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Greek Australians

Greek Australians (Greek: Ελληνοαυστραλοί, Ellinoafstrali) are Australians of Greek ancestry. Greek Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Greek diaspora. As per the 2021 census, 424,750 people stated that they had Greek ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), comprising 1.7% of the Australian population.[1] At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in Greece.[1]

Greek Australians
Ελληνοαυστραλοί
Greek Australian christening party, at Bondi Beach 1946.
Total population
424,750 by ancestry (2021 census)[1]
(1.7% of the Australian population)[1]
92,314 born in Greece[1]
Regions with significant populations
Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth
Languages
Australian English · Greek
Religion
Christianity (predominantly Greek Orthodox)
Related ethnic groups
Cypriot Australians · Greek New Zealanders · Greek diaspora

Greek immigration to Australia has been one of the largest migratory flows in the history of Australia, especially after World War II and the Greek Civil War. The flow of migrants from Greece increased slightly in 2015 due to the economic crisis in Greece,[2] with Australia as one of the main destinations for departing Greeks, mainly to Melbourne, where the Greek Australian community is most deeply established.[3]

88% of Greek Australians speak Greek and 91% are Christians and members of the Greek Orthodox Church.[4]

Australia and Greece have a close bilateral relationship based on historical ties and the rich contribution of Greek Australians to Australian society. In 2019, the export of Australian services to Greece was valued at $92 million, while services imports from Greece totalled $750 million. Australia's stock of investment in Greece in 2019 totalled $481 million, while investment in Australia from Greece was $192 million.[5]

History Edit

Early Greek immigration Edit

Greek immigration to Australia began in the early colonial period in the 19th century. The first known Greeks arrived in 1829.[6] These Greeks were seven sailors, convicted of piracy by a British naval court, and were sentenced to transportation to New South Wales. Though they were eventually pardoned, two of those seven Greeks stayed and settled in the country. One settled on the Monaro Plains in Southern New South Wales and one at Picton near Sydney.[citation needed] Their names were Ghikas Bulgaris known as Jigger Bulgari, and Andonis Manolis. Jigger Bulgari married an Irish woman, and they had many children. Jigger was buried at Nimmitabel Pioneer Cemetery. The Hellenic Club of Canberra laid a commemorative marble plaque over his resting place around 2000. Andonis Manolis' grave is in the old cemetery at Mittagong. The first known free Greek migrant to Australia was Katerina Georgia Plessos (1809–1907),[7] who arrived in Sydney with her husband Major James Crummer in 1835. They married in 1827 on the island of Kalamos where Crummer, the island's commandant, met the young refugee from the Greek independence wars. In her youth, she must have been one of the last living people to speak to Lord Byron. They lived in Sydney, Newcastle and Port Macquarie. They had 11 children.[8] The first wave of free Hellenic migrants commenced in the 1850s, and continued through the end of the 19th century, prompted in part by the recent discovery of gold in the country.[9]

20th century Greek immigration Edit

 
Orpheus Arfaras, Greek ceramicist, Sydney, 1952

From the last decade of the 19th century until World War I, the number of Greeks immigrating to Australia increased steadily and Hellenic communities were reasonably well established in Melbourne and Sydney at this time. The Greek language press began in Australia and in 1913, Australia had the first Greek weekly newspaper called Afstralia that was published in Melbourne.[10]

It is noted that the first major flow of Greek immigrants to Australia began in the mid 1920s, where many Greek people from Kastellorizo migrated to Australia to escape the Ottoman repression.[citation needed] Numerous of these people from Greece's easternmost island spent time in Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria, before being offered migration to Australia by British authorities.[citation needed]

After the changes in Greece from the mid 1970s, including the fall of the Papadopoulos regime in 1974 and the formal inclusion of Greece into the European Union, Greek immigration to Australia has slowed since the 1971 peak of 160,200 arrivals. Within Australia, the Greek immigrants have been "extremely well organised socially and politically", with approximately 600 Greek organisations in the country by 1973, and immigrants have strived to maintain their faith and cultural identity.[11]

By comparison, the Greek Cypriot community in Australia doubled following the Invasion of Cyprus by Turkey following a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1974. [12]

21st century Greek immigration Edit

 
Greek Australians during a parade for Australia Day in Melbourne (2014)

Since the year 2000, Greek immigration to Australia has slowed down.[citation needed] As the economic crisis in Greece grew, the opportunities for temporary resident Greek Australians abroad were limited.

