In the early 1920s the Greek Consul General in Queensland, Christy Freeleagus, attempted to persuade Australian politicians, diplomats and immigration officials to grant assisted passage and allotments of land to Greek refugees. Making representations in the United Kingdom and Australia, Freeleagus claimed that Greek refugees, who were displaced due to an imposed transfer of populations between Greece and Turkey in 1923, would make ideal agricultural settlers. While Freeleagus’ representations for a Greek land settlement scheme were ultimately unsuccessful, his advocacy reveals how Australia’s preference for British immigration overshadowed any likelihood that displaced Greeks could be humanitarianly assisted to immigrate and resettle in Australia as farmers. By focusing on Freeleagus’ advocacy and the refusal of Australian immigration officials to assist displaced Greeks, this article ties Australian history to studies on Greek-Turkish population exchange. It also reveals how the interwar dynamics of land settlement and immigration restriction in White Australia were interlinked.

1920年代初，希腊驻昆士兰总领事克里斯蒂·弗里里格斯（Christy Freeleagus）试图说服澳大利亚政客，外交官和移民官员为希腊难民提供土地的辅助通行和配给。Freeleagus在英国和澳大利亚做代表，声称希腊难民由于理想的农业定居者而流离失所，这些难民是由于1923年在希腊和土耳其之间强行转移人口而流离失所的。虽然弗里维格斯对希腊土地安置计划的陈述最终没有成功，但他的主张揭示了澳大利亚偏爱英国移民的方式如何掩盖了流离失所的希腊人可以被人道主义援助作为农民移民和定居澳大利亚的可能性。通过关注Freeleagus的主张和澳大利亚移民官员拒绝协助流离失所的希腊人，本文将澳大利亚的历史与希腊-土耳其人口交换的研究联系起来。这也揭示了白澳大利亚的两次世界大战之间的土地定居和移民限制是如何相互联系的。