00:00It may not be Mykonos, but for the Greeks who live on this small South Australian island,
00:08it's close enough.
00:09You should soak some of these in ouzo too.
00:12You should soak everything in ouzo there.
00:14You can see the water that side, you've got the mountains on that side, and that's a pretty
00:18traditional view in most of the Greek islands.
00:20Siblings Nix and Darnas and Koulakorni Atarkas call Wirruna Island, just outside Port Pirie,
00:26home, while their brother Fred lives in the town.
00:29I've got my young grandson, he's sixth generation Greek, still living in Port Pirie.
00:37How does that make you feel?
00:40Yeah, very proud.
00:43Just down the road lives Nix's friend, Nick.
00:50Nick Kataras grew up in Port Pirie.
00:52His family's links to the area date back to the 1920s, and it was around that time, about
00:57100 years ago, that the Greek community of Port Pirie Club was created.
01:04Established in 1924, it's SA's longest running Greek club and Australia's second oldest.
01:10A lot of Greeks came here to work in the smelters, they came here, you know, through working
01:15on the ships, a lot of seafarers, and a lot of people came here to farm.
01:19We're proud of our heritage, and we're proud to share it with people as well.
01:22You know, when you think about the bigger cities, and we're just a little dot on the
01:26map, yeah, we are, you know, very proud, very proud.
01:30The Greeks who still live in and around Port Pirie continue to celebrate where they've
01:35come from, and create their own little slice of home.
01:39And that celebration culminated on the weekend, with 350 people attending a ball to acknowledge
01:45the club's centenary.
01:47Many returning to the town to remember their Greek heritage, to share stories, laughter,
01:53and the dance floor.
01:56And if the passion for culture continues, they'll be celebrating here for another hundred
02:00years.
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