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

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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 Anna Perivolaris (1888 – 27 January 1963) was an Australian schoolteacher born in Greece. She advocated for Greek culture in Australia. Life Perivolaris was born on the Greek island of Samos Samos (, also ; , ) is a Greek island in the ea ...

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

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, 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 The Greek Herald (Ellinikos Kirikas) is the largest and one of the oldest daily Greek community newspapers in Australia. The newspaper is published by Foreign Language Press Ltd. History Founded by George Marsellos and John Stilson the newspaper ...

''), 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 Adrian David Cheok is an Australian electrical engineer and academic. He is a professor at in Tokyo, Japan. In the 2019 federal election, he ran to represent the Division of Boothby as a member of the far-right Fraser Anning's Conservative Na ...

– 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 Christos Pantelis is an Australian professor of medicine who is the Director of the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre. Profile Prof. Christos Pantelis is an Australian of Greek background. He completed his medical degree at the Univ ...

– Professor of Psychiatry,

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

* Maria Skyllas-Kazacos – Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, chemical engineer best known for her pioneering work of the

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John Tasioulas John Tasioulas (born 18 December 1964) is a Greek-Australian moral and legal philosopher. He is the inaugural Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI (artificial intelligence), and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy, Faculty of Philoso ...

– 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 Nonda Katsalidis (born 1951) is a Greek-Australian architect. He is currently a practising director of architecture firm Fender Katsalidis Architects in partnership with Karl Fender. Early life Nonda Katsalidis was born in 1951 in Athens, G ...

– architect *

Marc Newson Marc Andrew Newson (born 20 October 1963) is an Australian industrial designer, creative director, and artist who has worked in many industry sectors including furniture, product, and transportation design, luxury goods, fashion, and fine art ...

– industrial designer *

Polixeni Papapetrou Polixeni Papapetrou (21 November 1960 – 11 April 2018) was an Australian photographer noted for her themed photo series about people's identities. Photo series she has made include Elvis Presley fans, Marilyn Monroe impersonators, drag queens ...

– 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 George Dimitrios Calombaris (; born 4 October 1978) is a Greek Australian chef and restaurateur and television personality. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series ''MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role ...

– chef, former judge

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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 Andrew Demetriou (born 14 April 1961) is an Australian businessman, sports administrator, and former Australian rules football player who was chief executive officer (CEO) of the Australian Football League (AFL) up to June 2014. Demetriou play ...

– chief executive,

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* Harry Katsiabanis – founder of TaxiLink and StorageX *

Antony J. J. Lucas Antony John Jereos Lekatsas (1862–1946), best remembered as Anthony J. J. Lucas, was an influential Australian businessman noted for his philanthropic activities and as proprietor and developer of a number of noted entertainment and restauran ...

– businessman noted for his philanthropic activities * Marinos Lucas – businessman, theatre company operator *

Andrew N. Liveris Andrew N. Liveris (born 5 May 1954) is an Australian former CEO and chairman of The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, Michigan. Liveris served as a member of Dow's board of directors since February 2004, CEO since November 2004 and was elected a ...

– 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 Nicholas George Pappas () (born 1 March 1961) is a solicitor from Sydney, Australia, and also the current chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby league club. He was also chairman of the club from April 2003 to June 2006. During that time ...

– chairman,

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* Nicholas Paspaley Senior and Paspaley family (Paspalis) –

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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 James Miltiades Samios (10 September 1933 – 20 July 2011) was an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, Queensland, he was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. Samios became a lawyer in Brisbane and a member of the Commonwealth Att ...

– Hon. MBE Museum of Contemporary Art,

Circular Quay Circular Quay is a harbour, former working port and now international passenger shipping terminal, public piazza and tourism precinct, heritage area, and transport node located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the northern edge of the ...

, Sydney *

Peter V'landys Peter V'landys is an Australian horse racing and rugby league administrator. He is the chief executive and a board member of Racing New South Wales as well as the chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission. Horse Racing administration ...

