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{{Short description|Australians born in Greece or with Greek ancestry}}
{{Distinguish|Australians in Greece}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Greek Australians
| native_name = Ελληνοαυστραλοί
| image = Greek christening party, Bondi Beach, Sydney, September 1946.jpg
| caption = Greek Australian christening party, at Bondi Beach 1946.
| population = '''424,750''' (by ancestry, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/AUS | title=2021 Australia, Census All persons QuickStats|website=Australian Bureau of Statistics|accessdate=27 July 2022}}</ref><br>('''1.7%''' of the [[Demography of Australia|Australian population]])
<br />'''92,314''' (by birth, [[2021 Australian census|2021]])
| popplace = [[Melbourne]], [[Sydney]], [[Adelaide]], [[Brisbane]], [[Perth]]
| langs = [[Australian English]]{{·}}[[Greek language|Greek]] ([[Greco-Australian dialect|Greco-Australian]])
| rels = [[Christianity]] ([[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodoxy]])
| related = [[Cypriot Australians]]{{·}}[[Greek New Zealanders]]{{·}}[[Greek diaspora]]
| native_name_lang =
| flag =
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}}
{{Greeks}}
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Australia by SLA - BCP field 1102 Greek Total Responses.svg|thumb]]
[[File:Australian Census 2011 demographic map - Inner Sydney by SLA - BCP field 1102 Greek Total Responses.svg|thumb]]
'''Greek Australians''' ({{langx|el|Ελληνοαυστραλοί|Ellinoafstralí}}) are [[Australians]] of [[Greeks|Greek]] ancestry. Greek Australians are one of the largest groups within the global [[Greek diaspora]]. As per the [[2021 Australian 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.<ref name="abs.gov.au">{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx|title=2021 Census of Population and Housing - General Community Profile|work=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628191720/https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in [[Greece]].<ref name="abs.gov.au"/>
Greek immigration to Australia has been one of the largest migratory flows in the [[history of Australia]], especially after [[World War II]] and the [[Greek Civil War]]. The flow of migrants from Greece increased slightly in 2015 due to the [[Greek government-debt crisis|economic crisis]] in Greece,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://au.greekreporter.com/2015/06/24/greeks-fleeing-to-melbourne-due-to-crisis/ |title=Greeks fleeing to Melbourne due to crisis |author=Greek |newspaper=Greekreporter.com |date=24 June 2015 |access-date=29 June 2015 |archive-date=28 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628225944/http://au.greekreporter.com/2015/06/24/greeks-fleeing-to-melbourne-due-to-crisis/ |url-status=live }}</ref> with Australia as one of the main destinations for departing Greeks, mainly to [[Greek community of Melbourne|Melbourne]], where the Greek Australian community is most deeply established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-24/greeks-move-to-melbourne-to-flee-economic-crisis/6569186 |title=Greek nationals move to Melbourne to escape growing economic, social crisis |author=ABC News |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |author-link=ABC News (Australia) |date=23 June 2015 |access-date=6 September 2015 |archive-date=28 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828083443/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-24/greeks-move-to-melbourne-to-flee-economic-crisis/6569186 |url-status=live }}</ref>
88% of Greek Australians speak Greek<sup>[citation needed]</sup> and 91% are [[Christianity|Christians]] and members of the [[Greek Orthodox Church]].<sup>[citation needed]</sup>
Australia and Greece have a close [[Australia–Greece relations|bilateral relationship]] based on historical ties and the rich contribution of Greek Australians to Australian society. In 2019, the export of Australian services to Greece was valued at $92 million, while services imports from Greece totalled $750 million. Australia's stock of investment in Greece in 2019 totalled $481 million, while investment in Australia from Greece was $192 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/greece/greece-country-brief|title=Greece country brief|website=Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-date=3 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603234938/https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/greece/greece-country-brief|url-status=live}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="immi">{{Cite web |url=http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/greece.htm |title=Department of Immigration & Citizenship: Media – Publications: Statistics – Community Information Summaries |access-date=17 September 2013 |archive-date=29 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192612/http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics/comm-summ/textversion/greece.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> These Greeks were seven sailors, convicted of piracy by a British naval court, and were sentenced to transportation to [[New South Wales]]. Though they were eventually pardoned, two of those seven Greeks stayed and settled in the country. One settled on the Monaro Plains in Southern New South Wales and one at [[Picton, New South Wales|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),<ref>{{cite web|title=First Hellenes in Australia|url=http://www.nswathenians.com/FirstGreek.html|publisher=The Athenian Association of Sydney and NSW|access-date=16 December 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216182952/http://www.nswathenians.com/FirstGreek.html|archive-date=16 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> 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 War of Independence|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.<ref>Australian Dictionary of Biography Online</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book | last1=Appleyard | first1=Reginald | last2=Yiannakis | first2=John N. | title=Greek Pioneers in Western Australia | publisher=UWA Publishing | year=2002 | page=27}}</ref>
