Description of Content
Boy and girl seated on floor 'cracking the eggs' at Easter. The eggs are dyed pinkish red. This photograph shows the photographer Andriana Papanastasiou's children 'cracking the eggs' at Easter, Yarraville, 1977. This tradition of dyeing the eggs was a family affair. Andriana remembers 'The idea was to have the strongest egg, one by one cracked all the others until you are the 'winner'. This egg signified luck and prosperity in the coming year.'
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Home & Community, Leisure, Migration & Cultural Diversity, Images & Image Making
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Mrs Andriana Papanastasiou, Date Range 28 No 2006
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Place & Date Depicted
Yarraville, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1977
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Photographer
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Individuals Identified
Papanastasiou, George; Papanastasiou, Angela
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Format
Digital file, TIFF, Colour
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Inscriptions
Greek inscription - translated: "Easter 77"
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Type of item
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Keywords
Food & Drink Consumption, Families, Immigration, Portraits, Greek Immigration, Greek Communities, Religions: Greek Orthodox, Families
