Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1102 Greek Total Responses

Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Inner Sydney by SLA - BCP field 1102 Greek Total Responses

Greek Australians () are

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ancestry. Greek Australians are one of the largest groups within the global

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. As per the

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

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. Greek immigration to Australia has been one of the largest migratory flows in the

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, especially after

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and the

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. The flow of migrants from Greece increased slightly in 2015 due to the

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in Greece, with Australia as one of the main destinations for departing Greeks, mainly to

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, where the Greek Australian community is most deeply established. 88% of Greek Australians speak

and 91% are

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and members of the

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. Australia and Greece have a close

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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.

History

Early Greek immigration

Greek immigration to Australia began in the early colonial period in the 19th century. The first known Greeks arrived in 1829. These Greeks were seven sailors, convicted of piracy by a British naval court, and were sentenced to transportation to

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. 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. 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), 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. 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.

20th-century Greek immigration

From the last decade of the 19th century until

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, 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. Anna Perivolaris was a leading organiser of Greek culture in Sydney in the 1920s until she was head hunted to organise a Greek after school club in Perth. There was a significant population of Greeks in Australia during

, especially from the

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, which led to the community being heavily monitored and counted in a 'secret census' in 1916, due to questions of Greek loyalty as

was initially neutral during the war. Later the Greeks were raising money for the Greek Government in exile. 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

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

21st-century Greek immigration

As the economic crisis in Greece grew, the opportunities for temporary resident Greek Australians abroad were limited. In the early 2010s, there was 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

Demographics

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. At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in

. 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). 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.

Culture

Religion

According to the

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, 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. Greek Australians are predominantly

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. The largest religious body of Greek Orthodox Australians is the

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, with its headquarters at the Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in the inner

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suburb of Redfern.

Greek language

In 2016, the

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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. The remainder of the ethnic Greek population in Australia mainly use English as their first language. Most Greek Australians speak the Greco-Australian dialect. Greco-Australian is an Australian-based dialect of Greek that is spoken by the local disapora, including by both Greek immigrants and Australians of Greek descent.

Media

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. 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. 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. 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. Multicultural broadcaster SBS (

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) 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

Academic

* Nikos Athanasou – Professor of Musculoskeletal Pathology at

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and a novelist. * Nick (Νικήτας) Birbilis – Professor of Engineering / Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

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* Adrian David Cheok – Professor of Pervasive Computing at

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& Director of the Mixed Reality Lab * Nicholas Doumanis – Assoc. Professor of History, at the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

Nikolas Kompridis Nikolas Kompridis (; born 1953) is a Canadian philosopher and political theorist. His major published work addresses the direction and orientation of Frankfurt School critical theory; the legacy of philosophical romanticism; and the aesthetic d ...

– Professorial Fellow at the

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in the School of Humanities & Communication Arts * Michael Kyrios - Emeritus Professor at Flinders University; previous Vice President and Executive Dean, College of Education, Psychology and Social Work * Christos Pantelis – Professor of Psychiatry,

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* 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

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and first Greek-Australian

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Art and design

* 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 Christos Tsiolkas is an Australian author, playwright, and screenwriter. He is especially known for '' The Slap'', which was both well-received critically and highly successful commercially. Several of his books have been adapted for film and t ...

– writer *

Michael Zavros Michael Zavros is an Australian artist. Early life and education Zavros studied printmaking at Queensland College of Art in the 1990s. Awards Zavros has won three Australian drawing prizes: The Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award in 2002, T ...

– artist/painter

Business

Mark Bouris Mark Leigh Bouris (born 30 November 1960) is an Australian businessman who is best known as the founder and chairman of Wizard Home Loans, Australia's second largest non-bank mortgage loan, mortgage lender behind Aussie Home Loans. He is now t ...

– managing director of Wizard * George Calombaris – chef, former judge

MasterChef Australia ''MasterChef Australia'' is an Australian competitive cooking reality show based on the original British ''MasterChef (British TV series), MasterChef''. It is produced by Endemol Shine Australia and screens on Network 10. Restaurateur and ch ...

Con Constantine Con Constantine (born 1 July 1945) is a Cypriot Australian businessman and the former owner of the Australian football (soccer) club Newcastle United Jets. Biography Early life Con Constantine migrated to Australia with his parents and siblings ...

