How Greeks became Aussies without losing their identity

John Piggott
Updated September 23 2020 - 12:59pm, first published September 19 2020 - 3:30am
AN ADAPTABLE PEOPLE: "What the Greeks did was to renegotiate what Australian culture offered," says Nicholas Doumadis. "They brought their own Old World traditions and reworked them to fit into the new landscape," .
AN ADAPTABLE PEOPLE: "What the Greeks did was to renegotiate what Australian culture offered," says Nicholas Doumadis. "They brought their own Old World traditions and reworked them to fit into the new landscape," .

WHEN you come from a rocky land, you have to be versatile. And so Greeks have proved to be, says historian Dr Nicholas Doumanis, who is part of a team recording the stories of the generation of Greeks who arrived in Australia after World War II.

John Piggott

John Piggott

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