===20th-century Greek immigration===
[[File:Orpheus Arfaras Greek ceramicist 1952.jpg|thumb|left|Orpheus Arfaras, Greek ceramicist, Sydney, 1952]]
From the last decade of the 19th century until [[World War I]], the number of Greeks immigrating to Australia increased steadily and Hellenic communities were reasonably well established in Melbourne and Sydney at this time. The Greek language press began in Australia and in 1913, Australia had the first Greek weekly newspaper called ''Afstralia'' that was published in Melbourne.<ref>{{Cite web |last=School of Historical Studies |first=Department of History |title=Greeks - Entry - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online |url=https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00672b.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20Greek%20newspaper%20published,Afstralia%20(1913-20). |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.emelbourne.net.au |language=en-gb |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118143241/https://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM00672b.htm#:~:text=The%20first%20Greek%20newspaper%20published,Afstralia%20(1913-20). |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[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.<ref name=hh>{{Citation |last=Yiannakis |first=John N. |title=Anna Perivolaris (1888–1963) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/perivolaris-anna-11369 |access-date=2024-02-17 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217103841/https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/perivolaris-anna-11369 |url-status=live }}</ref>
There was a significant population of Greeks in Australia during [[World War I]], especially from the [[Greek islands]], which led to the community being heavily monitored and counted in a 'secret census' in 1916, due to questions of Greek loyalty as [[Greece]] was initially neutral during the war.<ref>Yianni Cartledge & Andrekos Varnava (2024) 'Making and Monitoring a ‘Suspect Community’: Australian Attacks on Greeks and the ‘Secret Census’ in 1916', ''Australian Historical Studies'', DOI: 10.1080/1031461X.2023.2293837 - see: https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2023.2293837</ref> Later the Greeks were raising money for the Greek Government in exile.<ref name=hh/>
After the changes in Greece from the mid 1970s, including the fall of the [[Georgios Papadopoulos|Papadopoulos]] regime in 1974 and the formal inclusion of Greece into the [[European Union]], Greek immigration to Australia has slowed since the 1971 peak of 160,200 arrivals. Within Australia, the Greek immigrants have been "extremely well organised socially and politically", with approximately 600 Greek organisations in the country by 1973, and immigrants have strived to maintain their faith and cultural identity.<ref>Keays, Sue (2004). "[http://eprints.qut.edu.au/640/1/keays_sue.pdf Yassou, Souvlakia and Paniyiri: Adapting Greek Culture for Australians] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219220034/http://eprints.qut.edu.au/640/1/keays_sue.pdf |date=19 December 2013 }}". ''Social Change in the 21st Century Conference''. Retrieved 20 December 2013.</ref>
By comparison, the Greek Cypriot community in Australia doubled following the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Invasion of Cyprus]] by Turkey following a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1974.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://museumsvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=11|title=Origins: History of immigration from Cyprus - Immigration Museum, Melbourne Australia|website=museumsvictoria.com.au|access-date=23 August 2018|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105542/https://museumsvictoria.com.au/origins/history.aspx?pid=11|url-status=live}}</ref>
===21st-century Greek immigration ===
[[File:Australia Day 2014 (12153386466).jpg|thumb|300px|Greek Australians during a parade for [[Australia Day]] in [[Melbourne]] (2014)]]
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 [[Greek government-debt crisis|economic crisis in Greece]]. This has led to the return of many Greek Australians which had gone to Greece before the crisis and also the arrival of newcomers from Greece, who have been received by the large Greek Australian community, mainly in [[Melbourne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-11/new-greek-wave-hits-australia27s-shores/5017474 |author=ABC News |author-link=ABC News (Australia) |title=Greek-Australian citizens look to Australia to escape economic crisis |website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=11 October 2013 |access-date=30 June 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709002220/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-11/new-greek-wave-hits-australia27s-shores/5017474 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==
