Historical information

The photograph was taken at a conference of expatriate Ithacan Greeks which took place in Vathi, Ithaca on 17 July 1976. Stathi Raftopoulos attended the conference and is seated at the table, second from the right.

Significance

A conference of expatriate Ithacan Greeks indicates the close ties which remained between the Ithacans who remained in Greece and those who had settled in other countries. Many Greeks who settled in Melbourne in the early years of last century were from Ithaca.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of seven men and a lady sitting around a table at a meeting in a hall. There is an audience of fourteen people sitting on chairs. The speaker is barely visible in the extreme LHS of the photograph

Inscriptions & markings

The details of the photographer and the event have been stamped on the back of the photograph in Greek.