– 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, ''

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'', '' 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 Elena Carapetis is an Australian actress and writer based in Adelaide, South Australia. She is best known for her role as Jackie Kassis in ''Heartbreak High'', as well as numerous other television series and theatre roles. As a writer, her play ...

– 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 Gia Carides (; born 7 June 1964) is an Australian actress. She portrayed Liz Holt in ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992), Susy Connor in '' Brilliant Lies'' (1996), and Cousin Nikki in the ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' franchise (2002–2023). Early ...

– 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 ''Death in Brunswick'' is a 1990 Australian black comedy/romance starring Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, and John Clarke. It is based on the 1987 comic novel of the same name by Boyd Oxlade. At the APRA Music Awards of 1991, "Death in Brunswick" won ...

'', '' G.P.'' *

Wayne Coles-Janess Wayne Coles-Janess was an Australian producer, writer and director of drama and documentary film and TV programs. Based in Melbourne, Australia, he has produced documentaries about frontier places in the country. He has also made some document ...

– director and producer *

Chantal Contouri Chantal Contouri (; born 8 April 1950), sometimes credited as Chantal Cantouri, is a Greek Australian television and film actress. She has acted in many films and TV series as well as on stage, with one of her best known roles being in the 197 ...

– actress, ''

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'' *

Mary Coustas Mary Coustas (born 16 September 1964) is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character " Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian pron ...

– comedian and actress * Alex Dimitriades – actor, ''The Heartbreak Kid'', ''

'', '' Head On'', '' The Slap'' *

Rebekah Elmaloglou Rebekah Sophie Elmaloglou (born 23 January 1974) is an Australian actress, known for her roles as teenage tearaway Sophie Simpson on ''Home and Away'' and Terese Willis on ''Neighbours''. She also made guest appearances in '' E Street'', '' A ...

– 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 Sebastian Elmaloglou is an Australian actor best known for portraying the role of Max Sutherland (Home and Away), Max Sutherland on the long-running Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' from 2002 to 2004. Background Elmaloglou trained at the ...

– actor, ''

'', brother of Rebekah * Damien Fotiou – actor, ''

Kangaroo Jack ''Kangaroo Jack'' is a 2003 American buddy action comedy film directed by David McNally from a screenplay by Steve Bing and Scott Rosenberg with a story by Bing and Barry O'Brien. It is also produced by Jerry Bruckheimer with music by Trevor ...

'', '' Head On'' *

Nick Giannopoulos Nicholas "Nick" Giannopoulos (; born 1 July 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, stage, TV and film actor and film director. He is best known for his comedy stage show '' Wogs Out of Work'' alongside George Kapiniaris, the television sitc ...

– actor, ''

The Wog Boy ''The Wog Boy'' is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch. Whilst the word wog is extremely derogatory ...

'', ''

Acropolis Now ''Acropolis Now'' was an Australian television sitcom set in a fictional Greek cafe, called the "Acropolis Cafe" in Melbourne that ran for 63 episodes broadcast from 9 August 1989 to 4 November 1992 on the Seven Network. It was created by Nick ...

'' 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 George Houvardas is an Australian actor who is best known for his role as Nick "Carbo" Karandonis in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters''. Biography Houvardas is the son of Anastasia (a teacher) and Michael (an accountant) and has tw ...

– actor, ''

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'' *

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 Logan may refer to: Places * Mount Logan (disambiguation) Australia * Logan (Queensland electoral district), an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Logan, Victoria, small locality near St. Arnaud * Logan City, local gove ...

'', ''

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'' *

George Kapiniaris George Kapiniaris () is an Australian stage, television and film actor and comedian. He is of Greek descent and is best known for his role in popular sitcom ''Acropolis Now'' and composed the series' theme song. Career Stage Kapiniaris appea ...

– actor, ''

'' and comedian *

Peter Kelamis Peter Kelamis is an Australian actor and stand-up comedian. He is best known for voice roles including Goku in Ocean's English dub of the animated series ''Dragon Ball Z'' (succeeding Ian James Corlett and preceding Kirby Morrow), Rolf from ''E ...

