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The keys to Melbourne’s Estonian House have been handed over. Matti Kiviväli looks back at almost 55 years of community life — and the people who made it possible.

Thirty-five years after Estonia restored its independence, Estonian communities across Australia are celebrating. Find a gathering near you — and come raise a glass to freedom.

The Estonian Cultural Foundation in Australia (ECFA) allocated $38,000 in small grants for 2026–27. Facing 16 applications requesting over $64,000, funding decisions were highly competitive across all community projects.

Traditional Estonian knitting techniques are coming to Australia this winter as knitwear designer Aleks Byrd leads workshops across five states from July to September.

Meteorologists say it's winter. Estonians say it's midsummer. We report, you decide. Here's where to celebrate jaanipäev across Australia.

From Adelaide to Canberra, Melbourne to Sydney, Baltic communities will come together this June to remember, reflect and stand shoulder to shoulder in honour of those affected by the Soviet deportations. All are welcome.

Day one of the Last Hurrah has begun — and Melbourne Estonian House is already full of memories, reunions, archive-table discoveries and very respectable FOMO. Come Saturday and Sunday before everyone else tells you how wonderful it was.

Colourful threads, coffee-break conversations and the sudden realisation that weaving is both deeply calming and unexpectedly humbling. Melbourne’s Estonian weaving workshops became about culture, creativity, community — and quietly admiring everyone else’s belts.