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When Socrates came to Australia, as an immigrant in 1965, he had the pleasure of meeting several of them, that were still alive. He would follow them with admiration and often wondered how brave they were to make the decision and set voyage to Australia, the unknown lands at the time. It was a very brave decision on their part, a huge risk, that they were prepared to take.
Socrates would have never imagined that after commencing research he would locate Hellenes of Cretan descent that began arriving in Australia from 1829 onwards, who eventually married into the Australian Society, and to this day still live on seven generations later. They are truly labelled as the Hellene Pioneers.
The first Chapter refers to these Cretan Immigrants in detail, when they arrived, how they arrived, who they married, their children, what they did for a living and if any had community involvement, many of which we have photos.
The second chapter refers to the descendants of these pioneers that served in the Australian Armed Forces in all theatres of Conflict including the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and of course descendants that are currently serving our Armed Forces, which are so many, as profiled in the book.
The following chapters make reference to many Cretan descendants that served as founders in the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne & Vitoria back in 1897, many of whom served on the Boards, he then continues to profile all our Clergy of Cretan background, that arrived as migrants, that served and are currently active in our Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
The Final chapter is a tribute catalogue of over 15,000 names of Cretan descent that arrived on Australian Shores as migrants, which has never been documented in the Diaspora. This chapter also includes vital statistics for those that will show an interest in this field of research. Socrates believes that he has captured at least seventy percent of the Cretans that arrived in the Oceania region. The book has been published by the Cretan Federation of Australia & New Zealand.
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