Greeks in Melbourne
In the 1850s, during Australia’s gold rush, a large group of immigrants arrived from Greece. As a result, outside of Greece and Cyprus, Melbourne now has the largest Greek population (over 173,000)!
Even though Greek culture is no longer widely practiced in Australia, the country still maintains a significant bilateral economic trade relationship with Greece, valued at more than AUS $140 million in value.
The Only Country-Continent
Australia is the only country on its own that occupies a whole continent, and Australians are quite proud of that. The fact that they are an island in the heart of the ocean helps and makes the Australian people quite autonomous.
Even though the vast majority of Australia’s landmass is uninhabited wilderness, even though it doesn’t appear to be very large, Australia is roughly the same size as the continental United States.