This paper examines a unique period in the early twenty-first century when Greek, Assyrian, and Armenian community members in Australia cooperated to attain genocide recognition. Unlike the Armenian genocide, the lesser-known Greek and Assyrian experiences of violence in the late Ottoman Empire (1914-1923) have been traditionally overlooked by scholars and gained little to no political recognition. However, there has recently been a historical reappraisal of the Greek and Assyrian experiences of violence in relation to the Armenian genocide. By using an oral history method, this paper investigates the transmission of trauma through time and place, and how the past is remembered within families and communities. It also examines how the three groups have negotiated memories to attain genocide recognition and re-imagined the Australian military and humanitarian response to the plight of Greek, Assyrian, and Armenian victims, survivors, and refugees from the Ottoman Empire between 1915-1930. This paper ultimately contends that while divergences and differences inform how the three groups remember the past within their respective communities, a common understanding and shared memory of the past informs genocide recognition efforts.
