Rennie Ellis was an award-winning photographer celebrated for his photographs of life and culture in Melbourne. Ellis struck fame in the 1980’s for his societal photography for high profile magazines. This put him in high demand by the rich and famous to record their flamboyant parties, and in turn he changed the course of social photography in Australia. Ellis lived and worked in Stonnington with a home and studio in Prahran. In the 1970’s, he opened his own photographic gallery, Brummels Gallery, in South Yarra. Ellis’ work in Stonnington reads like an iconic historical archive of happenings and people, a recollection and celebration of human activity.stonnington contemporary art collection, photography, social history, greek easter, windsor, rennie ellis

The photograph was taken during the Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations at Rousano, Exoghi on the island of Ithaca in 1947. The religious observance of Easter is very important events in the Greek Orthodox calendar and takes precedence over the Christmas observances. Easter Sunday is a day of celebration when the fast is broken and traditionally families come together to enjoy roast lamb usually on the spit.A black and white photograph of people gathered around a picnic in a rural setting. There are trees in the background and mountains in the distance. The photograph is one of a pair and has been backed onto cream board and laminated. A narrow typed label has been stuck across the bottom of the picture. Translated from the Greek: Easter at Rousano, Exoghi 1947. Photograph archives: Stathi Raftopoulos.

The photograph was taken in 1947 at Rousano, an area located close to the village of Exoghi, Ithaca during the Greek Orthodox Easter Sunday celebrations at which the roasting of lamb on the spit is a tradition. A black and white photograph of a group of people in an outdoor rural setting, gathered around three men who are sitting next to a spit upon which meat is being roasted over an open fire. The photograph is one of a pair which have been mounted on cream board and laminated. celebrations, easter

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Ordinary meeting notice including reports from Council's officers Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Proposed Conference Council Officers and Preventatives of Smorgon Consolidated Industries Proposed Conference Between Victorian Railways and Councils Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board Election of Representative Proposal to close part of Butler Street to Traffic Transfer of Funds from Resort and Recreation Account Use of Sunshine Tip by Present Regional and Commerial Users Unexpected Load Funds Albion Tennis Club Request for Bingo Sunshine Croquet Club Request For Bingo Financial Statement for the Year Ended 30th September 1992 Multiple Sclerosis Society Application To Conduct Fundraising Report of Officer Committee on Recreation Facilities and Open Space Shed on Diamond Avenue Reserve Agreements St. Albans High School & Tottenham Technical School Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Services Dental Clinic Furlong Road Hospital Councill Sponsorship to Housing Commission Flats Showers Street Braybrook Salvation Army Services Advisory Committee Emergency Relief Reimbursement Pre-School Advisory Service Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premise Under The Health Act 15 Suffolk Road Sunshine North Report of the Medical Officer of Health Report of the Superintendent Traffic and By-Laws Greek Orthodox Easter Celebrations ANZAC Commemorative March Derelict Vehicles Cat Control Naming of Reserves Place Names Committee Kevin Wheelahan Gardens Snake Eradication Report of the Chief Librarian Rainbow Workshop National Seminar for Community Arts Offices Report of the City Engineer / Planner Sunshine Tip Sunshine Shopping Centre Excavations Planning Permit Industrial Sales Lot 9 Ballarat Road Albion Planning Permit Factory Extensions 11 – 13 Judge Street Sunshine Planning Permit Container Storage, Repairs & General Service 600 Geelong Road Brooklyn Planning Permit Promotion Panel Levingston 423 Somerville Road Footscray West Delegated Matters Pedestrian Operated Signals in Station Road near Montasell Avenue Deer Park Proposed Intersection Signals Hampshire Road / Hertford Road Sunshine Sunshine Council V Lend Lease Estates Availability of Sewers Deer Park Albion Football Club Pavilion Parsons Reserve Works carried out at The Hub Complex Willis Street Pre-School Centre Hume Street Child Care Centre Replacement of Hot Water Service Municipal Offices North Sunshine Pre-School Centre Phoenix Street Sunshine North Municipal Offices Proposed Works on Roof Above