{{See also|Greek community of Melbourne}}
At the [[2021 Australian 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.<ref name="abs.gov.au"/> At the 2021 census, 92,314 Australian residents were born in [[Greece]].<ref name="abs.gov.au"/>
The largest concentration of Greek Australians is in the [[Victoria (Australia)|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Cultural%20diversity%20data%20summary.xlsx|title=Census of Population and Housing: Cultural diversity data summary, 2021|work=Australian Bureau of Statistics|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-date=28 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628064556/https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/people/people-and-communities/cultural-diversity-census/2021/Cultural%20diversity%20data%20summary.xlsx|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tapri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/v17n1_2khoobirrellheard.pdf|title=Intermarriage by Birthplace and Ancestry in Australia|year=2009|author=Siew-Ean Khoo|author2=Bob Birrell|author3=Genevieve Heard|access-date=December 20, 2023|archive-date=2 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302184833/https://tapri.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/v17n1_2khoobirrellheard.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Culture==
[[File:Thessaloniki stele, Melbourne.jpg|120px|thumb]]
===Religion===
According to the [[2016 Australian census]], 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.<ref name=statsau>{{cite web|url=http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls|title=Australian Bureau of Statistic|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411133721/https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls|url-status=live}}</ref> Greek Australians are predominantly [[Greek Orthodoxy|Greek Orthodox]].<ref name=statsau/> The largest religious body of Greek Orthodox Australians is the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], with its headquarters at the Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in the inner [[Sydney, Australia|Sydney]] suburb of [[Redfern, New South Wales|Redfern]].
===Greek language===
{{See also|Greco-Australian dialect}}
In 2016, the [[Greek language]] was spoken at home by 237,588 Australian residents, a 5.8% decrease from the 2011 census data. Greek is the seventh most commonly spoken language in Australia after English, Mandarin, Arabic, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Italian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/ViewData?action=404&documentproductno=0&documenttype=Details&order=1&tabname=Details&areacode=0&issue=2006&producttype=Census+Tables&javascript=true&textversion=false&navmapdisplayed=true&breadcrumb=TLPD&&collection=Census&period=2006&productlabel=Language+Spoken+at+Home+by+Sex+-+Time+Series+Statistics+(1996,+2001,+2006+Census+Years)&producttype=Census+Tables&method=Place+of+Usual+Residence&topic=Language&|title=Redirect to Census data page|first=c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of|last=Statistics|access-date=6 January 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neoskosmos.com/en/2020/06/29/dialogue/opinion/tongues-of-greek-australia-an-anglicised-hellenic-language/|title=Tongues of Greek Australia: An Anglicised Hellenic language|last=Kalimniou|first=Dean|date=29 June 2020|access-date=22 October 2023|work=[[Neos Kosmos (newspaper)|Neos Kosmos]]|archive-date=27 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027081058/https://neoskosmos.com/en/2020/06/29/dialogue/opinion/tongues-of-greek-australia-an-anglicised-hellenic-language/|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1475|title=SA Memory - SA Newspapers : Non-English language newspapers|website=www.samemory.sa.gov.au|date=23 February 2007|access-date=2018-08-22|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822081155/http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1475|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gilchrist|first=Hugh|title=Australians and Greeks: The middle years.|publisher=Australia: Halstead Press|year=1992|isbn=1875684026|___location=Australia|pages=346–349}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> In 1957, Hellenic/Greek language newspaper [[Neos Kosmos (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, South Australia|Renmark]], has served the Greek community in rural South Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laube |first=Anthony |title=LibGuides: SA Newspapers: Non-English |url=https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410317&p=2796510 |access-date=2018-08-22 |website=guides.slsa.sa.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=22 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822042147/http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/c.php?g=410317&p=2796510 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Multicultural broadcaster SBS ([[Special Broadcasting Service]]) airs a Greek-language radio program every afternoon from 4 PM to 6 PM. The program features news, current affairs, music, interviews, and a talkback segment, where listeners can dial into the program from 5:30 PM onwards and express their opinion on a topic being focused on. Additionally, SBS also airs Greek public broadcaster ERT's Eidiseis news program every morning as part of their WorldWatch programming block.