– former chairman, Newcastle United Jets * Andrew Demetriou – chief executive,

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* Harry Katsiabanis – founder of TaxiLink and StorageX * Antony J. J. Lucas – businessman noted for his philanthropic activities * Marinos Lucas – businessman, theatre company operator * Andrew N. Liveris – CEO of

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* Kostas Makris – the richest Greek in Australia (in the top 30 of the richest residents in Australia) * Nick Pappas – chairman,

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

* Nicholas Paspaley Senior and Paspaley family (Paspalis) – Paspaley dominate the pearling industry * Geoff Polites – chief executive officer of Australian

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FPV 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,

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, Sydney * Peter V'landys – chairman of the

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Fashion

* Christopher Chronis – fashion designer * Napoleon Perdis – make-up artist * Alex Perry – fashion designer Diana Glenn

Film, theatre, and television

Peter Andrikidis Peter Andrikidis is an Australian film and television director, and producer. Early life and education Andrikidis went to the Sydney high school Drummoyne Boys High School in the mid-1970s, where he made a small film called "Nemesis". He gra ...

– director and producer, '' Underbelly'', '' G.P.'' * Alex Andreas – actor, '' Fat Tony & Co.'' * Alex Blias – actor, ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, N ...

'' * Elena Carapetis – actress, ''

Heartbreak High ''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television programme created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with som ...

'' * Gia Carides – actress, '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'', '' Brilliant Lies'', ''

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' is a 2002 romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos. The film stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Lainie Kazan, Michael Constantine, Gia Carides, Louis Mandylor, Andrea Martin, and Joey Faton ...

'', ''

Strictly Ballroom ''Strictly Ballroom'' is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann in his feature directorial debut. The film is the first in his '' Red Curtain Trilogy'' of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by 1 ...

'' *

Zoe Carides Zoe Carides (; born 19 February 1962) is an Australian actress of film and television, who is best known for her roles in '' Death in Brunswick'' as Sophie, '' G. P.'' as Dr. Sonia Kapek and '' Grass Roots'' as Liz Murray. Family Carides was ...

– 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'', ''

'', '' Head On'', '' The Slap'' * Rebekah Elmaloglou – actress, ''

'' and ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...

'' * Sebastian Elmaloglou – actor, ''

'', brother of Rebekah * Damien Fotiou – actor, '' Kangaroo Jack'', '' Head On'' * Nick Giannopoulos – actor, '' The Wog Boy'', '' Acropolis Now'' and director *

Diana Glenn Diana Glenn (born 1974) is an Australian actress with many credits in television, film, and theatre. Early life and education Glenn has an English father, Greek mother and three siblings. She attended Melbourne Girls Grammar School and studi ...

– actress * George Houvardas – actor, ''

Packed to the Rafters ''Packed to the Rafters'' is an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The dr ...

'' *

Hugh Jackman Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian and British actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the ''X-Men'' film franchise and the Marvel Cinem ...

– actor, ''Paperback Hero'', ''Australia'', '' Logan'', ''

The Greatest Showman ''The Greatest Showman'' is a 2017 American musical period drama film directed by Michael Gracey from a screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon, based on an original story by Bicks. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, ...

'' * 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, ''

'' * Nico Lathouris – actor *

Costas Mandylor Costas Mandylor (born Costas Theodosopoulos; 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He made his film debut with a supporting role in '' Triumph of the Spirit'' (1989) before a lead role as Frank Costello in the crime drama film '' Mobsters'' ...

– actor, ''

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'', ''

Picket Fences ''Picket Fences'' is an American family drama television series about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on CBS in the United States. ...

'' * Louis Mandylor – actor, ''

'' *

Lex Marinos Alexander Francis Marinos (1 February 194913 September 2024) was an Australian actor and television director, radio personality and voice artist. He was most notable for his role as Bruno, in the 1980s television series '' Kingswood Country''. ...

– 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 –

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-winning director and producer, '' Babe'', ''

Happy Feet ''Happy Feet'' is a 2006 animated jukebox musical comedy film directed and produced by George Miller and written by Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris and Warren Coleman. It stars the voices of Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hug ...

