Christians around Australia gather for Easter Good Friday

For many around Australia, Good Friday is a day of family and feast, seafood and surf, and for others, of the Christian faith, a day of observance. Leaders, political and religious, have marked Good Friday by reflecting on how a year of isolation and separation, has helped foster national spirit and a focus on inequality.

In this 2009 file photo, a shopper is shown purchasing Easter treats in Sydney. Source: AAP