Paul Hamon 8th birthday BBQ, Pooraka, Adelaide, November 1980

Boy in brown-and-white shirt stands at a round outdoor table with birthday cake while family members sit and stand in a backyard, Pooraka, Adelaide, November 1980. Digitally restored version (one adult male figure on the right appears AI-inserted). — Family birthday gathering in the backyard at Pooraka, Adelaide, in November 1980 for Paul Hamon’s 8th birthday. Paul stands at the round wooden picnic table in a brown-and-white sports shirt and shorts; his brother Mark (nearly five) sits opposite in a blue T-shirt. Cake, sandwiches and drinks are on the table. Identified adults include mother Desrae Hamon, grandmother Evelyn Hamon, Aunty Kerry Jacobs (née Drogemuller), Papa Allan Drogemuller and Nana Shirley Drogemuller. Partial red legs on the extreme right edge are believed to belong to Aunty (or future Aunty) Danni Drogemuller. An old solid table-tennis table stands against the back of the house — a piece Desrae continued to play on into her later years. Photograph by Howard Hamon. The restored version has been cleaned, colour-corrected and upscaled with generative AI; one adult male seated on the right appears to be an AI insertion or heavy alteration not clearly present in the original print.

Subjects: Paul Hamon; Mark Hamon; Desrae Hamon; Evelyn Hamon; Allan Drogemuller; Shirley Drogemuller; Kerry Jacobs (née Drogemuller); Danni Drogemuller (partial)
Event: Paul Hamon 8th birthday BBQ
Photographer: Howard Hamon
Restoration notes: Colour correction, cleaning and upscaling with generative AI. One adult male figure on the right side of the restored image appears to have been inserted or substantially altered by the AI process and is not clearly identifiable in the original.
Credit: Photograph by Howard Hamon. Author’s collection.
Keywords: Paul Hamon birthday 1980, Mark Hamon, Desrae Hamon, Evelyn Hamon, Drogemuller / Jacobs family, Pooraka Adelaide, 1980s birthday BBQ, backyard party, Howard Hamon photographer, November 1980