Port Pirie's modern Greek community

Yianni Cartledge

Port Pirie's modern Greek community

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Abstract

The Port Pirie Greek community was a nexus of early Greek emigration to South Australia and continues to thrive. The community hosts frequent events, with fortnightly Saturday dinners and Sunday luncheons being reintroduced in 2021.¹ The Greek Orthodox Church of St George on Florence Street, which replaced the original wooden church on David Street in 1960, holds regular services and is headed by Father Angelos Drapaniotis and President Emanuel Skorpos.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	South Australia, 1919-1939
Subtitle of host publication	Essays from the Professional Historians Association (SA)
Editors	Brian Dickey, Caroline Adams
Place of Publication	Adelaide
Publisher	Professional Historians Association South Australia (PHA SA)
Chapter	16
Pages	196-197
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9780992333232
Publication status	Published - May 2022

Keywords

Port Pirie
Greek Community
Orthodox Church

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Port Pirie's modern Greek community

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Ikarians in SA, 1900-1945: Outcomes

Ikarians in SA: 1900-1945

Greek Islander Migration to South Australia during the Interwar Period: Emigration, Settlement and Community Building

Beyond the ‘Red Rock’: the Ikarian Revolution (1912), political radicalism, and the Ikarian diaspora

Greeks

GRONTHOS and SAFOS Families

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Port Pirie's modern Greek community

Abstract

Keywords

Other files and links

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Ikarians in SA, 1900-1945: Outcomes

Ikarians in SA: 1900-1945

Greek Islander Migration to South Australia during the Interwar Period: Emigration, Settlement and Community Building

Research output

Beyond the ‘Red Rock’: the Ikarian Revolution (1912), political radicalism, and the Ikarian diaspora

Greeks

GRONTHOS and SAFOS Families

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