Well-known as a multicultural haven, Melbourne’s Greek population has given the city a wealth of Mediterranean culture. With an annual Greek Festival that packs the historically Greek Lonsdale Street, you could say Greek-Australians are just more one group that make Melbourne arguably the most livable city on the planet!
177-183 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
197 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Greek immigrants to Australia bring such rich cultural history to their home home in Melbourne. Australian cultural historian Professor Joy Damousi has even remarked that the Greek community, “transformed Melbourne’s culture through its immediate difference like food […] the Greeks have made a great successful migration story.” Clearly, it seems lambs gyros and souvlaki have found a home with the Aussies. In fact, the numbers back up this little joke; Melbourne now holds the largest population of Greek people outside of Greece itself. Outside of their ancestral homeland, Greek restaurants in Melbourne may be the most authentic-tasting in the world.
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