The introduction of Greek culture to Australia has allowed Australians to see a different way of life. However, Government policies such as the Immigration Restriction Act, also known as the ‘White Australia' policy prevented a number of Greeks attempting to immigrate over to Australia. The aim of the law was to limit non-white (particularly Asian) immigration to Australia, to help keep Australia ‘British’. They could be asked to take a dictation test, which consisted of writing 50 words, in any language chosen by an officer. Failure of the dictation test risked deportation.
While many Greek people have a shared way of life, the larger population is made up of many smaller communities based in the towns within Greece where they were born. There is one major religion across all of Greece, which is Eastern Orthodox, which is followed by over 90% of the