otb,

Everybody's got their own poison.
Mine happen to be facts and evidence.
Terms - you obviously are unfamiliar with.
I shall leave you at your continued attempts
of stirring and baiting.
Whatever's eating you must be suffering terribly!

Fox,

You would say that. You are on the back foot.

All of that quoting from Costello is a red herring. Your opinions and world view and Costellos's are chalk and cheese.

It is also about trying to gain credibility/standing for yourself through assumed association/commonality with someone who is known and believable. Allows you to side-step inconvenient questions too. Very tricky.

You channel the very dated Phillip Adams and his ilk, or the modern day equivalent and human headline, SHY from the Greens.

Foxy,

I got it wrong, the colonial society in NSW in 1788 was an homogeneous society having a single culture and speaking only one language.
Ridiculous assertions that there were 60 nationalities represented among the First Fleeters should be dismissed as the myth that it is.
Likewise Greek migration is also probably a myth and it is well known that the influx of people attracted to the Gold Rushes were all from the UK.
An outstanding character at the Eureka Stokade was one Rafaello Carboni, it is thought that this was an alias used by a Scot whose accent was incomprehensible.

Back to the Greeks,
"From the last decade of the 19th century until WWI the number of Greeks Immigrating to Australia increased steadily and Hellenic communities were reasonably well established in Melbourne and Sydney at this time. The Greek language press had begun in Australia and in 1913, Australia had the first Greek weekly newspaper that was published in Melbourne. During WWI Greece remained neutral, eventually joining the side of the Allies. In 1916 the Australian government responded to this by placing a special prohibition on the entry of Greeks and Maltese people to Australia that was not lifted until 1920. There were a number of anti-Greek outbursts as a result of the neutrality stance by Greece, often instigated by Australian soldiers on leave. During these outbursts Greek shops or cafes were badly damaged or destroyed, with the worst rioting occurring in Kalgoorlie and Boulder."
This from Wikipedia, who have obviously got it wrong.
(contd.)

(contd.)
Here's another myth from Wiki
"Irish language
The first convicts and soldiers to arrive in Australia included a large number of Irish speakers, an example being private Patrick Geary, who in 1808 acted as court translator for Patrick Henchan, a convict accused of theft.[what rubbish, a translator in a colony where English was the language of everyone] A contemporary account from 1800 refers to convicts speaking Irish among themselves (this being interpreted as a sign of sedition), and it was acknowledged in the 1820s that priests could not perform their duties in the colony of New South Wales without a knowledge of the language.[garbage] There is a reference to Irish-speaking bushrangers in Van Diemen's Land in the early nineteenth century."
Utter rubish, if this were so it would indicate that there was more than one culture in the Colony.

I'm with you now,Foxy, multicultural Australia started after WW II.

otb,

1)Quoting Peter Costello was spot on.
It was right on the topic and therefore - a vital
part of this discussion.

2) You do not know what my world view is
nor that of Mr Costello. And my opinions are
not set in concrete. I do not see the world
in very rigid and stereotyped terms as you do.
Your comments are invalid - they also are irrelevant
to this discussion. For all you know
there just may be a family connection between
myself and Peter Costello's family.
Do not make assumptions about people you have never
met and do not know.

3) Philip Adams has nothing to do with this
discussion - neither do the Greens, Cinderella,
or Little Red Riding Hood.

Dear Is Mise,

Thank You for your kind words.

I look forward to many further discussions
with you in the future.