Pioneering history of migrant Greek brides marked

Greek women

Greek women Source: AAP

They were known as the brides of the Begona 900 women who came to Australia from Greece to meet their future husbands.


Around a third of them had never met the men they'd agreed to marry.

This year marks 60 years since their historic journey.


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