The first Greek-Australian Indigenous man: George Pappas: What we know

In 1814, George Papas was born in colonial Sydney. He was recorded as a "Man of Colour", a part Indigenous Australian whose father may have been a visiting Greek sailor (Greeks, particularly Ionian islanders, were conspicuous as crewmen on British vessels). If so, then Papas was the start of a Greek presence in Australia. A chat with historian Leonard Janiszewski.

The Australian Indigenous and the Greek Flag Source: Wikipedia

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St Steven's Church in Newtown, Sydney. First Greek Indigenous George Pappas was probably buried here. Source: Wikipedia

Leonard Janiszewski is a Research Fellow with the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Source: Supplied