1993

Pogas, John

Vlahou, Spiros

Greeks in Australia

HT 2000.0161

Digitised

History Trust of South Australia

1842 to 1993

Description
This framed family tree shows generations on a drawing of an oak tree. Across the top of the tree are the words,’The Pogas Family Tree’, written in Greek letters. The central feature, the oak tree, is drawn in autumn and green colours. The drawing was done by Spiro Vlahou, a friend of the donor. From the base to the top of the brown tree trunk are depicted, with black and white photographs, the Greek-born generations of the Pogas family, dating from 1842. They are represented by autumn tone leaves to indicate deceased generations. In the background is a faint representation in blue of a map of Greece, and a Greek flag. At the top of the trunk is a photograph of John Pogas, as he was at the time he immigrated to Australia. Above him is a large colour photograph of a Pogas family gathering taken in 1979 when John’s mother visited him in Australia. Above that are colour photographs, branching out across the top of the tree, of the Australian-born generations of the Pogas family. They are represented by green leaves to indicate the living generations. In the back ground is a faint map of Australia, drawn in orange colours and a yellow sun with rays radiating across the tree. There is also a map of Australia. To the left of the tree is a colour photograph of men in Greek national costume with the Greek village of Flambouro in the background. This is the village the Pogas family comes from. Below that photograph is a poem John Pogas wrote about his village in Greece. Below that is a summary of the members of the 6 generations of the Pogas family, indicating with flags the Greek-born and Australian-born generations. On the right side of the tree is a poem written by the donor in Greek and English about Australia, his adopted country. Below this is a colour photograph of the Acropolis. At the base of the tree is a handwritten listing of the males of the Pogas line, with a summary of each of their lives. This family tree is framed in a dark decorative wooden frame, with picture wire attached at the back for hanging on a wall.


Dimension
Type: Total
Height: 1120
Width: 750
Depth: 50
Unit (Lengths): mm

Drawing

Photographs

The Pogas Family Tree