The Greek Macedonians of Shepparton : a study of immigrant assimilation in a rural area of Australia

Abstract

This is a study of immigrants from the Fiorina district of Greek Macedonia who have become orchardists in an irrigated , closely settled area of northern Victoria in Australia. Its purpose is to analyze the assimilation process among agricultural settlers but the details used to illustrate assimilation (or the absence of i t ) serve also as an account of the problems and adjustment of first generation Macedo-Slav settlers , about whom little has been written. The thesis divides readily into two parts: the first three chapters presenting background information and the rest analyzing assimilation.