– comedian *

Costas Kilias Constantinos "Costas" Kilias () is a Greek Australian magistrate and actor. Early life Kilias is the son of Greek immigrants who arrived in Australia in 1954, from the town of Kolindros, in the region of Macedonia in Northern Greece. Leg ...

– actor *

Ana Kokkinos Ana Kokkinos is an Australian film and television director and screenwriter of Greek descent. She is known for her breakthrough feature film ''Head On (1998 film), Head On'' (1998), and has directed television shows such as ''The Secret Life o ...

– director, ''

The Secret Life of Us ''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by South ...

'', '' Head On'' *

Katerina Kotsonis Katerina Kotsonis is an Australian television and stage actress she is known for her role as Mrs Papasavas in the children's television series ''Short Cuts'' and Patricia Pappas in Neighbours. Career Kotsonis has appeared in numerous television ...

- actress, ''

'' *

Nico Lathouris Nico Lathouris (born 1944) is an Australian actor and writer. He is best known for his roles as George Polides in the 1993 romantic comedy film '' The Heartbreak Kid'' and as George Poulos in the 1994 television teen drama spin-off '' Heartbrea ...

– 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, ''

Saw A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, Wire saw, wire, or Chainsaw, chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws. Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...

'', ''

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 Louis Mandylor (born Elias Theodosopoulos; 13 September 1966) is an Australian film and television actor. Mandylor is best known for playing Nikos "Nick" Portokalos in the ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' franchise (2002-2023). Early life 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 ''Kingswood Country'' is an Australian sitcom that was broadcast on the Seven Network from 1980 to 1984. It was created by Gary Reilly and Tony Sattler and produced by their production company, RS Productions. The series starred Ross Higgins ...

'', director, writer and broadcaster * Harry Michaels – actor, ''

'', producer, '' Aerobics Oz Style'', and director, Sports TV * Bill Miller – director and producer * George Miller –

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

-winning director and producer, ''

Babe Babe may refer to: * Babe, a term of endearment * A newborn baby * An attractive (especially female) person People * Babe (nickname), a list of people * Jerome Babe (1837–1893), American inventor and miner * Thomas Babe (1941–2000), Ame ...

'', ''

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 Tony Nikolakopoulos is a Greek Australian film, theatre and television actor. Career Nikolakopoulos has appeared in many tv series, feature films and short films. He is best known for his work in the films of Nick Giannopoulos – ''The Wog B ...

– 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, ''

'', ''

The Henderson Kids ''The Henderson Kids'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten between 1985 and 1987. It was created and storylined by Roger Moulton, who also wrote 5 episodes in the first series and 2 episodes in the se ...

'' 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, ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that aired on the network NBC from November 8, 1965, to September 9, 2022; the soap has streamed n ...

'', ''

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) ''Santa Barbara'' is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show revolves around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California. Other prominent families ...

'' *

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, ''

I, Robot ''I, Robot'' is a fixup collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines '' Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' between 1940 and 1950 ...

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

The Crow ''The Crow'' is a supernatural superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fianc� ...

'', '' 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 Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and improviser. He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows, playing Nick Fletcher in ''The Office'' (Australia), playing Dr. Evan in '' The Duchess'' (Netfli ...

– 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, ''

Kath & Kim ''Kath & Kim'' (also written as ''Kath and Kim'') is an Australian sitcom originally airing in the prime-time slot on ABC Television from 2002 to 2005 and subsequently on the Seven Network in 2007 and 2022. The show was produced by Riley and T ...

'', 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 Nadia Tass (born Tassopoulou or Tassopoulos; ), is an Australian theatre and film director and film producer. She mostly makes films with her writer-producer husband David Parker, through their production company Cascade Films. Tass is known ...

– director, ''

Malcolm Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to: People * Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Malcom (footballer) (born 1997), Brazilian football forward * Clan Malcolm * Maol Choluim de Innerp ...

