merbein girl, dog

merbein girl, eucalyptus

This is a family photograph of Spiros Raftopoulos (Levendi), his wife Hariklia and sons Stathi and Naki, and daughter, Apostolo (Loula). The photograph was taken about circa 1937, four years after the family arrived in Australia (1934) and settled in Merbein . Spiro had been to Australia earlier in 1922; his brothers John and Efthimio Raftopoulos (Fiakas) were were well established with businesses in Mildura and surrounding towns.A laminated copy of a family group studio photograph. Three men are standing behind a lady who is seated in front with a little girl.family photograph, mildura, greek businesses

alma matthews, tom marks, ikey jamieson, joyce millhouse, doris millhouse, finteln girls (3), edna horsfall, mick jamieson

School case usedby girls in 1940's and 1950's Merbein Higher Elementary .Brown leather school case education, school, elementary school, merbein

doreen quinsey, violet davis, margaret moore, elsie rose, jean cook, lois gilkes, betty loveridge, betty williams, edna chiselett, dorothy loveridge, isobel loveridge, beryl whitford, joan storer, nancy andrews, berna gallagher, jessie mcmahon, margaret chamberlain, ruth storer, patty vann, jean eastwood, betty bray, june treffene, barbara hards, dorothy griffiths, ursula ?, betty droscher, dorothy worthington, judith crozier, mavis krake, evelyn horsfall, alice driscoll, thelma farnsworth, valma finteln, school - merbein central school, education