Historical information

The photo is of Thalia Paizis taken in Ithaca in 1907. Thalia left Ithaca as very young child together with her mother, Chrisaida, to be reunited with her father, Nicholas Paizis in Perth W.A. Nicholas had left Ithaca prior to Thalia's birth in 1905 and established a successful business in Perth, W.A. Thalia went back to Greece in 1921 and eventually returned to Australia where she married Anastasios Papadopoulos in 1929 and settled in Melbourne. Thalia and Anastasios were the parents of Irini Pappas who was well known and highly regarded actor in Melbourne's Greek community.

Physical description

A photograph of a sepia studio photograph of a little girl standing on a chair. She is wearing an embroidered dress and little lace up boots. The original photograph is backed onto a decorative grey embossed board.

Inscriptions & markings

Written across the bottom of the photo: Sofianos Ithaca 1925