Council Chambers Report of the Building Surveyor Substandard Allotment of Land 64 Cornwall Road Sunshine Renewal of Building Permit Lots 41, 42 & 43 Cromer Avenue Sunshine North Building Over Easement 45 Novara Parade St. Albans city of sunshine, alexander "alex" george gillon, smorgans, somerville road, tottenham, butler street, braybrook, sunshine tip, albion tennis club, selwyn park, selwyn street, albion, sunshine croquet club, stanford street, sunshine, st. albans high school, tottenham technical school, main road east, st. albans, south road, suffolk road, sunshine north, furlong road, kevin wheelahan gardens, ballarat road, judge street, geelong road, brooklyn, footscray west, station road, montasell avenue, deer park, hampshire road, hertford road, albion football club, parsons reserve, willis street pre-school centre, willis street, the hub, sun crescent, hume street child care centre, city of sunshine municipal offices, alexandra avenue, north sunshine pre-school centre, phoenix street, cornwall road, cromer avenue, novara parade

Notice of Ordinary Meeting of the Council 15th April 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Land Transfer Sunshine R.S.L. Land Purchase From I.C.I. (The Hunt Club Hotel) & I.C.I. Oval Albanvale Community Building Delegation of Authority to Committee of Management Vicswim Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Service Highpoint West Child Care Centre Rate Remission for Pensioners Emergency Housing Special Youth Development Projects Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation Educational Programme for Unemployed Youth Youth Refuge Youth Emergency Accommodation Committee Volunteer Youth Resource Group Questionnaire Demand for Elderly Persons' Units in Sunshine Castley Hall Urgent Maintenance Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Roberts Crescent Infant Welfare Centre & Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Charge for Police Witness Attendance at Sunshine Court in Litter Case Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Pollution Control Community Pediatric Practice Seminar Werribee 21st April 1980 Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Dog Act Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Swimming Pool By-Law Council Reserves By-Law Proposed Softball Matches More Park by Sunshine District Women's Softball Association Greek orthodox easter Celebration Report of the City Librarian Extension to Central Library Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Shooting Gallery Tallintyre Reserve Abutting Hyett Court Report of the City Engineer & Planner Proposed Amendment No 120 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Warehouse (Amended Plans) Lot 18 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Warehouse & Office Lot 26 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Furniture & Carpet Sales Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Car Sales, Motor Repairs & Junk Yard 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Shop & Office Extensions 811 & 811A Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Illuminated Fascia Sign 327B Main Road East St. Albans Planning Permit Application Caravan Park Sunshine Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Three Villa Units Lots 3 & 4 Cooper Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lots 22, 23 & 24 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Application L.P. Gas Tank North West Corner Monash Street & Duke Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application L.P. Gas Storage Raleigh Nursery Pty Ltd Lots 20 to 27 Derby Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Radio Mast 866 Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Flammable Liquid Store 3 Hulett Street Albion Planning Permit Application Furniture, Warehouse & Showroom Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Two Factories and Caretaker's Residence Lots 40 & 41 Butler Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Floodlighting and Coaching Pits Selwyn Park, Selwyn Street, Albion for Albion Rovers Soccer and Athletic Club Consolidation of Title Fawkner Street Sunshine North Subdivision Bamara Court and Dakara Place Sunshine West Neale Road Construction Deer Park Easement Drain Plantation Street Maribyrnong Consolidation of Title Lots 1059 & 1059 Ridgeway Parade Sunshine West Proposed Subdivision Paw Paw Road and Burgess Road Brooklyn Consolidation of Title Lots 815 & 816 Warrington Crescent Deer Park Strata Subdivision Lot 2 Hortense Street Maribyrnong Plan of Subdivision Neale Road, Fairfax Circuit & Monmouth Close Albanvale Installation of Traffic Signals at Ashley Street and South Road Intersection