In the early 2010s, there has been an increase of Greek immigration flows to Australia due to unemployment, among other issues, because of the economic crisis in Greece. This has led to the return of many Greek Australians which had gone to Greece before the crisis and also the arrival of newcomers from Greece, who have been received by the large Greek Australian community, mainly in Melbourne.[13]

Demographics Edit

At the 2021 census, 424,750 people stated that they had Greek ancestry (whether alone or in combination with another ancestry), comprising 1.7% of the Australian population.[1] At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in Greece.[1]

The largest concentration of Greek Australians is in the state of Victoria, which is often regarded as the heartland of the Greek Australian community. Victoria's capital Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian community in Australia.

The 2021 census showed that the following states had the largest numbers of people nominating Greek ancestry: Victoria (181,184), New South Wales (141,627), South Australia (40,704), Queensland (32,702), Western Australia (16,117).[14]

One study investigating the 54 most common ethnic groups in Australia found that Greek Australians had the lowest rate of intermarriage (marrying outside their ethnicity) than every other ethnicity in the first, second and third generations.[15]

Culture Edit

 

Religion Edit

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2016, 91.4% of Australians with Greek ancestry are Christian, mainly Eastern Orthodox, however minorities who belong to different Christian denominations like Catholics, Jehovah's Witnesses and Pentecostals also exist. Together, these other denominations make up 0.4% of the Greek Australian population. 5.6% identified as spiritual, secular or irreligious, and 2.6% did not answer the census question on religion.[16] Greek Australians are predominantly Greek Orthodox.[16] The largest religious body of Greek Orthodox Australians is the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, with its headquarters at the Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern.

Greek language Edit

In 2016, the Greek language was spoken at home by 237,588 Australian residents, a 5.8% decrease from the 2011 census data. Greek is the seventh most commonly spoken language in Australia after English, Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Italian.[17] The remainder of the ethnic Greek population in Australia mainly use English as their first language.

Media Edit

The Greek language press began in Australia in 1913 when the first Greek weekly newspaper was published in Melbourne. In South Australia, the local Greek community published a short-lived newspaper called Okeanis (Oceania), around 1914 before it moved to Sydney.[18] On 16 November 1926, George Marsellos and John Stilson published a broadsheet under the name Panellenios Keryx (Panhellenic Herald or The Greek Herald), becoming the second national Greek newspaper in Australia.[19] In 1935 and 1936 a third newspaper, Pharos (Lighthouse), was published, and a number of short-lived titles were issued in the late 1960s, with the longest of these being Tachydromos (Mailman), founded in September 1968.[18] In 1957, Hellenic/Greek language newspaper Neos Kosmos was founded by Dimitri Gogos, Bill Stefanou and Alekos Doukas, the latter also being an exceptionally well known author. Since 1994, a publication called Paroikiako Vema (Steps in the adopted Country) and printed in Renmark, has served the Greek community in rural South Australia.[20]

Multicultural broadcaster SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) airs a Greek-language radio program every afternoon from 4 PM to 6 PM. The program features news, current affairs, music, interviews, and a talkback segment, where listeners can dial into the program from 5:30 PM onwards and express their opinion on a topic being focused on. Additionally, SBS also airs Greek public broadcaster ERT's Eidiseis news program every morning as part of their WorldWatch programming block.

