Nicholas Xynias AO BEM (20 March 1933 – 25 January 2015) was an Egyptian-born Greek Australian multiculturalism advocate.
[1] Throughout the 1980s, Xynias fought to establish a multicultural nursing home, and in August 1988 the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland purchased the Berlasco Court Nursing Centre in Indooroopilly and used it to realise Xynias' vision of providing culturally inclusive care for older people from various ethnic backgrounds.
[3][5] In 1989, Xynias established the Community Options Program so older people from diverse ethnic backgrounds could receive assistance in their homes.
[3][6] Xynias was a founding member of Regional Development Australia and its forerunner, the Greater Brisbane Area Consultative Committee from 2000 until 2009 when he served as the organisation's deputy chairperson.
[7] Prior to his death in 2015, Xynias had been appointed to the Queensland advisory committee for the commemoration of the Anzac Centenary.