On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an unidentified man addresses attendees at the seminar.COL medium close up photo of a man standing in front of two freestanding vertical banners, speaking. In the foreground, there are two people seated on white plastic chairs at a white plastic table, facing him. Behind and above the banners, the internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. The headings on the banners are "Arthritis Victoria" and "Osteoporosis Awareness" (partially obscured). The text beneath the headings include words such as "information", "support", "research", "advocacy", and "education".[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an unidentified man addresses attendees at the seminar.COL wide frame, side view photo of a man standing in a large marquee, speaking to a group of people. He is looking down at some papers which he is holding in his hands. The group is sitting on white plastic chairs at a white plastic tables. On either side of the man speaking are two long rectangular tables covered with a white tablecloth. On top of the tables, there are glasses, polystyrene cups, and some printed materials such as brochures and/or books. Behind the man speaking, there are two freestanding vertical banners. The headings on the banners are "Arthritis Victoria" and "Osteoporosis Awareness". The text beneath the headings include words such as "information", "support", "research", "advocacy", and "education". The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident.[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an unidentified woman addresses attendees at the seminar.COL medium close up photo of a woman standing in front of two freestanding vertical banners, speaking. She is holding some papers in her hands. In the foreground, there are four people sitting on white plastic chairs, facing her. Behind and above the banners, the internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. The headings on the banners are "Arthritis Victoria" and "Osteoporosis Awareness" (partially obscured). The text beneath the headings include words such as "information", "support", "research", "advocacy", and "education".[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an unidentified woman addresses attendees at the seminar.COL side view photo of a woman standing in a large marquee, speaking to a group of people. She is holding some papers in her hands. Beside her, there are several stacks of polystyrene cups on a table. The group is sitting on white plastic chairs at white plastic tables. The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. In the background, there is a park with several large trees in the distance. There is a low level of light on the subjects inside the marquee, while the area outside (the park) is in full brightness.[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. This photo depicts a side view of seminar attendees.COL side view photo of a group of people sitting on white plastic chairs at white plastic tables. On various tables, there are some printed booklets and some plastic or paper tumblers. The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. In the background, outside of the marquee, there is a large park with several trees.[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an Arthritis Victoria staff member addresses seminar attendees, with the two guest speakers standing beside her.COL photo of three people standing inside a white marquee. One woman is speaking, while the other woman and a man are standing beside her with their arms crossed. They are facing a group of people who are sitting on white plastic chairs at white plastic tables. Behind them, there are two freestanding vertical banners. The headings on the banners are "Arthritis Victoria" and "Osteoporosis Awareness". The text beneath the headings include words such as "information", "support", "research", "advocacy", and "education". To the side of one banner, behind the man, stacks of polystyrene cups, and bowls containing tea bags and sugar satchets are evident at the far end of a table. The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident.[On a white label, printed in black ink] NAW 2004 - JELLS PARK/ESTERN REGIONAL SEMINAR & LUNCHEON - THURSDAY 22ND APRILarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On the 18th of April, 2002, Arthritis Victoria (AV) held a Southern Regional Seminar & Luncheon in Pakenham. This photo depicts seminar attendees taking part in some gentle stretching exercises.Colour photo of a big group of people standing behind chairs placed along long rectangular tables. The tables and chairs have been arranged in rows. Each person is practising some gentle stretching exercises by bending their torsos to one side.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in black ink] Pakenham event Southern Regional Seminar & Luncheon 18th April 2002arthritis victoria, av, southern regional seminar and luncheon, community seminar, seminar attendees, stretching exercises, group exercise, pakenham, 2002

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. In this photo, an unidentified man addresses attendees at the seminar.COL wide frame, side view photo of a man (partially obscured) standing in a large marquee, speaking to a group of people. He is in the background of the photo, at the edge of the left hand side of the frame. The group is sitting on white plastic chairs at a white plastic tables. In the foreground, on one side of the man speaking, there is a long rectangular table covered with a white tablecloth. On top of the table, at the far end, there are stacked glasses and polystyrene cups, and some paper napkins. On top of the table, in the foreground, there are two stacks of black plasctic plates. The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. In the background, outside of the marquee, there is a large park with several trees.[Handwritten in pencil] Jells Park NAWarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Thursday the 22nd of April, as part of National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2004, Arthritis Victoria held an Eastern Regional Seminar and Luncheon at Jells Park in Wheelers Hill. This photo depicts a side view of seminar attendees.COL side view photo of a group of people sitting on white plastic chairs at white plastic tables. On various tables, there are some printed booklets and one polystyrene cup. The internal metal frame of the white marquee in which they are located is evident. In the background, outside of the marquee, there is a large park with several trees.[Handwritten in pencil, in the top left corner] NAW [Handwritten in pencil, in the top right corner] Jells Park NAW 04 [On a white label, handwritten in light blue ink] National Arthritis Week 2004 Jells [crossed out] Jells Park/Eastern Region Seminar and Luncheon 22 April 2004arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, arthritis victoria, av, national arthritis week, naw, eastern regional, seminar, guest speakers, education, information, support, research, advocacy, luncheon, jells park, wheelers hill, 2004

