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	2023-03-11
Access Rights	Digitised
Rights	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	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
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