'', '' The Big Steal'' *

John Tatoulis John Tatoulis is an Australian film and television producer and director. Tatoulis was the producer of such movies as '' Take Away'', '' Let's Get Skase'' and '' Beware of Greeks Bearing Guns''. Tatoulis produced and directed the film '' The S ...

– director and producer *

Maria Theodorakis Maria Theodorakis is an Australian stage and television actress who has many credits in television, movies and theatre. She is best known for her roles in the television series ''CrashBurn'' and ''Marshall Law''. She has also had guest roles in ...

– actress *

Alkinos Tsilimidos Alkinos Tsilimidos (born 1966) is an Australian film and theatre director. He has won the Montréal First Film Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival for his 1994 film '' Everynight ... Everynight''. He primarily works as an indie film mak ...

– director *

Olympia Valance Olympia Montana Valance (born 7 January 1993) is an Australian actress and model, whose roles include Paige Smith in the soap opera ''Neighbours'' (2014–2018, 2020, 2022) and Tahlia Woods in '' Playing for Keeps''. For her role as Paige, Val ...

– actress, ''

'', '' Playing for Keeps'' and model *

Zoe Ventoura Zoe or variants may refer to: People * Zoe (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** Zoë (British singer) (Zoë Pollock, born 1969) ** Zoë (Austrian singer) (Zoë Straub, born 1996) Arts and entertainment F ...

– 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 Neos Kosmos ( ; meaning "New World") is a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece. History In classical antiquity, the area of Neos Kosmos may have been the location of the gymnasium Cynosarges. Geography Neos Kosmos is south of the historic c ...

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 Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-a ...

Peter Frilingos Peter Frilingos (1944–2004) was a sports journalist and commentator, best known for his work as a rugby league writer. Frilingos started his career in journalism in February 1962 at the Sydney ''Daily Mirror'' and within two years he wrote h ...

– sports journalist with the ''

Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a British daily broadsheet conservative newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally. It was foun ...

'' in Sydney, and broadcaster and commentator with the ''

Continuous Call Team The ''Continuous Call Team'' is an Australian radio sports program, covering the news and live games of the National Rugby League. It is produced and broadcast by 2GB Sydney, and is relayed to stations in New South Wales, the ACT, Queensland, ...

'' *

Helen Kapalos Helen Kapalos (born 17 March 1971) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Kapalos is of Greek descent and the Chairperson of the Victorian Multicultural Commission; her four-year term commenced on 17 August 2015.

– 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 John (born 9 July 1956) is an Australian news presenter. Mangos has previously been a news presenter on Sky News Australia. He has also made cameo appearances on the Australian comedy programs ''Pizza'', '' Swift and Shift Couriers'' and ''Ho ...

– news presenter and journalist,

Sky News Australia Sky News Australia is an Australian news channel owned by News Corp Australia. Originally launched on 19 February 1996, it broadcasts rolling news coverage throughout the day, while its prime time lineup is dedicated to opinion-based programs fe ...

* 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 Christopher John Kourakis (born 17 June 1958) is a Greek Australian lawyer and judge. Since 2012 he has been Chief Justice of South Australia. Early life and education Kourakis was born on 17 June 1958 grew up in Port Lincoln as one of ten ch ...

– Chief Justice of South Australia *

Emilios Kyrou Emilios Kyrou (; born 8 November 1959) is a Greek-Australian jurist and former lawyer. He is the inaugural President of the Administrative Review Tribunal and was the last President of its predecessor, the former Administrative Appeals Tribu ...

– 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 (''

Australian Idol ''Australian Idol'' is an Australian singing competition, which began its first season in July 2003 and ended its initial run in November 2009. As part of the ''Idol'' franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program '' Pop Id ...

'') *

Chris Karan Chris Karan (born Chrisostomos Karanikis, 14 October 1939) is a Britain-based Australian jazz drummer and percussionist of Greek descent. Life and career Karan was born in 1939 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Karan played in the Three Out ...

