Greek Australians in their own image: Jeremiah Williams – a 'Golden Greek' (1870s)

Effy Alexakis; Leonard Janiszewski

Greek Australians in their own image: Jeremiah Williams – a 'Golden Greek' (1870s)

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Abstract

Jeremiah Williams (Gerasimos Vasilakis), migrated from Greece and joined the rush to the Australian goldfields during the second-half of the 19th century. He was a member of the mining gang that extracted the 'Holtermann Nugget' from the Holtermann and Beyers mine at Hill End on the NSW Central-Western Goldfields in 1872. His was a member of the first collective settlement of Greeks in Australia located at Hill End–Tambaroora. Descendants still live in the district.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Greek City Times
Publication status	Published - 15 Nov 2021

Keywords

Greek migration and settlement
Australian gold rushes
mining
Hill End goldfield

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Greek Australians in their own image: Jeremiah Williams – a 'Golden Greek' (1870s)

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