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Greek Community Rallies to Support Greek Immigrants During Pandemic

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has been focusing over the past few weeks on developing a coordinated response to assist Greek citizens who do not yet have Australian citizenship and might face problems during this difficult time of...

‘Thalia’ a Book on Greek Immigrants of Australia

A new book, entitled “Thalia,” written by Greek-Australian author Nikos Piperis, talks about one of the most tragic aspects of immigration revealing violent details of young people who were forced to uproot from their homeland against their will. It also...

Greek Museum in Australia to Honor Greek Immigrants

Bingara, a small town in the New England region of New South Wales, Australia -- about a seven hour drive away from Sidney and a four hour road drive from Brisbane -- now hosts the Roxy Museum. The Roxy Museum,...

A Welcome Event for Newly-Arrived Greek Immigrants

  Despite the extremely hot weather conditions, more than 1000 persons attended the event that was organized by the Hellenic Australian Community Support Association (HACSA) to welcome the newly arrived immigrants from Greece. People from all ages and Greek immigrants of...

Melbourne: Monument Dedicated to Greek Immigrants Unveiled

A monument dedicated to Greek immigrants was erected in the monastery of Panagia Kamariani. The monastery is at the top of the Red Hill which overlooks the Port Phillip bay; the port where ships entered carrying thousands of immigrants ...

The Impact of World War II on Greek Immigrants

A Greek professor of the University of Melbourne, conducted research concerning the impact of the second world war on Greeks who emigrated to Australia during and after the war. Presenting the results of the research in a lecture in the...

Australia Wants Skilled Greek Immigrants

The Council Property Owners of Australia made a proposal to the state government recommending loans and mortgages with better terms and easier rules for granting visas to Greek immigrants, particularly those with skills the country needs. According to an article...

“Filthy Greek Immigrants Go Back to Your Filthy Country,” Say Australia’s Far-Right Extremists

A not-so-friendly poster has gone viral all around the globe in the past few days. As is obvious, extremists are everywhere, both right and left. A Greek far-right party entered the Parliament on June 17, while having a run...

Australian Greek Welfare Society Provides Financial Assistance to Greek Immigrants

The Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS) announced plans to create a new fund to financially assist newly-arrived Greek immigrants trying their luck there. According to AGWS, founded 40 years ago, the number of new arrivals is on the rise and...

Majority of Australians Didn’t Accept Greek Immigrants

According to a survey held in 1951, the majority of Australians would not accept Greek immigrants. Only 42.7% of Australians said Australia should take immigrants from Greece, as opposed to 80.6% approval for The Netherlands, 55.4% approval for Germany and...

A Greek Doctor Who Helped Immigrants in Australia

Georgios Sakellariou was a refugee and he never let himself forget it. He worked as a doctor well into old age providing the immigrants and refugees of Australia with his services. He was born in 1924 on the banks of...

Greek Immigrants’ History Found in Australia’s Archives

CANBERRA - The National Archives of Australia have enriched their website with data and over 20,000 photographs presenting the chronicle of southern Europeans' migration to Australia, especially Greeks. Entitled Destination: Australia- Sharing Our Post War Migrant Stories, the project showcases...

First Greek Minister of Victoria Nick Kotsiras Initiates Festival for Immigrants

A Festival for Immigrants was held in Melbourne, Australia on the occasion of the 'Australia Day' celebrations. Greek Foreign Minister of Victoria, Nick Kotsiras, who was himself an immigrant from Greece to Australia, initiated the event. For symbolic reasons, the...

The fellow-Greeks next to the incoming immigrants

By Afroditi Lakiotis The solidarity that the Greek population of South Australia, showed to the incoming immigrants was something that the Australian press could not miss. « The Advertiser» newspaper published an article on the help provided by older immigrants, through...

81-year-old amongst this year’s UQ graduates (studied Greek and Cypriot immigrants in Australia)

At the age of 81, UQ student Dr Ferdinand Brockhall will prove it's never too late to learn new tricks as he crosses the graduation stage at the St Lucia campus (University of Queensland) this morning. Dr Brockhall will...