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AUSTRALIA & GREECE
Australia and Greece have a close bilateral relationship based on historical ties and the rich contribution of Greek Australians to Australian society.

The 2016 Census recorded 93,740 Greek-born people in Australia and 397,431 people who claimed Greek ancestry. The Greek-born population in Australia is largely concentrated in Victoria and New South Wales. Melbourne is a Sister City to Thessaloniki.

TEAM GREECE
Have you ever wanted to pull on your national jumper and represent your country?

Playing Footy 9s gives you an opportunity to do just that! It’s a fun and exciting new sport, with both full contact (tackling) and non-contact (no tackling) options to choose from.

If you are of Greek descent and keen to represent Greece, please join the Team Greece Facebook group.

AFL PLAYERS
The Greek Team of the Century was a representative team chosen in 2004. The criterion for selection was that any Greek blood whatsoever constituted eligibility for the team.

Luke Beveridge, Ang Christou, Peter Daicos, Andrew Demetriou, George Lakes, Daniel Metropolis, Gary Frangalas, John Georgiou, Con Gorozidis, Peter Kanis, Arthur Karanicolas, Spiro Kourkoumelis, Anthony Koutoufides, Angelo Lekkas, Spiro Malakellis, Steve Malaxos, Alex Marcou, Russell Morris, Chris Pavlou, Lou Richards, Ron Richards, John Rombotis, Tony Spassopoulos, Jason Traianidis, Zeno Tzatzaris, Vasil Varlamos, Charlie Pannam Snr., Charlie Pannam Jnr.