On Friday, the 11th of October (year unknown), H & L Hecht visiting Professor, Dr Paul Bacon (Rheumatologist) was the guest speaker at the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Regional Seminar and Luncheon in Yarrawonga. This photo depicts Professor Bacon making a slide presentation during the seminar.COL photo of a man standing in front of a large slide projector screen. The text on the slide being projected onto the screen (partially obscured) is: "EDUCATION - R... Patient Care... now... Academic... long term... Rheumatic disease... --> morbidity...". On his other side, there is a display board affixed to a brick wall. In the foreground, attendees of the seminar have been Photographed from behind.[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Professor Paul Bacon at RSHG meet ['RSHG meet' has been crossed out] regional seminar & luncheon at Yarrawonga Fri Oct 11th [On a second yellow sticky note, handwritten in black ink] H + L Hecht Visiting Professor Paul Bacon rheumatologistarthritis foundation of victoria, afv, outreach, seminar, h & l hecht, visiting professor, dr paul bacon, rheumatologist, regional seminar and luncheon, yarrawonga

On the 18th of April, 2002, Arthritis Victoria (AV) held a Southern Regional Seminar & Luncheon in Pakenham. This photo depicts an unidentifed woman reading to seminar attendees from a small booklet.Colour photo of a woman sitting on a chair and speaking into a cordless microphone. She is reading from a small booklet in her hand. Behind her, there are some gift wrapped raffle prizes and a floral bouguet on the edge of the stage.arthritis victoria, av, southern regional seminar and luncheon, community seminar, seminar attendees, stretching exercises, group exercise, pakenham, 2002

On the 18th of April, 2002, Arthritis Victoria (AV) held a Southern Regional Seminar & Luncheon in Pakenham. This photo depicts an unidentified woman teaching seminar attendees about weight bearing exercises for building strong bones and healthy joints while another woman demonstrates the exercises.Colour photo of two women: one is speaking into a cordless microphone while the other is sitting down and doing some arm exercises using a small dumbbell. They are on the floor in front of a stage in a hall.arthritis victoria, av, southern regional seminar and luncheon, community seminar, seminar attendees, stretching exercises, group exercise, pakenham, 2002

In partnership with Arthritis Victoria (incorporating Osteoporosis Victoria), the Western Regional Health Service conducted a seminar on musculoskeletal health for the Vietnamese community. The event was held on the 18th of March, 2003 at the Western Region Health Centre in Braybrook. Speakers included Phong Nguyen (President of the Vietnamese Community), Vicki Andrew (Aged Care and Disability Services Coordinator), and Dr Peter Wong (Rheumatologist). A Q & A session was also held with a panel of health professionals. Facilitated by Trinh Nguyen, the panel included Dr Hoang Tran (GP), Sharon Miller (Dietician), Lily Radcliff (Physiotherapist), and Jane Hawke (Physical Activities officer at Arthritis Victoria). A Vietnamese dance troupe provided entertainment during the lunch break. The day ended with a "Tai Chi for Arthritis" workshop and a strength training class. This is a photo of the exterior of the building, showing the large sign advertising the event.COL photo of a large sign affixed high up on the exterior brick wall of a building. It reads "Arthritis Victoria & Western Region Health Centre Braybrook proudly present BUÔ'I HÔI THA'O CÔNG DÔNG VIÊT NAM VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY SEMINAR DATE: 18 MARCH 2003 TIME: 10.00 - 3.00pm COST: GOLD COIN ENTRY Guest speakers attending Bookings - Trinh Nguyen Ph: 9364 9622 A light luncheon is available (free) for participants". There are also three logos on the bottom right side of the sign, one of which is the Arthritis Victoria logo.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, osteoporosis victoria, ov, western region health service, western region health centre, phong nguyen, president, vietnamese community, vicki andrew, coordinator, aged care, disability services, dr peter wong, rheumatologist, q&a, trinh nguyen, facilitator, panel, speakers, dr hoang tran, gp, sharon miller, dietician, lily radcliff, physiotherapist, jane hawke, physical activities officer, culturally and linguistically diverse, cald, languages other than english, lote, migrant communities, vietnamese, skinner reserve, braybrook park, cohealth, braybrook community hub, 2003

In 1994, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) awarded the Ararat Arthritis Support Group with the Mollie Riches Award in recognition of the group's efforts to raise public awareness of the Foundation's work. In this photo, AFV's CEO, Shirley Caulfield, presents the a silver platter to Catherine McAdie, while others (seated) look on. The presentation was made at the Annual Regional Luncheon in Stawell, with members from Stawell, Horsham, Hamilton, and Ararat attending. In conjunction with the event, a pain management seminar was also held on the day. A cropped version of this photo appears on page 10 of the Vol 7 No 4, Summer 1994 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update. It is captioned: "Shirley Caulfield, CEO, presents the Mollie Riches trophy to Catherine McAdie, left, representing the Ararat Group."COL photo of a woman presenting an engraved silver platter to another woman, while others (seated at tables), look on.arthritis foundation of victoria, afv, mollie riches award, shirley caulfield, ceo, ararat arthritis support group, catherine mcadie, volunteers, annual regional luncheon, pain management, seminar, ararat, hamilton, horsham, stawell, arthritis update, 1994