Born in Melbourne, Ray Fogolyan, traces his roots back to Armenia. His grandfather’s family was displaced following the Russian annexation of Armenia in the aftermath of World War I. They moved to Hungary where Ray’s father was born.

Following World War II, like many European migrants, Ray’s grandparents moved to Australia and settled on the outskirts of Melbourne.

Ray has fond memories growing up in Melbourne and going to a school that was 80% Greek and 20% Italian.

He decided to take an apprenticeship as a carpenter and eventually taught carpentry at vocational school.

Ray’s introduction to the Territory was to attend a christening of a friend’s daughter. That led to an opportunity to start a business providing pre-purchase residential property inspection reports. That was 2004.

Now semi-retired, Ray continues to run a business he started concurrently in 2010 providing energy ratings on buildings. This is one of his passions having lived in the Territory and experiencing its harsh climate. Ray talks at length about this issue and the challenges with government policy.

This is Ray’s Territory story.

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