Author: Tamis, Anastasios Myrodis.
Title: The Greeks in Australia.
Description: Melbourne Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2005. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear, thick remainder stripe top edge. 205 pp. Professor Tamis describes how the Greeks have made an enormous contribution to Australian cultural and social life. This book vividly tells their story. Begins with the conditions in Europe that led to migration. Details the role of the Greeks in Australian settlement, the two large waves of Greek migration in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the ways in which the Greeks have maintained a solid sense of Greek cultural expression. The Greek community numbers about half a million. Tamis is Professor of Hellenic Studies, La Trobe University. ISBN: 0521547431

Keywords: australian history, australian society, ethnicity, greek-australians, europe, greece 0521547431


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