==Notable individuals==
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===Academic===
* [[Nikos Athanasou]] – Professor of Musculoskeletal Pathology at [[Oxford University]] and a novelist.<ref>Professor Nicholas Athanasou, [https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/people/emeritus-fellows/a/nicholas-athanasou Professor of Musculoskeletal Pathology and Emeritus Fellow] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224232358/https://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/people/emeritus-fellows/a/nicholas-athanasou |date=24 December 2021 }}</ref>
*[[Nick Birbilis|Nick (Νικήτας) Birbilis]] – Professor of Engineering / Executive Dean, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment [[Deakin University]]
* [[Adrian David Cheok]] – Professor of Pervasive Computing at [[City University London]] & Director of the Mixed Reality Lab
* [[Nicholas Doumanis]] – Assoc. Professor of History, at the [[University of New South Wales]]
* [[Nikolas Kompridis]] – Professorial Fellow at the [[University of Western Sydney]] in the School of Humanities & 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, [[University of Melbourne]]
* [[Maria Skyllas-Kazacos]] – Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales, chemical engineer best known for her pioneering work of the [[vanadium redox battery]]
* [[John Tasioulas]] – Director of Institute for Ethics in AI and Professor of Ethics and Legal Philosophy at [[University of Oxford]] and first Greek-Australian [[Rhodes Scholar]]
===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|Stelarc (Stelios Arkadiou)]] – artist
* [[Christos Tsiolkas]] – writer
* [[Michael Zavros]] – artist/painter
[[File:Andrew Demetriou (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Andrew Demetriou]], former chief executive of the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL)]][[File:Andrew N. Liveris World Economic Forum 2013.jpg|thumb|[[Andrew N. Liveris]], CEO of [[Dow Chemical Company]]]]
=== Business ===
*[[Mark Bouris]] – managing director of Wizard
* [[George Calombaris]] – chef, former judge [[MasterChef Australia]]
* [[Con Constantine]] – former chairman, [[Newcastle United Jets]]
* [[Andrew Demetriou]] – chief executive, [[Australian Football League]]
* [[Harry Katsiabanis]] – founder of TaxiLink and StorageX
* [[Antony J. J. Lucas]] – businessman noted for his philanthropic activities
* [[Marino Lucas|Marinos Lucas]] – businessman, theatre company operator
* [[Andrew N. Liveris]] – CEO of [[Dow Chemical Company]]
* [[Kostas Makris]] – the richest Greek in Australia (in the top 30 of the richest residents in Australia)
* [[Nick Pappas]] – chairman, [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]
* [[Nicholas Paspaley Senior]] and Paspaley family (Paspalis) – [[Paspaley]] dominate the pearling industry
* [[Geoff Polites]] – chief executive officer of Australian [[Jaguar Land Rover]]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, Sydney|Museum of Contemporary Art]], [[Circular Quay]], Sydney
* [[Peter V'landys]] – chairman of the [[Australian Rugby League Commission]]
===Fashion===
* [[Christopher Chronis]] – fashion designer
* [[Napoleon Perdis]] – make-up artist
* [[Alex Perry]] – fashion designer
[[File:Diana Glenn.jpg|thumb|[[Diana Glenn]], actress]][[File:Ada Nicodemou arrives at the 2016 TV Week Logie Awards (26871490636).jpg|thumb|[[Ada Nicodemou]], actress]]
=== Film, theatre, and television ===
* [[Peter Andrikidis]] – director and producer, ''[[Underbelly (TV series)|Underbelly]]'', ''[[G.P.]]''
* [[Alex Tsitsopoulos|Alex Andreas]] – actor, ''[[Fat Tony & Co.]]''
* [[Alex Blias]] – actor, ''[[Home and Away]]''
* [[Elena Carapetis]] – actress, ''[[Heartbreak High]]''
* [[Gia Carides]] – actress, ''[[Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery]]'', ''[[Brilliant Lies]]'', ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]'', ''[[Strictly Ballroom]]''
* [[Zoe Carides]] – actress, ''[[Death in Brunswick]]'', ''[[G.P.]]''
