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The Australian Savior of Thousands of Pontian Greek Refugees

The statue of George Treloar next to Pontian girl Lemona at Ballarat. Credit: https://monumentaustralia.org.au/ Australian military officer George Treloar saved thousands of Pontian Greek refugees who were forced to flee their ancestral homes in Turkey in the 1920s. In 2019 Greek Australians raised money to create a statue of Treloar, the savior of Pontus Hellenism. Seated […]

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