Notable individuals Edit

Academic Edit

Art and design Edit

Business Edit

 
Andrew Demetriou, former chief executive of the Australian Football League (AFL)
 
Andrew N. Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical Company

Fashion Edit

 
Ada Nicodemou, actress
 
Diana Glenn, actress

Film, theatre, and television Edit

 
George Miller, director of Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006), and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
 
Alex Proyas, director of The Crow (1994) and I, Robot (2004)

Journalism Edit

Justice Edit

Music Edit

Politics Edit

Religion Edit

Science and technology Edit

Sport Edit

Australian rules football Edit

Boxing and kickboxing Edit

Cricket Edit

Flying disc Edit

 
Ange Postecoglou, soccer manager and former player

Soccer Edit

Mixed martial arts Edit

Rugby league Edit

Sailing Edit

Shooting Edit

Skateboarding Edit

Skiing Edit

Tennis Edit

Weightlifting Edit

Wrestling Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx[bare URL spreadsheet file]
  2. ^ Greek (24 June 2015). "Greeks fleeing to Melbourne due to crisis". Greekreporter.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  3. ^ ABC News (23 June 2015). "Greek nationals move to Melbourne to escape growing economic, social crisis". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ SBS. "Greek Culture - Cultural Atlas". Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  5. ^ https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/greece/greece-country-brief. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ Department of Immigration & Citizenship: Media – Publications: Statistics – Community Information Summaries
  7. ^ . The Athenian Association of Sydney and NSW. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  8. ^ Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
  9. ^ Appleyard, Reginald; Yiannakis, John N. (2002). Greek Pioneers in Western Australia. UWA Publishing. p. 27.
  10. ^ School of Historical Studies, Department of History. "Greeks - Entry - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online". www.emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  11. ^ Keays, Sue (2004). "Yassou, Souvlakia and Paniyiri: Adapting Greek Culture for Australians". Social Change in the 21st Century Conference. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Origins: History of immigration from Cyprus - Immigration Museum, Melbourne Australia". museumsvictoria.com.au. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  13. ^ ABC News (11 October 2013). "Greek-Australian citizens look to Australia to escape economic crisis". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  14. ^ https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Cultural%20diversity%20data%20summary.xlsx[bare URL spreadsheet file]
  15. ^ Siew-Ean Khoo, Bob Birrell, Genevieve Heard. "INTERMARRIAGE BY BIRTHPLACE AND ANCESTRY IN AUSTRALIA" (PDF). Retrieved 20 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ a b "Australian Bureau of Statistic". Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  17. ^ Statistics, c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of. "Redirect to Census data page". Retrieved 6 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ a b "SA Memory - SA Newspapers : Non-English language newspapers". www.samemory.sa.gov.au. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  19. ^ Gilchrist, Hugh (1992). Australians and Greeks: The middle years. Australia: Australia: Halstead Press. pp. 346–349. ISBN 1875684026.
  20. ^ Laube, Anthony. "LibGuides: SA Newspapers: Non-English". guides.slsa.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  21. ^ Professor Nicholas Athanasou, Professor of Musculoskeletal Pathology and Emeritus Fellow
  22. ^ "Hugh Jackman declares "I'm Greek" - Neos Kosmos". neoskosmos.com. 10 August 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  23. ^ "Chris Karan - Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  24. ^ "The Australian People" an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, by James Jupp – published 1988

Bibliography Edit

  • Tamis, Anastasios (2005). The Greeks in Australia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-54743-1
  • Gilchrist, Hugh (1992), Australians and Greeks Volume I: The Early Years, Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. Ltd., ISBN 978-1-875684-01-4
  • Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1998). In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. ISBN 0-86806-655-9
  • Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1995). Images of Home: Mavri Xenitia. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. ISBN 0-86806-560-9
  • Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2013). Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe. Macquarie University. ISBN 9781741383959
  • Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2016). Greek Cafes & Milk Bars of Australia. Halstead Press. ISBN 9781925043181

External links Edit

  • Diamadis, Panayiotis – University of Technology, Sydney (2011). "Greeks". Dictionary of Sydney. Retrieved 4 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) (Greeks in Sydney) [CC-By-SA]
  • A video of Peter Yiannoudes, who established Greek Cinema in Victoria in the 1950s on Culture Victoria
  • Meet me at the Paragon digital stories, State Library of Queensland. Digital stories relating to Greek Australian owned café and milk bars in Queensland