* [[Wayne Coles-Janess]] – director and producer
* [[Chantal Contouri]] – actress, ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]''
* [[Mary Coustas]] – comedian and actress
* [[Alex Dimitriades]] – actor, ''The Heartbreak Kid'', ''[[Heartbreak High]]'', ''[[Head On (1998 film)|Head On]]'', ''[[The Slap (Australian TV series)|The Slap]]''
* [[Rebekah Elmaloglou]] – actress, ''[[Home and Away]]'' and ''[[Neighbours]]''
* [[Sebastian Elmaloglou]] – actor, ''[[Home and Away]]'', brother of Rebekah
* [[Damien Fotiou]] – actor, ''[[Kangaroo Jack]]'', ''[[Head On (1998 film)|Head On]]''
* [[Nick Giannopoulos]] – actor, ''[[The Wog Boy]]'', ''[[Acropolis Now]]'' and director
* [[Diana Glenn]] – actress
* [[George Houvardas]] – actor, ''[[Packed to the Rafters]]''
* [[Hugh Jackman]] – actor, ''Paperback Hero'', ''Australia'', ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'', ''[[The Greatest Showman]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/hugh-jackman-declares-im-greek|title=Hugh Jackman declares "I'm Greek" - Neos Kosmos|date=10 August 2015|website=neoskosmos.com|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811185451/http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/hugh-jackman-declares-im-greek|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[George Kapiniaris]] – actor, ''[[Acropolis Now]]'' and comedian
* [[Peter Kelamis]] – comedian
* [[Costas Kilias]] – actor
* [[Ana Kokkinos]] – director, ''[[The Secret Life of Us]]'', ''[[Head On (1998 film)|Head On]]''
* [[Katerina Kotsonis]] - actress, ''[[Neighbours]]''
* [[Nico Lathouris]] – actor
* [[Costas Mandylor]] – actor, ''[[Saw (film)|Saw]]'', ''[[Picket Fences]]''
* [[Louis Mandylor]] – actor, ''[[My Big Fat Greek Wedding]]''
* [[Lex Marinos]] – actor, ''[[Kingswood Country]]'', director, writer and broadcaster
* [[Harry Michaels]] – actor, ''[[Number 96 (TV series)|Number 96]]'', producer, ''[[Aerobics Oz Style]]'', and director, Sports TV
* [[Bill Miller (film producer)|Bill Miller]] – director and producer
* [[George Miller (director)|George Miller]] – [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning director and producer, ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'', ''[[Happy Feet]]'', ''[[Mad Max: Fury Road]]''
[[File:George Miller at Fury Road premiere.jpg|thumb|[[George Miller (director)|George Miller]], director of ''[[Babe (film)|Babe]]'' (1995), ''[[Happy Feet]]'' (2006), and '' [[Mad Max: Fury Road]]'' (2015)]]
* [[Ada Nicodemou]] – actress, ''[[Home and Away]]'', ''[[Heartbreak High]]'', ''[[Police Rescue]]''
* [[Tony Nikolakopoulos]] – actor and director
* [[Socratis Otto]] – actor, known for television series ''[[Young Lions (TV series)|Young Lions]]'', and ''[[Wentworth (TV series)|Wentworth]]''
* [[Alex Papps]] – actor, ''[[Home and Away]]'', ''[[The Henderson Kids]]'' and presenter, ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]''
* [[Thaao Penghlis]] – actor, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[General Hospital]]'', ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)]]''
* [[Alex Proyas]] – director, ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'', ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]'', ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'', ''[[Knowing (film)|Knowing]]''
[[File:Alex Proyas by Sachyn Mital.jpg|thumb|[[Alex Proyas]], director of ''[[The Crow (1994 film)|The Crow]]'' (1994) and ''[[I, Robot (film)|I, Robot]]'' (2004)]]
* [[Jordan Raskopoulos]] – comedian and singer
* [[Steen Raskopoulos]] – actor and comedian
* [[Gina Riley]] – actress, ''[[Kath & Kim]]'', comedian, entertainer and singer{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}
* [[Nathan Saidden]] – comedian
* [[George Spartels]] – actor
* [[Nadia Tass]] – director, ''[[Malcolm (film)|Malcolm]]'', ''[[The Big Steal]]''
* [[John Tatoulis]] – director and producer
* [[Maria Theodorakis]] – actress
* [[Alkinos Tsilimidos]] – director
* [[Olympia Valance]] – actress, ''[[Neighbours]]'', ''[[Playing for Keeps (TV series)|Playing for Keeps]]'' and model
* [[Zoe Ventoura]] – actress, ''[[Packed to the Rafters]]''
* [[Helen Zerefos]] – actress and cabaret singer
===Journalism===
*[[Nick Adams (commentator)|Nick Adams]] - also known as Nick Adamopoulos, US-based political commentator
*[[Dimitri Gogos]] – late editor, [[Neos Kosmos (newspaper)|Neos Kosmos]]
* [[George Donikian]] – news presenter, [[Ten Network]]
* [[Peter Frilingos]] – sports journalist with the ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' in Sydney, and broadcaster and commentator with the ''[[Continuous Call Team]]''
* [[Helen Kapalos]] – journalist, reporter ''[[Sunday Night (Australian TV program)|Sunday Night]]'', [[Seven Network]]
*[[Patricia Karvelas]] – journalist, ABC