– jazz drummer ( Dudley Moore Trio) and studio percussionist (

Bob Marley & the Wailers Bob Marley and the Wailers (previously known as the Wailers and prior to that the Wailing Rudeboys, the Wailing Wailers and the Teenagers) were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley (Robert ...

) * Vasilliki Karagiorgos (Vassy) – singer and songwriter *

John Lemmone John Lemmone (22 June 1861 – 16 August 1949) was an Australian flute player and composer who was largely self-taught and who at the age of 12, paid for his first flute with gold he had panned himself on the goldfields at Ballarat. He had an in ...

– flute player and composer * Orianthi Panagaris – guitarist/musician * Sally Polihronas – singer ( Bardot) *

Nick Skitz Nicholas Agamalis, better known as Nick Skitz (born 1968 in Sydney, Australia), is an Australian DJ and dance music producer. His career in dance music started in the early 1990s. Since 1995, his ''Skitzmix'' series of compilations have becom ...

– 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 Steven Georganas (; born 13 June 1959) is an Australian politician and is the Australian Labor Party member for the House of Representatives seat of Adelaide in South Australia since the 2019 Australian federal election. Previously, he had been ...

– Labor MP *

George Georges George Georges (born George Georgouras; 15 April 1920 – 23 September 2002) was a Labor senator for Queensland from 1968 to 1986, and independent senator from 1986 to 1987. Early life George Georges (born George Georgouras) was born in Dar ...

– 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 Steve Dimopoulos (born 1972) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2014 representing the electoral district of Oakleigh. He served as the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major ...

– politician, Victoria *

Jim Fouras Demetrios "Jim" Fouras, (8 March 1938 – 12 November 2021) was an Australian politician. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. Early life Born in Manesi, Kalavryta, Greece, he migrated to Queensland at the age of ten with ...

– politician, Queensland *

John Hatzistergos John Hatzistergos (born 20 August 1960) is an Australian jurist and former politician who has served as a judge of the District Court of New South Wales since 16 October 2014 and Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Independent Commission ...

–

Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ...

, New South Wales *

Steve Kamper Stephen Kamper (born in Sydney) is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Rockdale, Rockdale for the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Par ...

– politician, New South Wales *

Peter Katsambanis Peter Argyris Katsambanis (born 24 December 1965) is a former Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 2013 Western Australian state election, 2013 state election, representing the Liberal Party ...

– 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 John Pandazopoulos (born 21 July 1963) is a Victorian politician. He was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the electorate of Dandenong for the Labor Party. During the Bracks Government, he was a member of Cabinet, ...

– politician, Victoria * Drew Pavlou – student activist at the University of Queensland *

Eleni Petinos Eleni Marie Petinos is an Australian state politician in New South Wales. She served as the Minister for Small Business and the Minister for Fair Trading in the Perrottet ministry from December 2021 until her Ministry was ceased on 31 July 20 ...

– politician, New South Wales * Olivia Savvas – politician, South Australia *

Nick Staikos Nicholas Staikos (born 4 July 1986) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2014, representing the Legislative Assembly seat of Bentleigh. Staikos has been serving as t ...

– 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

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

) *

Kat Theophanous Kat Theophanous is an Australian politician. She is the Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Northcote since 2018. She is a member of the Labor Right factions the cons. Theophanous was appointed P ...

– politician, Victoria *

Kon Vatskalis Konstantine Vatskalis (born 4 April 1957) is a Greek-Australian politician and the current Lord Mayor of Darwin. Before becoming Lord Mayor in 2017 he was a Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from September 2001 ...

– politician, Northern Territory

Religion

* Archbishop

Stylianos Harkianakis Archbishop Stylianos ( Secular name: Stylianos Harkianakis, ) (b. 29 December 1935 – d. 25 March 2019) was the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia and Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. He served as inaugural and perman ...

– 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 The environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) is a scanning electron microscope (SEM) that allows for the option of collecting electron micrographs of specimens that are wet, uncoated, or both by allowing for a gaseous environment in t ...