'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'' George Miller at Fury Road premiere

Ada Nicodemou Ada Nicodemou (Greek: Άντα Νικοδήμου) (born 14 May 1977) is an Australian actress of Greek Cypriot descent. She began her acting career in 1994 in TV serial '' Heartbreak High'' as Katerina Ioannou. She also starred in '' Police Re ...

– actress, ''

'', ''

Police Rescue ''Police Rescue'' is an Australian television series which originally aired on ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV between 1989 and 1996. It was produced by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and Southern Star Entertainment, Southern ...

'' * Tony Nikolakopoulos – actor and director *

Socratis Otto Socratis Otto is an Australian film, theatre and television actor. He is best known for his roles in television series ''Young Lions (TV series), Young Lions'' as Justin Carmody, ''Home and Away'' as Robert Robertson (Home and Away), Robert Ro ...

– actor, known for television series '' Young Lions'', and '' Wentworth'' *

Alex Papps Alex Papps (born 11 February 1969) is an Australian actor, television host, writer and singer. Early life Papps was born in Melbourne in 1969, to Apollo Papps who, though identifying as Greek, was born in Cairo, and a mother of English and Jew ...

– actor, ''

'', ''

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'' and presenter, '' Play School'' *

Thaao Penghlis Thaao Penghlis (; born 15 December 1945) is an Australian actor. He is best known for roles in United States daytime soap operas such as ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Santa Barbara (TV series), Santa Barbara'', and ''General Hospital'', but has also g ...

– actor, ''

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'', ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...

'', '' Santa Barbara (TV series)'' *

Alex Proyas Alexander Proyas ( ; born 23 September 1963) is an Australian film director. He is known for directing the films ''The Crow (1994 film), The Crow'' (1994), ''Dark City (1998 film), Dark City'' (1998), ''I, Robot (film), I, Robot'' (2004) and '' ...

– director, ''

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'', '' Dark City'', ''

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'', '' Knowing'' Alex Proyas by Sachyn Mital

Jordan Raskopoulos Jordan Nicola Bridget Raskopoulos is an Australian comedian, singer, and television personality. She wrote and performed the Network Ten sketch comedy show ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'', and was lead singer for comedy rock group the Axis of Aw ...

– comedian and singer * Steen Raskopoulos – actor and comedian *

Gina Riley Gina Riley (born 6 May 1961) is a retired Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian, known for portraying Kim Craig in the television series '' Kath & Kim'', and for her work in musical theatre. Career Television and film Riley became a ...

– actress, ''

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'', comedian, entertainer and singer * Nathan Saidden – comedian *

George Spartels George Bernard Spartels (born 25 April 1954) is an Australian actor, presenter, director, playwright and children's musician of Greek descent on his father's ancestry, and English and Irish on his mother's. He remains best known for his role ...

– actor * Nadia Tass – director, '' Malcolm'', '' The Big Steal'' * John Tatoulis – director and producer * Maria Theodorakis – actress * Alkinos Tsilimidos – director * Olympia Valance – actress, ''

'', '' Playing for Keeps'' and model * Zoe Ventoura – actress, ''

'' * Helen Zerefos – actress and cabaret singer

Journalism

* Nick Adams - also known as Nick Adamopoulos, US-based political commentator * Dimitri Gogos – late editor, Neos Kosmos *

George Donikian George Jack Donikian (born 15 December 1951) is an Australian former radio and television news presenter/personality. He has worked at the SBS as well as the Nine Network and Ten Network. Early life Donikian was born and raised in Kingsfor ...

– news presenter, Ten Network * Peter Frilingos – sports journalist with the ''

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'' in Sydney, and broadcaster and commentator with the '' Continuous Call Team'' * Helen Kapalos – journalist, reporter '' Sunday Night'',

Seven Network Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, ...

Patricia Karvelas Patricia Karvelas (born 28 January 1981) is an Australian radio presenter, current affairs journalist and political correspondent. Karvelas hosted ''RN Breakfast, Breakfast'' on Radio National, ABC Radio National from 2021 until 2024. Early l ...

– journalist, ABC * Mary Kostakidis – journalist, SBS * John Mangos – news presenter and journalist,

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* George Megalogenis – author and former''

The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet daily newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964. As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of b ...

