Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 5:30pm for 6–8pm 
Location: RD Milns Antiquities Museum, Level 2, Michie Building (9), UQ St Lucia (view on UQ maps)  

This exhibition is proudly presented by The University of Queensland RD Milns Antiquities Museum, UQ Arts, the Kytherian Association of Queensland, the Ithacan Society of Queensland, and supported by Friends of Antiquity and the Kytherian Brotherhood of Queensland. 

Banner images: Left - Cast and guests at Greek community variety concert, Brisbane, 1937. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Top Right - Church of Panagia Myrtidiotissa, Chora Castle, Kythera. Bottom Right: Harbour at Assos, Kephalonia.