Summary

Greek passport issued to Iraklis Mangos in 1964.
Iraklis Mangos migrated from Piraeus Greece to Melbourne, arriving on the RHMS Patris in March 1964. During the voyage he met fellow Greek migrant Fani Nitsou. In 1967, he met Fani again, they fell in love and in 1968 they married at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Richmond.
They visited Greece in 1977 and have never regretted their move to Australia.

Physical Description

Blue cover 32-page passport with gold printed lettering on cover. Text in Greek and French throughout. Titled: 'Royaume de Grece/Passeport' with Greek Coat of Arms. Pages document owner's name, nationality, birth date and a number of Greek and Australian stamps. Page 3 has a black and white photograph of Iraclis Mangos stapled. Page 7 is an Australian visa for Iraclis Mangos and the last page has an attached paper butt relating to the Department of Immigration.

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.

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