* [[Mary Kostakidis]] – journalist, [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]]
* [[John Mangos]] – news presenter and journalist, [[Sky News Australia]]
* [[George Megalogenis]] – author and former''[[The Australian]]'' newspaper journalist
* [[Harry Nicolaides]] – novelist
* [[Peter Peters (rugby league)|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 (judge)|John Morris]] – Chief Justice of Tasmania (surname originally ''Moros'')
===Music===
* [[Peter Andre]] – singer, entertainer
* [[Alex Carapetis]] – drummer
* [[Kaz James]] – singer and DJ
* [[James Kannis]] – singer (''[[Australian Idol]]'')
* [[Chris Karan]] – jazz drummer ([[Dudley Moore|Dudley Moore Trio]]) and studio percussionist ([[Bob Marley & the Wailers]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-karan-mn0000024967/credits|title=Chris Karan - Credits - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=23 August 2018|archive-date=23 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823073918/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/chris-karan-mn0000024967/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Vassy (singer)|Vasilliki Karagiorgos (Vassy)]] – singer and songwriter
* [[John Lemmone]] – flute player and composer
* [[Orianthi Panagaris]] – guitarist/musician
* [[Sally Polihronas]] – singer ([[Bardot (Australian band)|Bardot]])
* [[Nick Skitz]] – deejay-producer
* [[Costas Tsicaderis]] – singer-songwriter
===Politics and government===
====Federal====
Federal government ministers:
* [[Nick Bolkus]] – Labor senator
* [[Michael McCormack (Australian politician)|Michael McCormack]] – Nationals MP
* [[Peter Morris (politician)|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 MP
* [[Fiona Martin]] – Liberal MP
* [[Allan Morris]] – Labor MP (brother of Peter Morris)
* [[Andrew Theophanous]] – Labor MP
* [[Maria Vamvakinou]] – Labor MP
* [[Nick Xenophon]] – independent senator
====State and territory====
* [[Michael Costa (politician)|Michael Costa]] – former Finance Minister, New South Wales
* [[Sophie Cotsis]] – politician, New South Wales
* [[Steve Dimopoulos]] – politician, Victoria
* [[Jim Fouras]] – politician, Queensland
* [[John Hatzistergos]] – [[Attorney General]], 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]] – Minister for Trade, South Australia
* [[Ken Michael]] – governor of Western Australia
* [[Jenny Mikakos]] – 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]] – politician, Victoria (born [[Cyprus]])
* [[Kat Theophanous]] – politician, Victoria
* [[Kon Vatskalis]] – politician, Northern Territory
===Religion===
* Archbishop [[Stylianos Harkianakis]] – former Primate of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
*Archbishop [[Makarios Griniezakis]] – current Primate of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]]
===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<ref>"The Australian People" an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins, by James Jupp – published 1988</ref>
* [[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====
{{see also|Greek Team of the Century}}
* [[Luke Beveridge]] – 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 (footballer)|Russell Morris]] – Hawthorn & St Kilda player
* [[Chris Pavlou]] – Carlton player
* [[Phillip Poursanidis]] – Carlton player
* [[Lou Richards]] – Collingwood player
* [[Ron Richards (footballer, born 1928)|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]] – Essendon player
====Boxing and kickboxing====
* [[Evangelos Goussis]] – Kickboxer and Boxer, convicted murderer
* [[George Kambosos Jr.]] – Professional boxer
* [[Michael Katsidis]] – Professional Boxer, former WBA and WBO lightweight champion
* [[Stan Longinidis]] – Kickboxer, former World Kickboxing Champion
* [[Tosca Petridis]] – Kickboxer, former World Kickboxing Champion
====Cricket====
* [[Jason Gillespie]] – cricket coach and retired [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] international cricketer
* [[Peter Hatzoglou]] – [[Melbourne Renegades]] cricketer
* [[Sam Konstas]] – [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] international cricketer
* [[Blake Nikitaras]] - Sydney thunder cricketer
* [[Steve Nikitaras]] - Former WA cricketer
* [[Marcus Stoinis]] – [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] international cricketer
[[File:Ange Postecoglou (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Ange Postecoglou]], soccer manager and former player]]
====Soccer====
* [[John Anastasiadis]] – former player of [[Heidelberg United]], [[PAOK]], [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]] and Yarraville Glory. Represented the [[Socceroos]] at U21 level. Coached Yarraville Glory, South Melbourne, [[Oakleigh Cannons]] and is current coach of [[Bentleigh Greens]].
