Volume Two of this award winning work observes the Australians and Greeks in world war and the unsettled interwar year
(1914-1939). Parents and grandparents of many of today's Greek Australians settled in their new country in this period and many Greeks went to war in Australian
uniform. It was a time when some Australians vented their hostility in anti-Greek riots, while others devoted their lives to helping and understanding Greece and its people.
Australians at war in Macedonia and the Aegean contributed bravely to the
Allied cause in little-known campaigns which 'Australians and Greeks' examines
in detail. Miles Franklin's unpublished wartime book, the recollections of Chief
Justice Herring - and of many other Australian men and women who served in
Macedonia and Thrace - are quoted at length for the first time.
The Greek Church beset by scandals and political divisions - was remarkable
for its headstrong clergy and congregations, which Hugh Gilchrist examines with
careful objectivity. In the early decades of the 20th century Australia's Greek
language press began publishing important books and newspapers. The way they too
reflect church and community divisions makes their chequered history an
intriguing one.
Famous Australians who visited Greece include Ross and Heith Smith, the
aviators, and the eminent prehistorian V. Gordon Childe. These and a variety of
travellers, scholars, philanthropists and cranks enliven the pages of Volume
Two. The fascinating range of topics makes Hugh Gilchrist's work a unique
combination of definitive history and rivetting reading.
Contents:
Chronology
1. The Greeks in Wartime Australia
2. Greek Volunteers
3. Aegean War
4. A Colonel in Salonika
5. Australians in Macedonia: The Men
6. Australians in Macedonia: The Women
7. The Chanak Affair
8. The Welfare Workers
9. A Home in Hellas
10. Travellers in Greece
11. A Handful of Writers
12. Waves of Migration
13. Kolios and the Cold Dip
14. Guides for Greeks
15. The Troubled Church
16. Married or Not?
17. The Consols of Greece
18. Bombs in the Club
19. The Greek-Australian Press
20. The 1934 Kalgoorlie Riot
21. The Maritime Connection
22. Tangled Trade
23. The Quarter-Century
Explanation and Acknowledgements
Notes and Sources
Appendix 1. Greeks in the First AIF and ANMEF
Appendix 2. Australia Soldiers in Macedonia
Appendix 3. Australian Nurses in Macedonia
Appendix 4. Voyages by Greek Ships
Appendix 5. Statistics of Greek-Australia Trade
Index
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