Braybrook Petition to Install Traffic Lights at Intersection Cornwall Road and Devonshire Road Sunshine Availability of Sewerage Pineneedle Court Albanvale M.M.B.W. Burst Water Main Stradbroke Drive St. Albans and Furlong Road Sunshine North Depot Workshop Rosamond Bowling Club Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Centre, Orama Street Child Care Centre, Diamond Avenue Pre-School and Infant Welfare Centre and Highpoint West Welfare Complex Sunshine Cricket Club Cricket Pavilion Dempster Park Hot Water System Transfer of Lands Sunshine Council / Sunshine R.S.L. Alterations & Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 38 Rhodes Street Sunshine Building Over Easement 20 Novara Parade St. Albans Building Over Easement 18 Bunya Drive St. Albans Building Over Easement 1 Lara Court Deer Park Building Over Easement 7 Charlotte Street Sunshine West Building on Flood Prone Land 10 Navigator Street Maribyrnong Report of the Director of Parks & Rrecreations National Seminar Turf Management 5th to 7th June 1980 Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Order of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 31st March 1980 Proposal to Close a Right of Way off Wright Street to Sunshine West High School Sunshine West Proposal to Close Part of Charlotte Street Sunshine West Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of Maxwell Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of McLaughlin Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of Suspension Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Albanvale Community Building Committee of Management Special Order for Making of By-Law No 128 with Respect to Adopting the By-Law for the Purpose of Preserving Public Decency, Suppressing Nuisances, Controlling and Managing and Preserving Commons and Public reserves of which the Management is Vested in the Council, Generally for Maintaining the Good Rule and Government of the Municipalitydickson street, sunshine, albanvale community centre, albanvale, sunshine r.s.l., i.c.i., the hunt club hotel, ballarat road, deer park, i.c.i. oval, highpoint west child care centre, rosamond road, maribyrnong, castley hall, simmie street, sunshine west, roberts crescent infant welfare centre, roberts crescent, ardeer infant welfare centre, more park, sunshine district women's softball association, esmond street, ardeer, tallintyre reserve, hyett court, kermeen street, mcintyre road, sunshine north, fraser street, geelong road, francis street, brooklyn, main road east, st. albans, sunshine road, cooper street, main road west, monash street, duke street, derby road, hulett street, albion, butler street, braybrook, albion rovers soccer and athletic club, selwyn park, selwyn street, fawkner street, bamara court, dakara place, neale road, plantation street, ridgeway parade, paw paw road, burgess road, warrington crescent, hortense street, fairfax circuit, monmouth close, ashley street, south road, cornwall road, devonshire road, pineneedle court, stradbroke drive, furlong road, rosamond bowling club, bon thomas reserve pre-school centre, quinn street, orama street child care centre, orama street, diamond avenue pre-school and infant welfare centre, diamond avenue, highpoint west welfare complex, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, rhodes street, novara parade, bunya drive, lara court, charlotte street, navigator street, wright street, sunshine west high school, maxwell street, mclaughlin street, suspension street, west street, albanvale community building committee of management

Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on 15th April 1980 Report of the Town Clerk's Department Report of the Town Clerk Supplementary Valuations Land Transfer Sunshine R.S.L. Land Purchase From I.C.I. (The Hunt Club Hotel) & I.C.I. Oval Albanvale Community Building Delegation of Authority to Committee of Management Vicswim Report of the Co-Ordinator of Welfare Service Highpoint West Child Care Centre Rate Remission for Pensioners Emergency Housing Special Youth Development Projects Department of Youth, Sport & Recreation Educational Programme for Unemployed Youth Youth Refuge Youth Emergency Accommodation Committee Volunteer Youth Resource Group Questionnaire Demand for Elderly Persons' Units in Sunshine Castley Hall Urgent Maintenance Report of the Chief Health Surveyor Roberts Crescent Infant Welfare Centre & Ardeer Infant Welfare Centre Charge for Police Witness Attendance at Sunshine Court in Litter Case Health Act Registrations Application for Transfer of Proprietorship of Premises Under the Health Act Prosecutions Proceedings Sunshine Magistrates Court Pollution Control Community Pediatric Practice