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Wedding Invitation – Eric [Iraklis] Mangos & Faye [Fani] Nitsou, Melbourne, 1968

SubjectAustralia–Emigration and immigration—History
Foreign workers, Greek
Australia–Social life and customs
Marriage records
Voyages and travels
Category5. Cold War (including Decolonisation)
KeywordsGreeks in Australia
PersonNitsos, Fani
Mangos, Iraklis
Current HolderMuseums Victoria Collections
Period Of Reference 1968/1968
Item NumberHT 28892
Access RightsRequest from onsite storage
Country Of OriginAustralia
PlaceMelbourne
Language Greek (Modern)
English
Description From SourceOverall Dimensions – Closed 105 mm (Width), 145 mm (Height) Invitation, in Greek and English, to the wedding of Eric and Faye Mangos in Melbourne on 2 June 1968. Wedding invitation, stiff cream paper folded twice. Paper has a textured finish. Front embossed in gold lettering ‘Marriage’ and image of a wedding couple and a bird holding an invitation. Inside has text on English and Greek Significance The Mangos family collection explores the migration experiences of two Greek people who arrived during the high point of Greek migration to Australia after World War II. The Australian Greek population doubled to 140,000 between 1961 and 1966. Their meeting on the ship and subsequent marriage is a classic migration narrative, as is the theme of chain migration which runs across three generations. It also enables the telling of the pre-migration experiences which partly resulted in the family relocation.
Physical FormatCorrespondence
Date Accessed2023-06-07
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