* [[Panos Armenakas]] – player, [[Udinese Calcio]]
* [[Con Blatsis]] – former player of [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]], [[Derby County]], [[Sheffield Wednesday]] (on loan), [[Colchester United]], [[Kocaelispor]] and [[St Patrick's Athletic]]. Represented the [[Socceroos]] at U20, U23 and senior level.
* [[Con Boutsianis]] – former player of [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]], [[Heidelberg United]], [[Collingwood Warriors]], [[Bentleigh Greens]], [[Perth Glory]], [[Bolton Wanderers]], [[Bulleen Zebras]], [[Oakleigh Cannons]], Essendon United and Malvern City. He represented the [[Socceroos]] at senior level.
* [[Dean Bouzanis]] – player [[Reading F.C.|Reading]], [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]] and former [[Liverpool FC]]
* [[Jason Davidson]] – player [[K.A.S. Eupen|Eupen]], [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]] and former [[Socceroos]]
* [[Chris Kalantzis]] – player
* [[Evan Kostopoulos]] – player, [[Adelaide United]]
* [[Stan Lazaridis]] – player, [[Perth Glory]] and [[Socceroos]]
* [[Apostolos Stamatelopoulos]] – player, [[Adelaide United]] and [[Western United FC|Western United]]
* Michalis 'Mike' Mandalis - player, one of Australia's all-time greats [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]] and [[Melbourne Hakoah]]
* [[Lucas Pantelis]] – former player
* [[Jim Patikas]] – former player, first Australian participant in [[UEFA Champions League]], former [[Socceroos]]
* [[Ange Postecoglou]] – coach [[Socceroos]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Spurs]], former player
* [[Peter Raskopoulos]] - player, [[Sydney Olympic FC]]
* [[Nick Theodorakopoulos]] – coach
* [[Michael Theoklitos]] – former player of [[Brisbane Roar]], [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]], [[South Melbourne FC|South Melbourne]]
* [[Michael Valkanis]] – coach, [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]] and [[Greece national football team]] assistant
* [[Helen Caceres]] – player
* [[Andy Vlahos]] – player
* [[Charlie Yankos]] – former [[Socceroos]] captain
* [[Terry Antonis]] – player, [[Western Sydney Wanderers FC|Western Sydney Wanderers]]
* [[Apostolos Giannou]] – player, [[Kerala Blasters FC|Kerala Blasters]]
* [[Avraam Papadopoulos]] – player, Australian born [[Greece national football team]] member
* [[Jesse Makarounas]] – player, [[Melbourne Victory]]
* [[Dimitri Petratos]] – player, [[Mohun Bagan Super Giant]]
* [[Kosta Petratos]] – player, [[St George City]]
* [[Maki Petratos]] – player, [[St George City]]
* [[Chris Ikonomidis]] – player, [[Melbourne Victory FC|Melbourne Victory]]
* [[Anthony Lesiotis]] – player, [[Melbourne City FC|Melbourne City]]
====Mixed martial arts====
* [[George Sotiropoulos]] – former UFC [[mixed martial artist]]
* [[Alexander Volkanovski]] – UFC [[mixed martial artist]]
====Rugby league====
* [[Braith Anasta]] – player, [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]], [[Sydney Roosters]]
* [[Jason Demetriou (rugby league)|Jason Demetriou]] - player/coach
* [[George Gatis]] – player, [[New Zealand Warriors]]
* [[Steve Georgallis]] – player, [[Western Suburbs Magpies]], coach
* [[Michael Korkidas]] – player, [[Salford Red Devils|Salford City Reds]]
* [[Nick Kouparitsas]] – player, [[Canterbury Bulldogs]]
* [[Glenn Lazarus]] – player [[Canberra Raiders]], [[Brisbane Broncos]] and [[Melbourne Storm]]
* [[Billy Magoulias]] — player, [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks|Cronulla Sharks]]
* [[George Peponis]] – player, [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]], former Australian captain