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Not to be confused with Australians in Greece Greek Australians Greek Ellhnoaystraloi Ellinoafstrali are Australians of Greek ancestry Greek Australians are one of the largest groups within the global Greek diaspora As per the 2021 census 424 750 people stated that they had Greek ancestry whether alone or in combination with another ancestry comprising 1 7 of the Australian population 1 At the 2021 census 92 314 Australian residents were born in Greece 1 Greek AustraliansEllhnoaystraloiGreek Australian christening party at Bondi Beach 1946 Total population424 750 by ancestry 2021 census 1 1 7 of the Australian population 1 92 314 born in Greece 1 Regions with significant populationsMelbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane PerthLanguagesAustralian English GreekReligionChristianity predominantly Greek Orthodox Related ethnic groupsCypriot Australians Greek New Zealanders Greek diasporaGreek immigration to Australia has been one of the largest migratory flows in the history of Australia especially after World War II and the Greek Civil War The flow of migrants from Greece increased slightly in 2015 due to the economic crisis in Greece 2 with Australia as one of the main destinations for departing Greeks mainly to Melbourne where the Greek Australian community is most deeply established 3 88 of Greek Australians speak Greek and 91 are Christians and members of the Greek Orthodox Church 4 Australia and Greece have a close bilateral relationship based on historical ties and the rich contribution of Greek Australians to Australian society In 2019 the export of Australian services to Greece was valued at 92 million while services imports from Greece totalled 750 million Australia s stock of investment in Greece in 2019 totalled 481 million while investment in Australia from Greece was 192 million 5 Contents 1 History 1 1 Early Greek immigration 1 2 20th century Greek immigration 1 3 21st century Greek immigration 2 Demographics 3 Culture 3 1 Religion 3 2 Greek language 3 3 Media 4 Notable individuals 4 1 Academic 4 2 Art and design 4 3 Business 4 4 Fashion 4 5 Film theatre and television 4 6 Journalism 4 7 Justice 4 8 Music 4 9 Politics 4 10 Religion 4 11 Science and technology 4 12 Sport 4 12 1 Australian rules football 4 12 2 Boxing and kickboxing 4 12 3 Cricket 4 12 4 Flying disc 4 12 5 Soccer 4 12 6 Mixed martial arts 4 12 7 Rugby league 4 12 8 Sailing 4 12 9 Shooting 4 12 10 Skateboarding 4 12 11 Skiing 4 12 12 Tennis 4 12 13 Weightlifting 4 12 14 Wrestling 5 See also 6 References 7 Bibliography 8 External linksHistory EditEarly Greek immigration Edit Greek immigration to Australia began in the early colonial period in the 19th century The first known Greeks arrived in 1829 6 These Greeks were seven sailors convicted of piracy by a British naval court and were sentenced to transportation to New South Wales Though they were eventually pardoned two of those seven Greeks stayed and settled in the country One settled on the Monaro Plains in Southern New South Wales and one at Picton near Sydney citation needed Their names were Ghikas Bulgaris known as Jigger Bulgari and Andonis Manolis Jigger Bulgari married an Irish woman and they had many children Jigger was buried at Nimmitabel Pioneer Cemetery The Hellenic Club of Canberra laid a commemorative marble plaque over his resting place around 2000 Andonis Manolis grave is in the old cemetery at Mittagong The first known free Greek migrant to Australia was Katerina Georgia Plessos 1809 1907 7 who arrived in Sydney with her husband Major James Crummer in 1835 They married in 1827 on the island of Kalamos where Crummer the island s commandant met the young refugee from the Greek independence wars In her youth she must have been one of the last living people to speak to Lord Byron They lived in Sydney Newcastle and Port Macquarie They had 11 children 8 The first wave of free Hellenic migrants commenced in the 1850s and continued through the end of the 19th century prompted in part by the recent discovery of gold in the country 9 20th century Greek immigration Edit nbsp Orpheus Arfaras Greek ceramicist Sydney 1952From the last decade of the 19th century until World War I the number of Greeks immigrating to Australia increased steadily and Hellenic communities were reasonably well established in