Historical information

The photograph was taken in the family home of Constantine and Toula Black (Mavrokefalos) in Parkville during the early 1920s on the christening day of their son John Black. John's sisters, six year of Nina Black and her four year old sister, Rita (Marguerita) are pictured. Also pictured from l-r: Argiro ? , who was from Adelaide; John (Panoyoti) Raftopoulos, Toula's brother; and Lily Sigalas, Greek school teacher. Lily was the sister of Alexandra Vrachna who taught two generations of Australian born Ithacan children in Greek community schools for close to 30 years.

Significance

In adult life Nina Black also went on to teach Greek at the Greek Community school which opened in Melbourne in the early 1930s. She also taught Greek at the CAE and English to new arrivals in the 1960s.

Physical description

A black and white photograph of a man, two ladies and two little girls of a group standing in a garden. A person on the left is almost hidden.