Summary

Black and white photograph of Katina Papageorgiou holding a beach ball at Albert Park Beach in the late 1950s. The beach was opposite her home where she lived with her siblings. All five siblings in the family had recently migrated from Greece without their parents, in the 1950s. Their house was on the corner of Beach Road and Albert Road. The stories that these siblings tell of their early young life in Australia centred on this beach.

Born in Greece in 1933, Athanasia Papageorgiou migrated to Australia in the mid 1950s. She was a dressmaker designer and had her own business in Greece. When she came to Australia Athanasia initially worked as a seamstress in the government munitions factory making parachutes. After marrying Konstantinos Papadimitropoulos she bought an overlocker and worked from home sewing pyjamas, while raising two children. In 1972 the family bought a milk bar and were in this business for 20 years. Athanasia passed away on 27 July 2005.

Description of Content

Woman in swimming suit, standing on the beach next to a beach umbrella, holding a beach ball.

Physical Description

Black and white photograph

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