* 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 *

– 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 Ang Christou (born 16 January 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League. AFL career Christou played for the Carlton Football Club and along with Anthony Koutoufides was a popular figure as a G ...

– Carlton player *

– 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 Anthony Koutoufides (; born 18 January 1973), also known by his nickname of Kouta, is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Considered by many as one of the most ...

– Carlton player *

Angelo Lekkas Angelo Lekkas (born 29 June 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played his entire professional career with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). After a stellar year playing in the TAC competition with ...

– Hawthorn player * Spiro Malakellis – Geelong player * Tony Malakellis – Geelong & Sydney player * Steve Malaxos – Hawthorn & West Coast player *

Daniel Metropolis Daniel Metropolis (born 17 March 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and the Fremantle Dockers The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed the Dockers or colloquially Freo, is a professional Austral ...

– 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 Christopher Peter Pavlou (18 August 1939 – 15 January 2012) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in A ...

– 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 Stan "The Man" Longinidis (born 25 June 1965) is an Australian retired heavyweight kickboxer and 8-time world kickboxing champion. Born in Melbourne of Greek ethnicity, Longinidis is one of the few fighters to win world titles in four differe ...

– Kickboxer, former World Kickboxing Champion *

Tosca Petridis Tosca Petridis (born Tasis Petridis, 30 October 1966) is an Australian former kickboxer and Boxing, boxer. He was born in Melbourne, however is of Greeks, Greek ethnicity. He lives in Melbourne. Kickboxing Tosca is a former 7 time World Kickbo ...

– 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

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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 Blake Nikitaras (born 29 April 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. He is a left-handed batsman. He is the son of former international cricketer Steve Nikitaras. Early ...

- Sydney thunder cricketer * Steve Nikitaras - Former WA cricketer *

Marcus Stoinis Marcus Peter Stoinis (born 16 August 1989) is an Australian international cricketer who represents the Australia national cricket team in Twenty20 International cricket. He is a right-handed batting all-rounder who bowls right-arm medium. Domest ...

–

international cricketer

Soccer

John Anastasiadis Giannis "Johnny" Anastasiadis (Greek: Γιάννης "Τζόνι" Αναστασιάδης; born 13 August 1968 in Melbourne, Australia) is a former Australian soccer player who spent the majority of his career playing for Greek club PAOK FC. ...

– former player of

Heidelberg United Heidelberg United Alexander Football Club (founded as Alexander the Great-Melbourne Soccer Club) established in 1958 is a football (soccer) club based in the northern Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia. The team currently ...

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 Oakleigh Cannons Football Club is an Australian soccer club based in the south-east Melbourne suburb Oakleigh. As of 2025, the club competes in the National Premier Leagues Victoria (NPL Victoria). History South Oakleigh Soccer Club was establ ...

and is current coach of

Bentleigh Greens Bentleigh Greens Soccer Club is an Australian semi professional soccer club based in Cheltenham, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club was formed in 1986, by the Greek Cypriot community and currently competes in the Victoria Premier League ...

. * 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

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(on loan),

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and

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. Represented the Socceroos at U20, U23 and senior level. * Con Boutsianis – former player of

, Collingwood Warriors,

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 ...

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, Bulleen Zebras,

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

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, Melbourne City and former

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– player

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and former Socceroos * Chris Kalantzis – player *

Evan Kostopoulos Evan Kostopoulos (, born 7 May 1990) is an Australian Football (soccer), footballer who plays for National Premier Leagues club Adelaide City FC. Club career AEK Athens and Panionios In 2006–2007 season, Evan Kostopoulos had spent time on tr ...

– player,

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– player,

and Socceroos * Apostolos Stamatelopoulos – player,

and

Western United Western United Football Club is an Australian professional soccer club. The club is based in the western Melbourne suburb of Tarneit, the club aims to represent western Victoria, incorporating the western suburbs of Melbourne; the regional ci ...

