The History of Greeks of Canberra and Districts

…Approximately 300,000 Greek migrants settled in Australia and became part of the Australian society reaching a balance between the need for social cohesion in the nation and the need for the maintenance of their cultural expression. Their transition was not an easy one…

The road from the stigma to the neo-migrant to the status of an isobar citizen was difficult and challenging. The consolidation of the Australian Greek community in this country was made possible via multiculturalism and the process of citizenship. Multiculturalism means reconciliation and tolerance in diversity and implies converging practices. It necessitates understanding to universalism and acceptance…