Education
Eliades attended Melbourne High School, followed by Victorian College of the s, Melbourne University, Victoria College, and Latrobe University. Eliades was involved in the set up of Wesley College Clunes Campus, and assisted John Marsden in the set-up of Candlebark School where he works part-time. His teaching style is intense and entertaining.
He also runs workshops in creativity.
He accepted a lecturing post at the University of Ballarat in 2011, so was simultaneously teaching primary, secondary and tertiary education.
Basil Eliades is also black belt in Tang Soo Tao.
Basil is also the creator of The Men"s Deck, a set of cards and booklet to be used as a tool for deeper communication, and mental and emotional health. lieutenant is the first deck of its kind designed to assist men integrate their emotional and spiritual lives.