Australian Greek Welfare Society, 1970-1997
- Component identifier:
- Series 2
- Content Summary:
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Spiro Moraitis was a key member of the Australian Greek Welfare Society (AGWS) from its inception in 1972 until 1996. During this time, he was president (1972-1979), chairman (1982-1988), Sunday and after school Greek youth activities coordinator (1974-1976), editor of the AGWS monthly newsletter (1972-1979) and education (1974-1981), health (1979-) sub-committee member. Margaret Moraitis was AGWS President from 1992 until 1994.
As official archivist (1972-1996) of AGWS, Spiro Moraitis retained substantial quantities of minutes, agendas and notices from meetings and annual general meetings of the various parts of AGWS, including the Committee and Board.
In addition to administrative papers and correspondence relating to the business of the organisation, there is an assorted collection of general cuttings and papers relevant to the broad welfare interests of AGWS.
- Immediate source of acquisition:
- The collection was donated to the Library by Spiro Moraitis in 2002.
- Names:
- Spiro and Margaret Moraitis
Contents
Access and use
- Parent Restrictions:
- Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2187783).
- Parent Terms of Access:
- Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
- Location of this collection:
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Parkes PlaceCanberra ACT 2600, Australia
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