Hellas of diaspora -- The Greeks discover Australia-- Demographic characteristics -- Social and community life -- The years of respectability -- The culture and civilisation -- From migrants to citizens
Summary
"The Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life, and this book tells their story. Beginning with an examination of the conditions in Europe that led to migration, it details the role of the Greek people in Australian settlement, the two large waves of Greek migration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the ways in which the Greeks have maintained a solid sense of Greek cultural expression. Numbering approximately half a million, the Greek community in Australia comprises the second-largest ethnic minority after the Italians
The contribution of Greek settlers to the large industrial cities and other major urban centres modernised them by injecting new ideas into the economic, social and political life of their new environment."--Jacket
Analysis
Greek Australians
Cultural identity
Immigration
Social impact
History
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-199) and index
