Greek Community, including Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV), 1971-1997

Component identifier:

Series 11

Content Summary:

The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) was established in 1897 as the first Greek and one of the first ethnic community organisations in Australia. In addition to its religious functions, it has fulfilled various welfare and advocacy roles, provided Greek language and culture classes and been responsible for two bilingual schools. GOCMV is a significant property holder, as represented in the collection by, for example, material relating to St. Dimitrios Community Centre, Prahran.

Spiro Moraitis was a member of the Community from the 1950s and Vice-President of GOCMV from 1971 to 1974.

The Files in boxes consist largely of press cuttings, mostly from Neos Kosmos/New Generation, interspersed with meeting-related documents, notices, single copies of articles and journals.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by Spiro Moraitis in 2002.

Names:

Spiro and Margaret Moraitis

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