Melbourne and Sydney at this time The Greek language press began in Australia and in 1913 Australia had the first Greek weekly newspaper called Afstralia that was published in Melbourne 10 It is noted that the first major flow of Greek immigrants to Australia began in the mid 1920s where many Greek people from Kastellorizo migrated to Australia to escape the Ottoman repression citation needed Numerous of these people from Greece s easternmost island spent time in Egypt s second largest city Alexandria before being offered migration to Australia by British authorities citation needed After the changes in Greece from the mid 1970s including the fall of the Papadopoulos regime in 1974 and the formal inclusion of Greece into the European Union Greek immigration to Australia has slowed since the 1971 peak of 160 200 arrivals Within Australia the Greek immigrants have been extremely well organised socially and politically with approximately 600 Greek organisations in the country by 1973 and immigrants have strived to maintain their faith and cultural identity 11 By comparison the Greek Cypriot community in Australia doubled following the Invasion of Cyprus by Turkey following a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1974 12 21st century Greek immigration Edit nbsp Greek Australians during a parade for Australia Day in Melbourne 2014 Since the year 2000 Greek immigration to Australia has slowed down citation needed As the economic crisis in Greece grew the opportunities for temporary resident Greek Australians abroad were limited In the early 2010s there has been an increase of Greek immigration flows to Australia due to unemployment among other issues because of the economic crisis in Greece This has led to the return of many Greek Australians which had gone to Greece before the crisis and also the arrival of newcomers from Greece who have been received by the large Greek Australian community mainly in Melbourne 13 Demographics EditSee also Greek community of Melbourne At the 2021 census 424 750 people stated that they had Greek ancestry whether alone or in combination with another ancestry comprising 1 7 of the Australian population 1 At the 2021 census 92 314 Australian residents were born in Greece 1 The largest concentration of Greek Australians is in the state of Victoria which is often regarded as the heartland of the Greek Australian community Victoria s capital Melbourne has the largest Greek Australian community in Australia The 2021 census showed that the following states had the largest numbers of people nominating Greek ancestry Victoria 181 184 New South Wales 141 627 South Australia 40 704 Queensland 32 702 Western Australia 16 117 14 One study investigating the 54 most common ethnic groups in Australia found that Greek Australians had the lowest rate of intermarriage marrying outside their ethnicity than every other ethnicity in the first second and third generations 15 Culture Edit nbsp Religion Edit According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2016 91 4 of Australians with Greek ancestry are Christian mainly Eastern Orthodox however minorities who belong to different Christian denominations like Catholics Jehovah s Witnesses and Pentecostals also exist Together these other denominations make up 0 4 of the Greek Australian population 5 6 identified as spiritual secular or irreligious and 2 6 did not answer the census question on religion 16 Greek Australians are predominantly Greek Orthodox 16 The largest religious body of Greek Orthodox Australians is the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with its headquarters at the Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern Greek language Edit In 2016 the Greek language was spoken at home by 237 588 Australian residents a 5 8 decrease from the 2011 census data Greek is the seventh most commonly spoken language in Australia after English Mandarin Arabic Cantonese Vietnamese and Italian 17 The remainder of the ethnic Greek population in Australia mainly use English as their first language Media Edit The Greek language press began in Australia in 1913 when the first Greek weekly newspaper was published in Melbourne In South Australia the local Greek community published a short lived newspaper called Okeanis Oceania around 1914 before it moved to Sydney 18 On 16 November 1926 George Marsellos and John