Seminar Werribee 21st April 1980 Report of the Superintendent Traffic & By-Laws Dog Act Disposal of Derelict Vehicles Swimming Pool By-Law Council Reserves By-Law Proposed Softball Matches More Park by Sunshine District Women's Softball Association Greek orthodox easter Celebration Report of the City Librarian Extension to Central Library Report of the Municipal Recreation Officer Shooting Gallery Tallintyre Reserve Abutting Hyett Court Report of the City Engineer & Planner Proposed Amendment No 120 to the Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme Planning Permit Application Warehouse (Amended Plans) Lot 18 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Eight Flats Lots 1 & 2 Fraser Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Warehouse & Office Lot 26 McIntyre Road Sunshine North Planning Permit Application Furniture & Carpet Sales Corner Geelong Road and Francis Street Brooklyn Planning Permit Application Car Sales, Motor Repairs & Junk Yard 594 Ballarat Road Ardeer Planning Permit Application Shop & Office Extensions 811 & 811A Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Illuminated Fascia Sign 327B Main Road East St. Albans Planning Permit Application Caravan Park Sunshine Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Three Villa Units Lots 3 & 4 Cooper Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application Medical Consulting Rooms Lots 22, 23 & 24 Main Road West St. Albans Planning Permit Application L.P. Gas Tank North West Corner Monash Street & Duke Street Sunshine Planning Permit Application L.P. Gas Storage Raleigh Nursery Pty Ltd Lots 20 to 27 Derby Road Sunshine Planning Permit Application Radio Mast 866 Ballarat Road Deer Park Planning Permit Application Flammable Liquid Store 3 Hulett Street Albion Planning Permit Application Furniture, Warehouse & Showroom Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 & 13 Rosamond Road Maribyrnong Planning Permit Application Two Factories and Caretaker's Residence Lots 40 & 41 Butler Street Braybrook Planning Permit Application Floodlighting and Coaching Pits Selwyn Park, Selwyn Street, Albion for Albion Rovers Soccer and Athletic Club Consolidation of Title Fawkner Street Sunshine North Subdivision Bamara Court and Dakara Place Sunshine West Neale Road Construction Deer Park Easement Drain Plantation Street Maribyrnong Consolidation of Title Lots 1059 & 1059 Ridgeway Parade Sunshine West Proposed Subdivision Paw Paw Road and Burgess Road Brooklyn Consolidation of Title Lots 815 & 816 Warrington Crescent Deer Park Strata Subdivision Lot 2 Hortense Street Maribyrnong Plan of Subdivision Neale Road, Fairfax Circuit & Monmouth Close Albanvale Installation of Traffic Signals at Ashley Street and South Road Intersection Braybrook Petition to Install Traffic Lights at Intersection Cornwall Road and Devonshire Road Sunshine Availability of Sewerage Pineneedle Court Albanvale M.M.B.W. Burst Water Main Stradbroke Drive St. Albans and Furlong Road Sunshine North Depot Workshop Rosamond Bowling Club Bon Thomas Reserve Pre-School Centre, Orama Street Child Care Centre, Diamond Avenue Pre-School and Infant Welfare Centre and Highpoint West Welfare Complex Sunshine Cricket Club Cricket Pavilion Dempster Park Hot Water System Transfer of Lands Sunshine Council / Sunshine R.S.L. Alterations & Additions Ballarat Road Infant Welfare Centre Deer Park Report of the Building Surveyor Building Over Easement 38 Rhodes Street Sunshine Building Over Easement 20 Novara Parade St. Albans Building Over Easement 18 Bunya Drive St. Albans Building Over Easement 1 Lara Court Deer Park Building Over Easement 7 Charlotte Street Sunshine West Building on Flood Prone Land 10 Navigator Street Maribyrnong Report of the Director of Parks & Recreation National Seminar Turf Management 5th to 7th June 1980 Schedule for Authorising of Affixing the Common Seal of the Municipality to Documents Order of the Day Accounts Submitted for Payment as at 31st March 1980 Proposal to Close a Right of Way off Wright Street to Sunshine West High School Sunshine West Proposal to Close Part of Charlotte Street Sunshine West Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of Maxwell Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of McLaughlin Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Proposal to Close Part of Suspension Street West of West Street Ardeer Under the Provisions of Section 528 of the Local Government Act 1958 Albanvale Community Building Committee of Management Special Order for Making of By-Law No 128 with Respect to Adopting the By-Law for the Purpose of Preserving Public Decency, Suppressing Nuisances, Controlling and Managing and Preserving Commons and