Greek-Australian Archive – Father Christos Vergos
Item
- Title
- Greek-Australian Archive – Father Christos Vergos
- Subject
- Australia--Emigration and immigration—History
- Immigrants
- Greek language, Modern
- Voyages and travels
- New South Wales
- Religion
- Category
- 5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
- Author
- Doumanis, Nick
- Keywords
- Greeks in Australia
- Oral history
- Creator
- Vergos, Christos
- Current holder
- State Library of New South Wales
- Date
- March 11, 2023
- Access rights
- Digitised
- Rights
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Copyright holder : State Library of New South Wales Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Place
- Liverpool
- Language
- Greek (Modern)
- Description from source
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Interviewer: Nick Doumanis Occupation: Maintenance worker, priest Year of arrival: 1963 Method of transport: Ship Father Christos Vergos was born in 1939 to a poor farming family in the central Peloponnese. He migrated to Australia in 1963 to join his sister in Wagga Wagga, where she and her husband ran a café. He later took up a role with Qantas in Sydney, working in aircraft maintenance. At the same time, he joined a committee to establish a parish church in Belmore, where he also served as a chanter. After marrying his wife, Sofia, in 1967, he was ordained a priest, and was assigned to set up a new parish church in Liverpool, NSW. Interview summary Father Christos’ interview is mainly concerned with his path to becoming a priest and the creation of the parish church in Liverpool. However, he also discusses his life before becoming a priest and his family life.
- Physical format
- Sound recording
- Related resources
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4892/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4893/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4894/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4895/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4896/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4897/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4898/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4899/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4900/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4901/
- https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/texts/4902/