Digital Photograph - Boy, Girl & Baby in Party Hats at Birthday Party, Newport, 1979

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Summary:: Colour photograph showing Pablo and Pamela Diaz with an unknown baby girl at Oscar Poncell's birthday party in Newport, 1979. Both children are wearing their good clothes. The children's mother remembers that they didn't have as many clothes then as they have now. The Diaz family had been in Australia for five years at the time this photograph was taken, having emigrated from Chile to escape the political regime there.
Description:: Digital image file. A digital photograph was taken of the original colour print.
Description Of Content:: Boy, girl and baby in party hats, sitting around decorated party table. The table has 'Mr Men' cups and table cloth.
Acquisition Information:: Copied from Ms Alicia Diaz, 2006
Acknowledgement:: Contributed by Ms Alicia Diaz

Discipline:

History

Tagged with:	birthday parties, celebrations, chilean communities, chilean immigration, families, food technology, hats, headwear, parties
Themes this item is part of:	Domestic & Community Life Collection, Images & Image Making Collection, Cultural Diversity Collection, Migration Collection, Melbourne's Biggest Family Album Collection
Primary Classification:	MIGRATION
Secondary Classification:	Settlement - Cultural & Social Life
Tertiary Classification:	birthday parties
People Depicted:	unknown girl; Diaz, Pablo; Diaz, Pamela
Format:	Digital Still Image: Colour; Tiff
Place & Date Depicted:	Newport, Victoria, Australia, 1979 Source of Date Depicted: Contributor's memory.
Photographer:	Ms Alicia Diaz