In 2021, a precinct in Marrickville, a suburb in Sydney’s inner west, was named ‘Little Greece’. Situated on Gadigal Country, Marrickville is celebrated as a “birthplace” of Australian multiculturalism. Indeed, after the Second World War, many Greeks came to call the suburb home, as did a plethora of other migrant groups, especially members of the Vietnamese and Portuguese diasporas. Using this migrant place naming episode as an entry point for the critical study of multicultural heritage in Australia, this chapter explores how Indigenous sovereignty was directly exercised via a Welcome to Country that took place during the launch of Little Greece. Charting the Indigenous and colonial-cum-multicultural histories of Marrickville alongside the cultural commentary and public art, the chapter argues that the naming of Little Greece on Gadigal Country reveals the potential for alternative modes of multicultural heritage making that recognises and centres Indigenous sovereign expression.

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Naming ‘Little Greece’ on Gadigal Country: Rethinking Australian Multiculturalism via Indigenous Sovereignty

  • Andonis Piperoglou

摘要

In 2021, a precinct in Marrickville, a suburb in Sydney’s inner west, was named ‘Little Greece’. Situated on Gadigal Country, Marrickville is celebrated as a “birthplace” of Australian multiculturalism. Indeed, after the Second World War, many Greeks came to call the suburb home, as did a plethora of other migrant groups, especially members of the Vietnamese and Portuguese diasporas. Using this migrant place naming episode as an entry point for the critical study of multicultural heritage in Australia, this chapter explores how Indigenous sovereignty was directly exercised via a Welcome to Country that took place during the launch of Little Greece. Charting the Indigenous and colonial-cum-multicultural histories of Marrickville alongside the cultural commentary and public art, the chapter argues that the naming of Little Greece on Gadigal Country reveals the potential for alternative modes of multicultural heritage making that recognises and centres Indigenous sovereign expression.