'' newspaper journalist * Harry Nicolaides – novelist * Peter Peters – sports broadcaster and commentator

Justice

* Chris Kourakis – Chief Justice of South Australia * Emilios Kyrou – Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria * John Morris – Chief Justice of Tasmania (surname originally ''Moros'')

Music

Peter Andre Peter Andre (born Peter James Andrea; 27 February 1973) is a British-Australian singer, songwriter, and media personality. Born in England to Cypriot parents and raised in Australia, Andre achieved success in the mid-1990s as a singer, topping ...

– singer, entertainer *

Alex Carapetis Alex Carapetis (born 27 April 1982) is an Australian drummer and member of The Voidz. He was formerly a member of Wolfmother, and has toured with Nine Inch Nails, and Julian Casablancas among others. Alex currently resides in Los Angeles. Early ...

– drummer *

Kaz James Kaz James (born 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and DJ. He was raised in Melbourne and is of Italian and Greeks, Greek origin. He released his first solo album, ''If They Knew'', in 2008. Kaz James was a co-founder in 2004 of the group ...

– singer and DJ * James Kannis – singer (''

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'') * Chris Karan – jazz drummer ( Dudley Moore Trio) and studio percussionist ( Bob Marley & the Wailers) * 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-songwriter

Politics and government

Federal

Federal government ministers: *

Nick Bolkus Nick Bolkus (born 17 July 1950) is a former Australian Labor Party politician. He was a member of the Senate from July 1981 to June 2005, representing the state of South Australia. Early career Bolkus was born in Adelaide and educated at Adela ...

– Labor senator * Michael McCormack – Nationals MP * Peter Morris – Labor MP (brother of Allan Morris) * Arthur Sinodinos – Liberal senator Other members of parliament: * Nick Dondas – Liberal MP * Steve Georganas – Labor MP * George Georges – Labor senator * Petro Georgiou – Liberal senator * Fiona Martin – Liberal MP * Allan Morris – Labor MP (brother of Peter Morris) * Andrew Theophanous – Labor MP * Maria Vamvakinou – Labor MP *

Nick Xenophon Nick Xenophon ( Nicholas Xenophou; ; born 29 January 1959) is an Australian lawyer and former politician who was a Australian Senate, Senator for South Australia from 2008 until 2017. As a centrist, populist, independent politician, he twice sh ...

– independent senator

State and territory

* Michael Costa – former Finance Minister, New South Wales *

Sophie Cotsis Sophie Cotsis (; born 19 November 1973) is an Australian politician and current New South Wales Government, New South Wales Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Work Health and Safety in the Minns ministry since April 2023. She wa ...

– politician, New South Wales * Steve Dimopoulos – politician, Victoria * Jim Fouras – politician, Queensland * John Hatzistergos –

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, New South Wales * Steve Kamper – politician, New South Wales * Peter Katsambanis – former politician, Victoria * Steve Kons – Deputy Premier, Tasmania * Nicholas Kotsiras – Minister, Victoria *

Tom Koutsantonis Anastasios "Tom" Koutsantonis (born 23 August 1971) is an Australian politician in the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party, representing the seats of West Torrens (2002−current) and Peake (1997−2002) as a Labor member in ...

– Minister for Trade, South Australia *

Ken Michael Kenneth Comninos Michael, (born 12 April 1938) is an Australian civil engineer, academic and former public servant who was the 30th Governor of Western Australia, serving from 2006 to 2011. Early life and career Michael was born in Perth, W ...

– governor of Western Australia *

Jenny Mikakos Jenny Mikakos (born 25 January 1969) is a former Australian politician for the Labor Party who was a Member of the Legislative Council of Victoria from 1999 to 2020. She served as the Minister for Health, Minister for Ambulance Services and M ...

– former Health Minister, Victoria * John Pandazopoulos – politician, Victoria * Drew Pavlou – student activist at the University of Queensland * Eleni Petinos – politician, New South Wales * Olivia Savvas – politician, South Australia * Nick Staikos – politician, Victoria *

Theo Theophanous Theo Charles Theophanous (born 16 June 1948) is a former Australian politician. He entered politics in 1988 as a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Theophanous served from 1988 to 2006 as one of the two members for Jika Jika Province ...

