Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Stephen speaks with Luisa Ferranato about assistive equipment available through Vision Australia’s Equipment Solutions, Valerie interviews Dr Lynne Davis who has taken a new role to support the work of the Client Representative Council and the implementation of the framework of the new consultative process, Anna Fairclough provides Stephen with an update on the Time Capsule project.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, valerie thomas, stephen jolley, luisa ferranato, lynne davis, anna fairclough

Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Steven Jolly speaks with Jane Ellis about Deaf Blind Awareness Week. Clare Bilton-Roos has an update from the library. Valerie Thomas’s Guest of the Week is John Perry who discusses changes in his life after losing his sight. Finally, a roundup of the latest news at Vision Australia from Megan Denyer.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, valerie thomas, stephen jolley, jane ellis, clare bilton-roos, john perry, megan denyer

Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Stephen Jolly talking to client Meribell Steel and employment coordinator John Candlish on how VA is helping Meribell gain employment. Siobhan Dennis discussing new titles in the library. Valerie Thomas with guest Frank Bartoli and his activities since receiving his OAM, and Kate Gniel gives an update from Marketing department.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, valerie thomas, stephen jolley, meribell steel, john candlish, siobhan dennis, frank bartoli, kate gniel

Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Robyn McKenzie chats with Peter Lee from Computer Aided Transcription Office, talking about producing braille. Andrew Thurley updates about new titles in the Library. Valerie Thomas interviews VA client Patrick Moore. Kate Gniel speaks about the retirement of Mike Janes and Malcolm Daubney from the Board.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, robyn mckenzie, peter lee, andrew thurley, valerie thomas, patrick moore, kate gniel, mike janes, malcolm daubney

Around the Institute was a weekly program designed to keep clients and staff informed of events, activities and thoughts relating to low vision and blindness. It consisted of interviews undertaken by Jo Matthews, with sound engineer Ed Gamble, designed to inform, educate and explore on a variety of topics. June 5: Recreation update – Chris Headland, Did You Know – Malcolm Fraser, News from the Information and Referral Unit – Janet Cronin. Para Quad’s Pamper Me day – Beth Hogan. royal victorian institute for the blind, radio shows

Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. From the recent Annual General Meeting in Sydney, Graeme Innes gives the Chairman’s Report and Treasurer Paul Gleason provides the Treasurer’s Report, Valerie interviews Graeme Turner about his role in the Telephone Response Service and his work as a playwright, then Stephen gets an update from Ashley Wood about the upcoming results of the Client Satisfaction Survey.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, valerie thomas, stephen jolley, graeme innes, paul gleason, graeme turner, ashley wood

Covering issues and news about Vision Australia and the opportunities it provides for clients, volunteers and staff. Host: Stephen Jolley with guest interviews by Valerie Thomas. Recording of the Making Difference Awards ceremony, which took place in Melbourne on 21st July, 2006. One of those awarded was the Victorian State Government for introducing electronic voting for blind or vision impaired, making it the first-time people from this community were allowed a secret vote. Megan Denyer provides an update on the relationship VA have with Prime Television.1 digital sound file in WAV formatradio shows, vision australia, stephen jolley, gerard menses, megan denyer

There are two copies of the Discover Caulfield guide produced by the Caulfield Historical Society. One from 1982 which contains twelve pages, seven of which are typed and the last five a continuation of the guide added later, hand-written. The other is a modern typed version of the same document, including information at the end that "Notes prepared by R. Ballantyne, 25th July, 1982, updated by Betty Snowball, 1992 and Gladys Vallati 4th August, 1995". They both detail a pictorial tours of the mansions and gardens in the City of Caulfield, similar but not identical.caulfield, mansions, gardens, homes, ‘lirrewa’, lirrewa grove, caulfield city hall, smith sydney, ‘halstead’, bambra road, halstead road, caulfield historical society, messrs. upton and smith, civic establishments, dickson james dr., houses, national trust, st. stephen’s church, balaclava road, gothic (revival) architecture, messrs. haddon and henderson, st. aloysius, archbishop of melbourne mannix dr., caulfield park, hawthorn road, inkerman road, kambrook road, paddy’s swamp, cannizzo philip, caulfield city council, trams, orrong road, grimwade house, ‘harleston’, grimwade frederick sheppard, primary schools, caulfield art centre, ‘stanmark’, art galleries, ‘craigellachie’, person william, pearson eliza, francis newton mr., greenmeadows gardens, milburn grove, greenmeadows house, lempriere john, mayors, ‘glenfern’, boyd john captain, boyd martin, ‘myoora’, alma road, ‘bagatelle’, christian thomas, henderson anketell, flats, building construction, ‘burreel’, kooyong road, burreel avenue, francis john, stephen sidney, allan george l., ‘royston’, renwick s. mrs., sargood frederick sir., ‘glen eira’, ricketson henry, caulfield hospital, royal southern memorial hospital, caulfield general medical centre, ‘ripponlea’, reed and barnes, architects, towers, rippon emma, rippon thomas, guilfoyle william, employees, ‘the village houses’, regent street, st. george’s road, cottages, bent thomas sir., jones louisa mrs., nathan benjamin, ‘anselm’, glenferrie street, queen anne style, haddon robert, historical buildings, princes’ park, ‘glenmore’, watts thomas, more hugh, glenhuntly road, gates, villas, ‘hopetoun’, hopetoun street, webb charles, hopetoun hospital, harleston park, allison street, langdon montague, langdon harry joseph, ‘tarqua’, ‘labassa’, manor grove, koch john, robertson a. w., wagner john, ‘ontario’, trinity congregational church, grange road, glen huntly, churches, greek orthodox church, ‘fairfield hall’, north road, younger james, glenhuntly post office, smith alfred, smith anne, methodist church, ‘lambros the cobbler’, railways, ballantyne r., snowball betty, kahlyn private hospital, ‘kynaston’, st. mary’s jubilee school, festivals and celebrations, st. mary’s anglican church, church of england, bishop moorhouse, joynt donoman, elsternwick post office, elsternwick, elsternwick bowling club, elsternwick rsl, caulfield grammar school, davis henry rev., selwyn street, elsternwick railway station, glen eira road, barnett r. j. rev., tudor court, world war 1914-1918, ‘fairhaven’, hope george, caulfield library, plaques, cannons, ‘janvec joinery’, parkside street, ‘parkside court’, clarence street, ‘streetscene’, grange road, greenhouses, vallati gladys