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Faces beyond the Greek café: the traditional diversity of Greek-Australian occupational pursuits, 1820s–2010
Get PDFFrom the late nineteenth century until the closing decades of the twentieth century, Greeks
played a large part in Australia’s food catering industry. They continued, nevertheless,
to enter a wide variety of occupations. These included: agricultural and pastoral activities,
mining, sea-related industries, itinerant work, secondary industries, public life,
professional fields, and artistic and sporting avenues. Moreover, their contribution in
some activities proved significant. This paper firmly challenges the entrenched, popular
stereotype of Greek-Australians as being historically defined as essentially a collection
of fish’n’chip shop owners and café and milk bar proprietors. Rather, their complex and
broad involvement in Australia’s mainstream development over the last two hundred
years is clearly revealed, acknowledged and celebrated
California Dreaming: The ‘Greek Cafe’ and Its Role in the Americanisation of Australian Eating and Social Habits
No full textA spectre is haunting Australia’s history and heritage, and that spectre is: the Englishlanguage.2The grand narratives and symbols of Australia’s past have been overwhelmedby research and interpretation through an English language base. This has essentiallycreated a myopic, monocultural vision which has effectively alienated, marginalised, andeven left broadly unacknowledged, the significance which cultural diversity and hybridityhas had in developing the Australia of today. Professional Australian historians andheritage specialists with linguistic skills in a language, or languages, other than English,and who are prepared to engage in research utilising such skills, are currently rare. Theunderlying theme of this article, is consequently, a call to firmly encourage and facilitatethe development of such historians and heritage specialists. Untying the binds of theEnglish language strait-jacket will undoubtedly lead to new visions of our past and her -itage. The country ‘Greek cafe’ – broadly regarded as a quintessentially Australian pheno -menon and particularly synonymous with rural life in the eastern states of New SouthWales, Victoria and Queensland – being a pertinent example
'In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians' National Project Past, Present and Potential Future.
Get PDFSince 1982 the 'In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians' National Project has been researching the historical and contemporary Greek-Australian presence in both Australia and overseas. It has gathered a considerable oral, literary and visual archive, produced various publications, created major socio-cultural history exhibitions that have toured nationally and internationally, undertaken film documentaries and multimedia presentations, and assisted in nourishing the next generation of Australian historians and sociologists by providing resources for both university teaching and research
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Generations: ΓΕΝΙΕΣ
No full textAbstractFor generations now Greeks have been migrating to Australia — from at least the 1820s if not earlier. Many have settled, some have returned permanently to Greece, while others have lived a twilight existence vacillating between the two countries.This article presents a number of Greek-Australians, or those of Greek descent, reflecting upon their forebears, and/or their succeeding generations, as well as upon themselves. Their stories provide personal, diverse, and often powerfully moving insights into their familys’ generational development - the opportunities, the hopes, the challenges, the changes, the inspiration, the courage, the failures, the regrets, the sorrows, and the achievements. Collectively, their stories also provide personal perspectives into generational notions of diasporic Hellenic identity, trans-culturality, inter-culturality and hybridity in a world that, over the last 200 years, has progressively embraced ever increasing global connectivity and interdependence.Ti na kanoumeTi na kanoumeWhat can we do?What can we do?Ola ine tikheOla ine tikheAll is luckAll is fateAll I can do is tell the tale- Sea of Many Returns, Arnold Zable, 200
engaging and linking communities
Get PDF"In Their Own Image: Greek-Australians" National Project was established 21 years ago by photographer Effy Alexakis and historian Leonard Janiszewski. We are researching and documenting the Greek-Australian historical and contemporary presence both nationally and internationally—resulting in books, research articles, multimedia displays, successful international touring exhibitions and a documentary for television. In 2001, the proj ect became an associate of the Australian History Museum at Macquarie University. We provide lectures, photographic exhibitions and workshops both within the University and as an outreach activity, as well as maintain our ongoing research. That the Australian History Museum has incorporated our project within the University is both unique and significant. Projects dealing with ethnic groups have tended to be marginalized, but our current situation facilitates the mainstreaming of such research and recognition of the cultural and ethnic diversity and hybridism of Australia's past. The project acts as a conduit between the Museum, the University and Greek-Australians, and engages the broader community through the activities arising from the research relationship. Our current research project, '"American Beauties' at the Niagara Cafe," which will result in the production of a major book and touring exhibition, provides an excellent example of how such a relationship can provide previously untapped documentation and material to university museums and collections
'American Beauties' at the Niagara: the marriage of American food catering ideas to British-Australian tastes and the birth of the classic Australian 'Greek cafe'
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Shakin’ the World Over: The Greek-Australian Milk Bar
Get PDFIn Sydney, late in 1932, Joachim Tavlaridis — known as Mick Adams — opened Australia’s
first modern “American-style” milk bar: the Black & White 4d. Milk Bar. Indeed,
Adams’ milk bar was the world’s first. Within five years, there were some four thousand
milk bars operating in Australia. Most were Greek-run. By the mid-1930s, Greeks
had taken the concept to New Zealand. At the same time, Great Britain also quickly
imported the idea, and attempts were made to introduce it to the United States; although
influenced by food-catering enterprises in America, “milk bars” did not exist there.
Milk bars even appear to have reached Fiji not long after their initial success in Australia.
Adams’ refreshment revolution became both an Australian and international
food-catering icon. This paper provides an insight into the milk bar’s international
cross-cultural origins, its development within Australia, its subsequent distribution
overseas, and its role as a vehicle for Americanisation
Greek currents in Australian waters: Greek-Australians and the sea, 1810s–2013
No full textThe sea has been an important element in the history of both the ancient and modern
Greeks, providing passage, local livelihoods and access to international trade. In the
modern era, Antipodean waters have been part of this ongoing relationship. The sea
brought the earliest Greek settlers to Australia, together with the majority of post-World
War II Greek migrants, offering them employment opportunities, adventure, recreation
and sport. This paper provides evidence of the significance of the Greek contribution
to Australia’s maritime activities — a contribution that has helped to mould modern
Australia’s connection with the sea
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