They glowed like shiny pearls plucked from exotic climes, gleaming through the smoke and haze of crowded cities built on industrial dirt and grime.

It is a project that improves the quality of life for every resident of North Beach,’ say Beach Vice-Mayor Tanya Bhatt.

The project is expected to provide improved energy access to more than 235,000 Eritreans, 20% of them being women and youth.

The milk bar, a quintessential Australian institution pioneered by Greek migrant Mick Adams in 1932, emerged as a ...