* Michalis 'Mike' Mandalis - player, one of Australia's all-time greats

and

Melbourne Hakoah Melbourne Hakoah is a defunct Australian sports club which had a predominantly Jewish Australian supporter base, akin to Hakoah Vienna. The club's best known arm was its soccer club. History The club was founded in 1927, and within a decade wa ...

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

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, former Socceroos *

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– coach Socceroos,

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and Spurs, former player *

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- player,

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Nick Theodorakopoulos Nick Theodorakopoulos (born 29 June 1964) is an Australian soccer coach and former player. Managerial career Theodorakopoulos previously coached in the predecessor to the A-League, the NSL with the Wollongong Wolves and the now-defunct Parr ...

– coach *

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– former player of

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Michael Valkanis Mihalis "Michael" Valkanis (Greek: Μιχάλης "Μάικλ" Βαλκάνης; born 23 August 1974) is an Australian association football coach and former player who is the current head coach of Brisbane Roar in the A-League. Club career S ...

– coach, Melbourne City and

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assistant * Helen Caceres – player * Andy Vlahos – player *

Charlie Yankos Charlie Yankos (born 29 May 1961) is an Australian former footballer who played for the Australian national team 49 times and scored 7 international goals. He captained the national team on 30 occasions between 1986 and 1989. Charlie Yankos s ...

– former Socceroos captain * Terry Antonis – player,

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* Apostolos Giannou – player,

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– player, Australian born

member *

Jesse Makarounas Jesse David Makarounas (born 18 April 1994) is an Australian professional football (soccer) player who plays as a midfielder for Brunswick City SC. Early life Born in Darwin, Makarounas played youth football at the WA NTC and AIS Football ...

– player,

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– player,

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* Kosta Petratos – player,

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* Maki Petratos – player,

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– player,

* Anthony Lesiotis – player, Melbourne City

Mixed martial arts

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– 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 Braith Anastasakis (born 14 January 1982), better known as Braith Anasta, is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a and in the 2000s and 2010s. An Australia national rugby league team, Australian and Greece ...

– 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 ...

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

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Steve Georgallis Steve Georgallis (Greek: Σταυρος Γεωργάλλης; born 17 June 1968) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Greece, an assistant coach for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugb ...

– 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 Michael Korkidas (; on 12 January 1981) is a former Greece international rugby league footballer who played as a in the NRL, the Super League and was captain of Greece. Background Korkidas was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Play ...

– player, Salford City Reds *

Nick Kouparitsas Nick Kouparitsas (born 26 February 1984) is a former Greek international rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A Greece international representative , he played for Canterbury-Bankstown, Sydney Roosters and Harlequins RL. ...

– player,

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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 The Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks are an Australian professional rugby league club based in the Sutherland Shire of Southern Sydney, New South Wales. Cronulla compete in the National Rugby League (NRL), Australasia's premier rugby league compet ...

George Peponis George Peponis (born Georgios Peponis ; on 3 September 1953) is a Greek Australian company director and former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. An Australia national and New South Wales state representat ...

– player,

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

Jim Serdaris Jim Serdaris (born 1 October 1971) is an Australian former professional rugby league. He played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Western Suburbs Magpies, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles. He also represented New South Wa ...

– player, South Sydney, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs *

John Skandalis John Skandalis (born 16 June 1976) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies and for the Wests Tigers in two separate spells in the Na ...

– 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 Athanasios "Thanasi" Kokkinakis ( ; ; born 10 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 65 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 6 November 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of ...

– player

Weightlifting

* Robert Kabbas - athlete *

Bill Stellios Basilios "Bill" Stellios (born 16 April 1959) is an Australian former weightlifter. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known ...

- athlete

Wrestling

Tony Kontellis Antonios "Tony" Kontellis (Greek: Αντώνιος Κοντέλλης; born 1935), is a Greek-Australian former professional wrestler. Kontellis has worked for many wrestling promotions throughout his career, including WCW Australia and WWWF ...

– 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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