– politician, Victoria (born

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) * Kat Theophanous – politician, Victoria * Kon Vatskalis – politician, Northern Territory

Religion

* Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis – former Primate of the

*Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis – current Primate of the

Science and technology

* Manuel Aroney – organic chemist * Gerasimos Danilatos – physicist, inventor of environmental scanning electron microscope * Michael Kyrios – clinical psychologist * George North (Tramountanas) – pastoralist, sheep farmer and first Greek to settle in South Australia in 1842"The Australian People" an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, by James Jupp – published 1988 * Christos Pantelis – psychiatrist * George Paxinos – Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales * Maria Skyllas-Kazacos - Emeritus professor of chemical engineering at the University of New South Wales

Sport

Australian rules football

Luke Beveridge Luke Beveridge (born 23 August 1970) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for Melbourne, Footscray and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. He is senior coach of the Western Bulldogs ...

– Melbourne, Footscray & St Kilda player * Ang Christou – Carlton player * Andrew Demetriou – North Melbourne & Hawthorn player (later League CEO) * Josh Francou – Port Adelaide player * Gary Frangalas – Sydney & Richmond player * John Georgiades – Footscray player * John Georgiou – St.Kilda player * Con Gorozidis – St.Kilda & Footscray player * Athas Hrysoulakis – Collingwood player * Peter Kanis – Hawthorn player * Arthur Karanicolas – North Melbourne player * Patrick Karnezis – Brisbane & Collingwood player * Paul Koulouriotis – Port Adelaide & Geelong player * Spiro Kourkoumelis – Carlton & St Kilda player * Anthony Koutoufides – Carlton player * Angelo Lekkas – Hawthorn player * Spiro Malakellis – Geelong player * Tony Malakellis – Geelong & Sydney player * Steve Malaxos – Hawthorn & West Coast player * Daniel Metropolis – West Coast & Fremantle player *

Russell Morris Russell Norman Morris (born 31 July 1948) is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s. On 1 July 2008, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) reco ...

– Hawthorn & St Kilda player * Chris Pavlou – Carlton player * Phillip Poursanidis – Carlton player *

Lou Richards Lewis Thomas Charles "Lou" Richards (15 March 1923 – 8 May 2017) was an Australian rules footballer who played 250 games for the Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1941 and 1955. He captained the team f ...

– Collingwood player * Ron Richards – Collingwood player * John Rombotis – Fitzroy, Port Adelaide & Richmond player * Tony Spassopoulos – Fitzroy player * Jimmy Toumpas – Melbourne & Port Adelaide player * Jason Traianidis – St Kilda player * Zeno Tzatzaris – Footscray player *

David Zaharakis David Zaharakis (born 21 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played 13 seasons for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Zaharakis attended Our Lady Help of Christia ...

– Essendon player

Boxing and kickboxing

* Evangelos Goussis – Kickboxer and Boxer, convicted murderer * George Kambosos Jr. – Professional boxer *

Michael Katsidis Michael Alan Katsidis ( ; ; born 15 August 1980) is an Australian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2017. He held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) interim championship, interim lightweight title twice between 2007 and 2010 ...

– Professional Boxer, former WBA and WBO lightweight champion * Stan Longinidis – Kickboxer, former World Kickboxing Champion * Tosca Petridis – Kickboxer, former World Kickboxing Champion

Cricket

Jason Gillespie Jason Neil Gillespie (born 19 April 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Jason Gillespie was appointed as the head coach for Pakistan's red-ball (Test) cricket team on April 28, 202 ...

– cricket coach and retired

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international cricketer * Peter Hatzoglou –

Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competit ...

cricketer * Sam Konstas –

international cricketer * Blake Nikitaras - Sydney thunder cricketer * Steve Nikitaras - Former WA cricketer * Marcus Stoinis –

international cricketer

Soccer

* John Anastasiadis – former player of Heidelberg United,

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at the 2021 ...

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 Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...

* Con Blatsis – former player of

, Derby County,

Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Formed in 1867 as an off ...

(on loan),

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

, Kocaelispor and St Patrick's Athletic. Represented the Socceroos at U20, U23 and senior level. * Con Boutsianis – former player of

, Heidelberg United, Collingwood Warriors, Bentleigh Greens,

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club ( ) is a professional association football, football club based in Horwich, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in EFL League One, League One, the third level of the Englis ...