Stilson published a broadsheet under the name Panellenios Keryx Panhellenic Herald or The Greek Herald becoming the second national Greek newspaper in Australia 19 In 1935 and 1936 a third newspaper Pharos Lighthouse was published and a number of short lived titles were issued in the late 1960s with the longest of these being Tachydromos Mailman founded in September 1968 18 In 1957 Hellenic Greek language newspaper Neos Kosmos was founded by Dimitri Gogos Bill Stefanou and Alekos Doukas the latter also being an exceptionally well known author Since 1994 a publication called Paroikiako Vema Steps in the adopted Country and printed in Renmark has served the Greek community in rural South Australia 20 Multicultural broadcaster SBS Special Broadcasting Service airs a Greek language radio program every afternoon from 4 PM to 6 PM The program features news current affairs music interviews and a talkback segment where listeners can dial into the program from 5 30 PM onwards and express their opinion on a topic being focused on Additionally SBS also airs Greek public broadcaster ERT s Eidiseis news program every morning as part of their WorldWatch programming block Notable individuals EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed February 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Academic Edit Nikos Athanasou Professor of Musculoskeletal Pathology at Oxford University and Greek Australian novelist 21 Nick Nikhtas Birbilis Professor of Engineering at the Australian National University Adrian David Cheok Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London amp Director of the Mixed Reality Lab Nicholas Doumanis Assoc Professor of History at the University of New South Wales Nikolas Kompridis Professorial Fellow at the University of Western Sydney in the School of Humanities amp Communication Arts Christos Pantelis Professor of Psychiatry University of Melbourne Maria Skyllas Kazacos Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales chemical engineer best known for her pioneering work of the vanadium redox battery John Tasioulas Director of Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at University of Oxford and first Greek Australian Rhodes ScholarArt and design Edit Con Chrisoulis comic book creator Nonda Katsalidis architect Marc Newson industrial designer Polixeni Papapetrou artist Paul Pholeros architect Tony Rafty caricaturist Stelarc Stelios Arkadiou artist Christos Tsiolkas writer Michael Zavros artist painterBusiness Edit Harry Katsiabanis founder of TaxiLink and StorageX Mark Bouris managing director of Wizard George Calombaris chef former judge MasterChef Australia Con Constantine former chairman Newcastle United Jets Andrew Demetriou chief executive Australian Football League nbsp Andrew Demetriou former chief executive of the Australian Football League AFL Antony J J Lucas businessman noted for his philanthropic activities Marinos Lucas businessman theatre company operator Andrew N Liveris CEO of Dow Chemical Company nbsp Andrew N Liveris CEO of Dow Chemical CompanyKostas Makris the richest Greek in Australia in the top 30 of the richest residents in Australia Nick Pappas chairman South Sydney Rabbitohs Nicholas Paspaley Senior and Paspaley family Paspalis Paspaley dominate the pearling industry large property holdings in Darwin CBD and properties in Sydney George Peponis chairman Canterbury Bulldogs Geoff Polites chief executive officer of Australian Jaguar Land RoverFPV President Tickford managing director Nick Politis car retailer and chairman of the Sydney Roosters rugby league club James Samios Hon MBE Museum of Contemporary Art Circular Quay Sydney Peter V landys chairman of the Australian Rugby League CommissionFashion Edit Christopher Chronis fashion designer Napoleon Perdis make up artist Alex Perry fashion designer nbsp Ada Nicodemou actress nbsp Diana Glenn actressFilm theatre and television Edit Peter Andrikidis director and producer Underbelly G P Alex Andreas actor Fat Tony amp Co Alex Blias actor Home and Away Elena Carapetis actress Heartbreak High Gia Carides actress Austin Powers International Man of Mystery Brilliant Lies My Big Fat Greek Wedding Strictly Ballroom Zoe Carides actress Death in Brunswick G P Wayne Coles Janess director and producer Chantal Contouri actress Number 96 Mary Coustas comedian and actress Alex Dimitriades actor The Heartbreak