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Oral tradition states that the first Greek in Australia was a convict named Damianos Gikas who arrived in 1802, but there are no written records to confirm this.
The first Greeks actually documented to arrive in Australia were a group of 7 men from Hydra who were convicted of being pirates: they arrived in Australia in 1828.
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∙ 12y agoThe first Greeks in Australia were convicts, so they were "transported" for committing crimes, arriving by ship.
Oral tradition states that the first Greek in Australia was a convict named Damianos Gikas who arrived in 1802, but there are no written records to confirm this.
The first Greeks actually documented to arrive in Australia were a group of 7 men from Hydra who were convicted of being pirates: they arrived in Australia in 1828.
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Oral tradition states that the first Greek in Australia was a convict named Damianos Gikas who arrived in 1802, but there are no written records to confirm this. The first Greeks actually documented to arrive in Australia were a group of 7 men from Hydra who were convicted of being pirates: they arrived in Australia in 1828.
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When did the Greek settlers first come to Australia?
The first Greeks in Australia were convicts. The first Greeks actually documented to arrive in Australia were a group of 7 men from Hydra who were convicted of being pirates: they arrived in Australia in 1828. When they had finished tbeir sentence, five returend to Greece and the other two stayed in Australia. Of these, only one had children - 9 in all, leading to fifty grandchildren. However, the first Greek free settler came in 1835. She was Aikaterini Plessos, who was the wife of an army officer, Major Crummer. She also had many children and grandchildren, though she did not keep the Greek traditions alive in her family. The next recorded influx of Greek immigrants came with the goldrushes, which began in 1851.