Public reserves of which the Management is Vested in the Council, Generally for Maintaining the Good Rule and Government of the Municipality Extraordinary Business Special Use 7 Zone Derrimut Saleyards Town Planning Application Protean (Holdings) Ltd Town Planning Application Two Service Premises Station Road Deer Park Sunshine Indoor Swimming Pool Claims Submitted by the Builderdickson street, sunshine, albanvale community centre, albanvale, sunshine r.s.l., i.c.i., the hunt club hotel, ballarat road, deer park, i.c.i. oval, highpoint west child care centre, rosamond road, maribyrnong, castley hall, simmie street, sunshine west, roberts crescent infant welfare centre, roberts crescent, ardeer infant welfare centre, more park, sunshine district women's softball association, esmond street, ardeer, tallintyre reserve, hyett court, kermeen street, mcintyre road, sunshine north, fraser street, geelong road, francis street, brooklyn, main road east, st. albans, sunshine road, cooper street, main road west, monash street, duke street, derby road, hulett street, albion, butler street, braybrook, albion rovers soccer and athletic club, selwyn park, selwyn street, fawkner street, bamara court, dakara place, neale road, plantation street, ridgeway parade, paw paw road, burgess road, warrington crescent, hortense street, fairfax circuit, monmouth close, ashley street, south road, cornwall road, devonshire road, pineneedle court, stradbroke drive, furlong road, rosamond bowling club, bon thomas reserve pre-school centre, quinn street, orama street child care centre, orama street, diamond avenue pre-school and infant welfare centre, diamond avenue, highpoint west welfare complex, sunshine cricket club, dempster park, phoenix street, ballarat road infant welfare centre, rhodes street, novara parade, bunya drive, lara court, charlotte street, navigator street, wright street, sunshine west high school, maxwell street, mclaughlin street, suspension street, west street, albanvale community building committee of management, sunshine indoor swimming pool, protean

Gerasimos Galatis is the shopkeeper standing outside his confectionary shop at 225 Bay Street, Port Melbourne. The chocolates were home made and were artistically presented, especially at Easter. He and his wife Ellie ran the business in Port Melbourne for over thirty years and it was a very popular venue especially as it was near the former picture theatre in Port Melbourne.This was yet another example of the various businesses which early Ithacan Greek immigrants owned and ran successfully throughout the first half of the twentieth century.A sepia photograph mounted on board of a man standing outside a confectionary shop. A variety of sweets are displayed attractively in the shop window which has a sign declaring the confectionary are 'Home Sweets'

The following information was written on the back in Greek and translated into English: Johannesburg 28 April 1940: My dear cousin Rene, hello. I am well and wish the same to you. I am pleased to send you a photo as a memento. I wish you a Happy Easter, regards to your husband, my cousin Kosta. With much love I send regards, your cousin Spyros Mavromatis. The portrait style photograph was sent to Rene (Ekaterini) Sikiotis (nee Varvarigos). Rene in Australia in 1926 at the age of 16 to join her parents Ioannis and Giannoula Varvarigos who had migrated in 1914. Rene married Kosta Sikiotis and had two children, Efthalia (Leah) and John. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries many Ithacan Greeks migrated to the British colonies of Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Canada, as well as the United States of America. A studio photograph of two men. One is seated on a chair and the younger one is standing beside him.

The photo is taken in Vathi Ithaca at the Apokries carnival. It is the tradition to dress up and have fun. The Agios Prebezis and Papadia signs on the back of the two people in the foreground are satirising the church and relate to a scandal during the 1970s involving the Metropolitan of Prebesa (Prevesa) and a local priest's wife. The Apokries festival period traditionally begins ten weeks before Greek Orthodox Easter and culminates with fancy dress and masquerade parties on the weekend before Ash Monday, the first day of Lent. The name Apokries means abstention from meat, as during lent no meat is eaten. The Apokries festival dates back to Dionysos, the ancient Greek god of wine, fun and fertility. A coloured photograph of a crowd celebrating at a carnival. Two people with their backs to the camera are in fancy dress and are wearing hand written signs on their backs. The corners of the photograph are rounded.