Kid Heartbreak High Head On The Slap Rebekah Elmaloglou actress Home and Away and Neighbours Sebastian Elmaloglou actor Home and Away brother of Rebekah Damien Fotiou actor Kangaroo Jack Head On Nick Giannopoulos actor The Wog Boy Acropolis Now and director Diana Glenn actress George Houvardas actor Packed to the Rafters Hugh Jackman actor Paperback Hero Australia Logan The Greatest Showman 22 George Kapiniaris actor Acropolis Now and comedian Peter Kelamis comedian Costas Kilias actor Ana Kokkinos director The Secret Life of Us Head On Katerina Kotsonis actress Neighbours Nico Lathouris actor Costas Mandylor actor Saw Picket Fences Louis Mandylor actor My Big Fat Greek Wedding Lex Marinos actor Kingswood Country director writer and broadcaster Harry Michaels actor Number 96 producer Aerobics Oz Style and director Sports TV Bill Miller director and producer George Miller Academy Award winning director and producer Babe Happy Feet Mad Max Fury Road nbsp George Miller director of Babe 1995 Happy Feet 2006 and Mad Max Fury Road 2015 Ada Nicodemou actress Home and Away Heartbreak High Police Rescue Tony Nikolakopoulos actor and director Socratis Otto actor known for television series Young Lions and Wentworth Alex Papps actor Home and Away The Henderson Kids and presenter Play School Thaao Penghlis actor Days of Our Lives General Hospital Santa Barbara TV series Alex Proyas director I Robot Dark City The Crow Knowing nbsp Alex Proyas director of The Crow 1994 and I Robot 2004 Jordan Raskopoulos comedian and singer Steen Raskopoulos actor and comedian Gina Riley actress Kath amp Kim comedian entertainer and singer citation needed Nathan Saidden comedian George Spartels actor Nadia Tass director Malcolm The Big Steal John Tatoulis director and producer Maria Theodorakis actress Alkinos Tsilimidos director Olympia Valance actress Neighbours Playing for Keeps and model Zoe Ventoura actress Packed to the Rafters Helen Zerefos actress and cabaret singerJournalism Edit Nick Adams also known as Nick Adamopoulos US based political commentator Dimitri Gogos late editor Neos Kosmos George Donikian news presenter Ten Network Peter Frilingos sports journalist with the Daily Telegraph in Sydney and broadcaster and commentator with the Continuous Call Team Helen Kapalos journalist reporter Sunday Night Seven Network Patricia Karvelas journalist ABC Mary Kostakidis journalist SBS John Mangos news presenter and journalist Sky News Australia George Megalogenis author and formerThe Australian newspaper journalist Harry Nicolaides novelist Peter Peters sports broadcaster and commentatorJustice Edit Chris Kourakis Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia Emilios Kyrou Justice of the Supreme Court of VictoriaMusic Edit Peter Andre singer entertainer Alex Carapetis drummer Kaz James singer and DJ James Kannis singer Australian Idol Chris Karan jazz drummer Dudley Moore Trio and studio percussionist Bob Marley amp the Wailers 23 Vasilliki Karagiorgos Vassy singer and songwriter John Lemmone flute player and composer Orianthi Panagaris guitarist musician Sally Polihronas singer Bardot Nick Skitz deejay producer Costas Tsicaderis singer songwriterPolitics Edit Nick Bolkus federal politician Michael Costa former Finance Minister New South Wales Steve Dimopoulos politician Victoria Jim Fouras politician Queensland Steve Georganas federal politician Petro Georgiou federal politician John Hatzistergos Attorney General New South Wales Peter Katsambanis former politician Victoria Steve Kons Deputy Premier Tasmania Nicholas Kotsiras Minister Victoria Tom Koutsantonis Minister for Trade South Australia Michael McCormack former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Ken Michael politician Jenny Mikakos former Health Minister Victoria John Pandazopoulos politician Victoria Drew Pavlou student activist at the University of Queensland Eleni Marie Petinos politician New South Wales Nick Staikos politician Victoria Andrew Theophanous federal politician Victoria born Cyprus Theo Theophanous politician Victoria born Cyprus Kat Theophanous politician Victoria Arthur Sinodinos former Chief of Staff PM John Howard Maria Vamvakinou federal politician Victoria Kon Vatskalis politician Northern Territory Nick Xenophon politician South AustraliaReligion Edit Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis former Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis current Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of AustraliaScience and technology Edit Manuel Aroney organic chemistry Gerasimos Danilatos physicist inventor of environmental scanning electron microscope George North Tramountanas pastoralist sheep farmer and first Greek to settle in South Australia in 1842 24 Christos Pantelis psychiatrist George Paxinos Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales Michael Kyrios clinical psychologistSport Edit Australian rules football Edit See also Greek Team of the Century Luke Beveridge Melbourne Footscray amp St Kilda player Ang Christou Carlton player Andrew Demetriou North Melbourne amp Hawthorn player later League CEO Josh Francou Port Adelaide player Gary Frangalas Sydney amp Richmond player John Georgiades Footscray player John Georgiou St Kilda player Con Gorozidis St Kilda amp Footscray player Athas Hrysoulakis Collingwood player Peter Kanis Hawthorn player Arthur Karanicolas North Melbourne player Patrick Karnezis Brisbane amp Collingwood player Paul Koulouriotis Port Adelaide amp Geelong player Spiro Kourkoumelis Carlton amp St Kilda player Anthony Koutoufides Carlton player Angelo Lekkas Hawthorn player Spiro Malakellis Geelong player Tony Malakellis Geelong amp Sydney player Steve Malaxos Hawthorn amp West Coast player Daniel Metropolis West Coast amp Fremantle player Russell Morris Hawthorn amp St Kilda player Chris Pavlou Carlton player Phillip Poursanidis Carlton player Lou Richards Collingwood player Ron Richards Collingwood player John Rombotis Fitzroy Port Adelaide amp Richmond player Tony Spassopoulos Fitzroy player Jimmy Toumpas Melbourne amp Port Adelaide player Jason Traianidis St Kilda player Zeno Tzatzaris Footscray player David Zaharakis Essendon playerBoxing and kickboxing Edit Evangelos Goussis Kickboxer and Boxer convicted murderer George Kambosos Jr Professional boxer Michael Katsidis Professional Boxer former WBA and WBO lightweight champion Stan Longinidis Kickboxer former World Kickboxing Champion Tosca Petridis Kickboxer former World Kickboxing ChampionCricket Edit Jason Gillespie retired Australia international cricketer Marcus Stoinis Australia international cricketer Peter Hatzoglou Melbourne Renegades bowlerFlying disc Edit Maxwell Gratton CEO Flying Disc Australia nbsp Ange Postecoglou soccer manager and former playerSoccer Edit John Anastasiadis former player of Heidelberg United PAOK South Melbourne and Yarraville Glory Represented the Socceroos at U21 level Coached Yarraville Glory South Melbourne Oakleigh Cannons and is current coach of Bentleigh Greens Panos Armenakas player Udinese Calcio Con Blatsis former player of South Melbourne Derby County Sheffield Wednesday on loan Colchester United Kocaelispor and St Patrick s Athletic Represented the Socceroos at U20 U23 and senior level Con Boutsianis former player of South Melbourne Heidelberg United Collingwood Warriors Bentleigh Greens Perth Glory Bolton Wanderers Bulleen Zebras Oakleigh Cannons Essendon United and Malvern City He represented the Socceroos at senior level Dean Bouzanis player Reading Melbourne City and former Liverpool FC Jason Davidson player Eupen Melbourne Victory and former Socceroos Chris Kalantzis player Evan Kostopoulos player Adelaide United Stan Lazaridis player Perth Glory and Socceroos Apostolos Stamatelopoulos player Adelaide United and Western United Michalis Mike Mandalis player one of Australia s all time greats South Melbourne and Melbourne Hakoah Lucas Pantelis former player Jim Patikas former player first Australian participant in UEFA Champions League former Socceroos Ange Postecoglou coach Socceroos Celtic and Spurs former player Peter Raskopoulos player Sydney Olympic FC Nick Theodorakopoulos coach Michael Theoklitos former player of Brisbane Roar Melbourne Victory South Melbourne Michael Valkanis coach Melbourne City and Greece national football team assistant Helen Caceres player Andy Vlahos player Charlie Yankos former Socceroos captain Terry Antonis player Western Sydney Wanderers Apostolos Giannou player Kerala Blasters Avraam Papadopoulos player Australian born Greece national football team member Jesse Makarounas player Melbourne Victory Dimitri Petratos player ATK Mohun Bagan Kosta Petratos player St George 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