* [[Peter Peters (rugby league)|Peter Peters]] - player, Manly-Warringah
* [[Willie Peters]] – player, [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]
* [[Jim Serdaris]] – player, South Sydney, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
* [[John Skandalis]] – player, [[Western Suburbs Magpies]], [[Wests Tigers]], [[Huddersfield Giants]]
* [[Jason Stevens]] – player, St-George Illawarra Dragons, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
* [[Justin Tsoulos]] – player, [[Parramatta Eels]]
* [[Arthur Kitinas]] – player/coach, South Sydney Sydney Roosters
====Sailing====
* [[Edward Psaltis]] – sailor
====Shooting====
* [[Michael Diamond (sport shooter)|Michael Diamond]] – shooter – Olympic gold medallist, Sydney 2000
====Skateboarding====
* [[Tas Pappas]] – former World No.1
* [[Ben Pappas]]
====Skiing====
* [[Lydia Lassila]] – skier
====Tennis====
* [[Mark Philippoussis]] – player
* [[Nick Kyrgios]] – player
* [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]] – player
====Weightlifting====
* [[Robert Kabbas]] - athlete
* [[Bill Stellios]] - athlete
====Wrestling====
* [[Tony Kontellis]] – professional wrestler
* [[Spiros Arion|Spiros Manousakis]] (Spiros Arion) – wrestler
==See also==
{{Portal|Australia|Greece}}
* [[Australia–Greece relations]]
* [[Australians in Greece]]
* [[Cypriot Australians]]
* [[European Australians]]
* [[Europeans in Oceania]]
* [[Greek Cypriots]]
* [[Greek New Zealanders]]
* [[Greek Orthodox churches in New South Wales]]
* [[Greeks]]
* [[Immigration to Australia]]
* [[Neos Kosmos (newspaper)|''Neos Kosmos'']]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
* Tamis, Anastasios (2005). ''The Greeks in Australia''. Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-54743-1}}
* {{citation|last=Gilchrist|first=Hugh|author-link=Hugh Gilchrist |year=1992|title=Australians and Greeks Volume I: The Early Years|publisher=Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. Ltd.|isbn=978-1-875684-01-4}}
* Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1998). ''In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians''. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. {{ISBN|0-86806-655-9}}
* Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (1995). ''Images of Home: Mavri Xenitia''. Hale & Iremonger Pty Limited. {{ISBN|0-86806-560-9}}
* Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2013). ''Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe''. Macquarie University. {{ISBN|9781741383959}}
* Alexakis, Effy and Janiszewski, Leonard (2016). ''Greek Cafes & Milk Bars of Australia''. Halstead Press. {{ISBN|9781925043181}}
==External links==
* {{cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/greeks | title = Greeks | access-date = 4 October 2015 | author = Diamadis, Panayiotis – University of Technology, Sydney |year = 2011 | work=[[Dictionary of Sydney]]}} (Greeks in Sydney) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Creative Commons license|CC-By-SA]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>
* [http://cv.vic.gov.au/stories/immigrants-and-emigrants/migrants-enriching-australia/kin%C4%AFmatogr%C3%A1fos/ A video of Peter Yiannoudes, who established Greek Cinema in Victoria in the 1950s] on Culture Victoria
* [https://onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/permalink/61SLQ_INST/dls06p/alma99183711018402061 Meet me at the Paragon digital stories], [[State Library of Queensland]]. Digital stories relating to Greek Australian owned café and milk bars in Queensland
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