Paroulakis H. Peter
LL.B University of Melbourne
Greek Migration in Australia: A Fourth-Generation Perspective.
Abstract
For several generations, since the first Greek migrants arrived in Australia at the beginning of the 20th century, their main focus has been on finding employment, establishing new families, and providing for their comfort and security.
This establishment phase of economic struggle to survive and prosper, through tireless effort and despite many obstacles, has generally achieved widespread success and deep respect in the mainstream Australian community.
Today, after nearly a century, this struggle has been largely overshadowed by the success stories of many wealthy Greek entrepreneurs, prominent public figures in politics and entertainment, and high-level professionals across every field of scholarship.
These achievements are highly noteworthy and important because they sustain life, but it is now time to address a deeper question: what do we stay alive for?
Biography
Mr Peter H. Paroulakis LL.B, was born in Perth, educated in Melbourne and he is graduate in Law from the University of Melbourne. He served as Honorary Consul of Greece in the Northern Territory 1983-1991.
He has given committed support for many years to Hellenic Australian activities. He was elected first National Chairman of the Greek Orthodox Youth of Australia. He has served as a legal adviser to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in Victoria, a member of the Victorian Governments’ Ethnic Affairs Advisory Council and as President of the Hellenic Alliance in Victoria. He has been an executive member of the Australia Day Council, a member of the Australian Institute of Foreign Affairs and the Australian – Britain society.
Intensely proud of his heritage. He is the author of the book Author The Greek War of Independence (two editions) with its wealth of researched detail, to share with others, of Hellenic or other origins, the moving story of the struggle for liberty and independence that led to the birth of the modern Greek nation.
