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Greek Australian

Notable Greek Australians:
'Alex Proyas'
'Ada Nicodemou'
'Helen Kapalos'
'Peter Andre'
'Mark Philippoussis'
'Nick Georgiou'
Total population
365,147[1]
1.84% of Australia's population.
Regions with significant populations
Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, West End, Brisbane
Languages
Australian English, Greek, Languages of Greece
Religions
Predominantly Orthodox, Christianity


Greek Australians are the seventh largest ethnic group in Australia, numbering 375,703 or 1.8% of respondents in the 2001 Census.

The census recorded 116,530 Greek-born in Australia, although this excludes persons of Greek ethnicity and culture born elsewhere, notably Cyprus (10,560) and Egypt. The website www.hellenism.net estimates the number of Greeks living in Australia at 336,782 people (based on a 1986 ethnic origin census), which would be 2.2% of Australia's 1986 population. 39.3% of these 336,782 Greek Australians were born in Greece, 49.8% were born in Australia, 4.8% were born in Cyprus, 2.5% were born in Egypt and 3.6% were born in another or unknown place.

The first Greek migrants to Australia were seven convict sailors convicted of piracy by a British naval court in 1829 and sent to serve out their terms in New South Wales. Though eventually pardoned, two of the seven settled in the country. Groups of Greeks first settled in significant numbers during the gold rushes of the 1850s. The 1901 census recorded 878 Greek-born, but this must surely omit a few hundred other ethnic Greek migrants from the Ottoman Empire and elsewhere. The expulsion of Greeks from Asia Minor in 1922-23 led to further Greek migration to Australia, primarily to New South Wales. These Greeks are difficult to trace but the number of Greeks from Greece proper had risen to 12,291 by the time of the 1947 census.

Greeks - alongside Italians were one of the main groups targeted by Australian Government migration schemes in the 1950s and 1960s. By 1971 there were 160,200 Greek-born persons in Australia, and smaller numbers from Cyprus and Egypt. 47% settled in Melbourne, with the consequence that the city is reputed to have the second largest concentration of Greeks in the world. This has earned Melbourne the honour of being the largest Greek city outside Greece itself.

Today, just under half of the Greek-born (49.6%) live in Victoria, with a further third in New South Wales (31.7%). It is likely that most Greek Australians also follow this settlement pattern. In comparison, only 24.7% of Australians as a whole live in Victoria, underlining the density of the Greek presence there.

Greek Australians have an exceptionally high rate of return migration to Greece. In December 2001, the Department of Foreign Affairs estimated that there were 135,000 Australian citizens resident in Greece. These must mostly be returned Greek emigrants with Australian citizenship, and their Greek Australian children.

According to census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2004, Greek Australians are mainly Greek Orthodox (Eastern Orthodox Church) by religion. Smaller minorities include 5.2% Catholic, 2.9% Anglican, 1.3% Other Religions, and 7.1% No Religion.

In 2001, the Greek language was spoken at home by 263,717 persons in Australia. Greek is the fourth most widely spoken language in the country after English, the Chinese languages, and Italian. 50.9% of Greek speakers in Australia were born there, the third highest proportion after indigenous Australian languages and English.

List of notable Greek Australians

Business

Directors

Entertainment

Journalists

Musicians

Politics

Sports

Writers

Other

  • Chris Moraitis - Diplomat (High Commissioner to Papua and New Guinea app. 2006)
  • Effy Alexakis - documentary photographer
  • Effie Michaels- costume designer/presenter Aerobics Oz Style
  • Peter Georgas, Runner-up in reality TV show "My Restaurant Rules"
  • Nicholas Hogios (Psychogios), car designer
  • Stella Moraitis - Barrister/Member VCAT
  • Nonda Katsalidis - architect
  • Melanie Katsalidis - jewellry designer
  • Andrew Kokinos, ex-physio, Indian cricket team
  • Marc Newson, designer
  • Christos Pantelis, psychiatrist
  • Napoleon Perdis, make-up artist
  • Andrew Kimonides - Numismatist
  • Tony Rafty, caricaturist
  • Stelarc, artist
  • Archbishop Stylianos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia
  • Freda Miriklis, Stockbroker, Professional Speaker, Winner Australian Young Business and Professional Women, 1998 - 2000
  • Alex Perry, Fashion Designer
  • Nia KarterisChair Greek Festival of Sydney

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Alex Proyas (born September 23 1963) is an Australian film director, writer, and producer. He was born to Greek parents in Egypt but moved to Sydney when he was 3 years of age.
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Ada Nicodemou (born May 14, 1977 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Leah Patterson-Baker in the soap opera Home and Away.

She made her TV debut in 1991, in an episode of Police Rescue.
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Helen Kapalos (born 1971) is an Australian television presenter.

Beginning her career in her hometown of Newcastle, New South Wales, Kapalos was a reporter for ABC Radio in 1994, before moving to SBS and back to Newcastle, where she worked both as an award winning Reporter
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Peter André (born 27 February 1973) is a pop singer-songwriter and television personality. He was born in Harrow, London, England, but was raised in Australia, and is of Greek Cypriot descent.
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Mark Philippoussis

Country Australia
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Date of birth November 7 1976 (1976--) (age 31)
Place of birth
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Mark Philippoussis

Country Australia
Residence Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Date of birth November 7 1976 (1976--) (age 31)
Place of birth
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Melbourne
Victoria

Location of Melbourne in Australia

Population:
• Density: 3,744,373 (2006 estimate) (2nd)
479.
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Sydney
New South Wales

Location of Sydney within Australia

Population:
• Density: 4,280,190 (2006 Census) (1st)
345.
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Perth
Western Australia

The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River

Population:
• Density: 1,445,078 (Aug 2006 Census) 1,507,900 (Dec 2006) (4th)
280/km


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Adelaide
South Australia

Location of Adelaide within Australia

Population:
• Density: 1,105,839 (2006) (5th)
615/km


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West End
Brisbane, Queensland

Spanish mission styled West End Market Place

Population: 5,832 (2001 Census)[1]

Established: 1860s

Postcode: 4101
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Australian English (AuE, AusE, en-AU) is the form of the English language used in Australia.[1]

History

Australian English began diverging from British English shortly after the foundation of the Australian penal colony of New South Wales
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Writing system: Greek alphabet 
Official status
Official language of:  Greece
 Cyprus
 European Union
recognised as minority language in parts of:
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The official language of Greece is Greek. In addition, a number of non-official, minority languages and some Greek dialects are spoken as well.

Greek

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Largest city Sydney
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Arab Republic of Egypt


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New South Wales

Flag Coat of Arms
Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State
Motto(s): "Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites"
(Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine)

Other Australian states and territories
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