Kalymnos, Greece Sister City

Kalymnos and Darwin established a close relationship due to the significant number of Kalymnians resident in Darwin (around 5000 at the time of forming a Sister City relationship). Moves to formally recognise the links between the communities were strongly supported by the then Chief Minister, Paul Everingham and the NT Government.

In previous years Darwin streets have been named after places in Kalymnos and a statue of a Kalymnian Lady Water Carrier, donated by the City of Kalymnos, was erected in the Darwin Mall signifying the importance of the relationship.

In 2003 the Kalymnos Sister City Community Committee facilitated a project to donate a computer to a school in Kalymnos in preparation for Darwin and Kalymnian students to establish on-line collaborative projects and ‘virtual’ exchanges.

A large number of visits, both at the community level and official Mayoral and Territory Government delegations have taken place over the years, with the most recent including a Sister City Community Committee Member, who present gifts to the Mayor of Kalymnos on behalf of the Sister Cities Program in 2003.

How to join the committee and current commiitee members pdf