In the late 1990s, Arthritis Victoria undertook a Rural Access Pilot Project over a period of two years. In 1999, during the final phase of the project, a Rural Health Week Conference was held in Bendigo. This photo appears on page 20 of the Vol 12 Issue 4, Summer 1999 edition of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update. It is captioned: "L-R Fiona Gardiner Latrobe University Bendigo, Cathy Penderfast, East Gippsland Rural Project Worker and Marian Sharkey, Manager Rural Access Project at the Rural Health Week Conference."COL photo of three women standing close to one another in the lobby of a building. They are all wearing name tags on their jumpers or jackets. One of them is holding a blue folder close to her chest. There is a set of stairs to the left of the frame. In the background, there are several other people also in the lobby.[Handwritten in blue ink] FIONA GARDINER LA TROBE UNI, BENDIGO. S/W DEPT [Handwritten in black ink] RESP. FOR EVALUATION OF PROJECT \ [Handwritten in blue ink] CATHY PENDERFAST RURAL ACCESS PROJ. WORER [sic] E, GIPPSLAND & MARION SHARKEY, MANAGER AV RURAL ACCESS PILOT PROJECT RURAL HEALTH WEEK CONFERENCE BENDIGO. 1999arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, arthritis victoria, av, rural health week conference, outreach, fiona gardiner, latrobe university bendigo, cathy penderfast, east gippsland rural project worker, marian sharkey, afv rural access project manager, bendigo, 1999

In the late 1990s, Arthritis Victoria undertook a Rural Access Pilot Project over a period of two years. In 1999, during the final phase of the project, a Rural Health Week Conference was held in Bendigo. In this photo, a small group of people pose for a photo at the event. In the front row (from left to right) are Fiona Gardiner, Cathy Penderfast, Ron Labonte, and Marion Sharkey (AFV's Rural Access Project Manager). In the back row, (from left to right) are Graeme Alladice, Rob Moody, and an unidentified woman.COL photo of a small group of people standing close together in two rows in the lobby of a building. There are four people in the front row, and three people in the back row. There are one or two other people (partially obscured) standing behind or beside them. In the background, inside the main hall of the venue, an ornate but modern decoratively lit ceiling is evident through a wide double doorway.[Handwritten in blue ink] FRONT FROM L -> R FIONA GARDINER CATHY PENDERFAST RON LABONTE [somewhat illegible] MARION SHARKEY REAR GRAEME ALLADICE [somewhat illegible], ROB MOODY RURAL HEALTH WEEK CONF. BENDIGO 1999.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, arthritis victoria, av, rural health week conference, outreach, fiona gardiner, latrobe university bendigo, cathy penderfast, east gippsland rural project worker, ron labonte, marian sharkey, afv rural access project manager, graeme alladice, rob moody, bendigo, 1999