, Bulleen Zebras, Oakleigh Cannons, Essendon United and Malvern City. He represented the Socceroos at senior level. * Dean Bouzanis – player

Reading Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of Visual perception, sight or Somatosensory system, touch. For educators and researchers, reading is a multifacete ...

, Melbourne City and former

Liverpool FC Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has ...

* Jason Davidson – player

Eupen Eupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian Liège Province, province of Liège, from the Germany, German border (Aachen ...

Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in Melbourne, Victoria. Competing in the country's premier men's competition, the A-League Men, under licence from Australian Professional Leagues (APL), Victory ...

and former Socceroos * Chris Kalantzis – player * Evan Kostopoulos – player, Adelaide United * Stan Lazaridis – player,

and Socceroos * Apostolos Stamatelopoulos – player, Adelaide United and Western United * Michalis 'Mike' Mandalis - player, one of Australia's all-time greats

and Melbourne Hakoah * Lucas Pantelis – former player * Jim Patikas – former player, first Australian participant in

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

, former Socceroos * Ange Postecoglou – coach Socceroos,

Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language *Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Foot ...

and Spurs, former player * Peter Raskopoulos - player, Sydney Olympic FC * Nick Theodorakopoulos – coach * Michael Theoklitos – former player of Brisbane Roar,

* Michael Valkanis – coach, Melbourne City and

Greece national football team The Greece national football team (, ) represents Greece in men's international Association football, football matches, and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece is one of only ten ...

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

member * Jesse Makarounas – player,

* Dimitri Petratos – player,

Mohun Bagan Super Giant Mohun Bagan Super Giant, commonly referred to as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Founded in 1889, it is one of the oldest football clubs in Asia. The club competes in the Indian Super League, ...

* Kosta Petratos – player, St George City * Maki Petratos – player, St George City * Chris Ikonomidis – player,

* Anthony Lesiotis – player, Melbourne City

Mixed martial arts

* George Sotiropoulos – former UFC

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Alexander Volkanovski Alexander Volkanovski (born 29 September 1988) is an Australian professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight (MMA), Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where ...

– UFC

Rugby league

* Braith Anasta – player,

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

* Jason Demetriou - player/coach * George Gatis – player,

New Zealand Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

* Steve Georgallis – player,

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly ...

, coach * Michael Korkidas – player, Salford City Reds * Nick Kouparitsas – player,

Canterbury Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

Glenn Lazarus Glenn Patrick Lazarus (born 11 December 1965) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, and a former Australian Senator. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative , Lazarus won premi ...

– player

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ...

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

and

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

* Billy Magoulias — player, Cronulla Sharks * George Peponis – player,

, former Australian captain * Peter Peters - player, Manly-Warringah * Willie Peters – player,

* Jim Serdaris – player, South Sydney, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs * John Skandalis – player,

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers is an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West of Sydney and South Western Sydney. The Tigers have competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since being formed at the end of the 1999 N ...

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

* Jason Stevens – player, St-George Illawarra Dragons, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks * Justin Tsoulos – player,

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...

* Arthur Kitinas – player/coach, South Sydney Sydney Roosters

Sailing

* Edward Psaltis – sailor

Shooting

* Michael Diamond – shooter – Olympic gold medallist, Sydney 2000

Skateboarding

* Tas Pappas – former World No.1 * Ben Pappas

Skiing

* Lydia Lassila – skier

Tennis

Mark Philippoussis Mark Anthony Philippoussis (born 7 November 1976) is an Australian tennis coach, commentator and former professional tennis player of Greek and Italian descent. Philippoussis' greatest achievements are winning two Davis Cup titles with Austra ...

– player *

Nick Kyrgios Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios ( ; ; born 27 April 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Kyrgios has been ranked as high as world No. 13 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 24 October 2016. He has won se ...

– player * Thanasi Kokkinakis – player

Weightlifting

* Robert Kabbas - athlete * Bill Stellios - athlete

Wrestling

* Tony Kontellis – professional wrestler * Spiros Manousakis (Spiros Arion) – wrestler

References

Bibliography

* Tamis, Anastasios (2005). ''The Greeks in Australia''. Cambridge University Press. * * Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1998). ''In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians''. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. * Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1995). ''Images of Home: Mavri Xenitia''. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. * Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2013). ''Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe''. Macquarie University. * Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2016). ''Greek Cafes & Milk Bars of Australia''. Halstead Press.

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