Gerard Menses (CEO) with Maryanne Diamond (General Manager) and Graeme Innes (Chair of VA Board) holding a Vision Australia sign, standing on the first floor balcony at Kooyong.1 digital image of three people holding a Vision Australia signvision australia, gerard menses, maryanne diamond, graeme innes

At the May 11, 2007 Volunteer awards ceremony, badges were presented to volunteers with milestone years of service. Additionally the audio book 'Turning Print into Sound' was launched, with photographs taken of the various people involved with the production of this book. Volunteers 120 (Group photo): Back row - Judi Meese, Julie Adams, Bill Deane, Bruce Gillies, Roger Seddon, Frances Hutson, Beverley Peggie, Robert Thompson, Kerry Reiter-Lynch, Rita Townsend-Booth. Front row - Anastasia Devaroh-Caputo, Pam Adams, Stephen Jolley, Irene Wegener, Marj West, Gerard Menses, Fiona Tartakover. Volunteers 122/124 (Group photo): Back row - Rita Townsend-Booth, Roger Seddon, Frances Hutson, Bill Deane, Robert Thompson, Julie Adams, Beverley Peggie, Judi Meese, Bruce Gillies. Front row - Anastasia Devaroh-Caputo, Gerard Menses, Irene Wegener, Pam Adams, Stephen Jolley, Kerry Reiter-Lynch, Marj West, Fiona Tartakover.64 colour digital photographs of the dayvision australia, awards, jacqui stevens, kerry reiter-lynch, marj west, julie mcconnell, stephen jolley, gerard menses, lloyd shirley, geraldine anderson, greg ross, tony warmington, jennifer gibbons, julie adams, pam adams, bill deane, bruce gillies, frances hutson, judi meese, beverley peggie, roger seddon, fiona tartakover, robert thompson, irene wegener, marjorie west, rita townsend-booth, anastasia devaroh-caputo

On Wednesday 23rd February 2005, after a two year project of research and interviews with pupils, workers and staff, 'The Lighthouse on the Boulevard' (a history of the RVIB) was launched. MC Michael Walsh introduces Vision Australia CEO Gerard Menses, author Dr Judith Buckrich, participants Reuben Ryan, Steven Hurd, David Blyth and Deputy Mayor of Melbourne Gary Singer who spoke at the launch. Afterwards books were signed and the crowds mingled.Sunday Special radio program on the launch of 'Lighthouse on the Boulevard'royal victorian institute for the blind, michael walsh, gerard menses, judith buckrich, reuben ryan, david blyth, gary singer, dorothy hamilton, michele prentice, don draffin, steven hurd

Images of the Client Representative Council for Vision Australia, taken on November 11, 2005 at Kooyong. Back row: Debbie DeShayes, Christine Simpson, Robert Boyd, Claire Hogan, Natale Cutri Front row: Mark Boyd, ?, ?, ?, David Brant, Rowena Dowling Back row: Mark Boyd, Debbie DeShayes, Christine Simpson, Gerard Menses, Robert Boyd, Claire Hogan, Natale Cutri Front row: Karen Knight, Kevin Murfitt, ?, ?, ?, David Brant, Rowena Dowling Final two images have Lynette Davis, Brandon Ah Tong-Pereira and ? added in the wings.6 images of the first Client Representative Council for Vision Australiavision australia, debbie deshayes, christine simpson, robert boyd, claire hogan, mark boyd, karen knight, gerard menses, kevin murfitt, lynette davis, brandon ahtong-pereira, david brant, natale cutri, rowena dowling

On November 25, 2005 the Kodak Carols by Candlelight launch was held in the browsing library at Kooyong with a large number of staff and guests in attendance. Speeches were made by Gerard Menses, Graeme Innes, Greg McKibbin, Marjorie West and Marina Prior. The crowd got to open Christmas crackers and hear some songs from Marina Prior before a cake was cut and shared. Afterwards everyone headed outside for the burying of the time capsule by Jarryd Clifford and Reuben Ryan, in the garden outside the cafe. Then Marina posed for some photographs and the Kodak printing kiosk was demonstrated in the browsing library.119 images of attendees at the Carols launch and burying of time capsulecarols by candlelight, vision australia, gerard menses, marjorie west, graeme innes, greg mckibbin, jarryd clifford, ania zamecznik, sandra alder, andrew ferrarese, joanne, cherry johnson, tony clarke, lynne kells, rita townsend-booth, jennifer gibbons, roberta ashby, david blyth, margaret bashfield, colleen thom, peter lowrey, kevin murfitt, kodak, karen knight, tony shepherd, peter north, anna fairclough, ashley wood, stephen jolley, time capsule, reuben ryan

On Monday 29th of September, 2008, VA Board members and the executive team joined staff, clients and volunteers at the Ballarat Lodge for a conference.67 digital photographs of conferencevision australia, paul bunker, kevin murfitt, tony hanmer, nick carter, vivian bradbury, debra horman, wendy morley, jan lovie-kitchin, paul stephens, stephen jones, michael simpson, tim evans, rex hollioake, shane molloy, denis faulker, ron mccallum, joy mayhew, graeme mayhew, gerard menses, judith perrin, kathleen teggerth, anne-marie maley, jennifer gibbons, jason o'toole, judith anderson, sister marie kelly, ken gunning, mary mclean, bob pitcher, trish egan, neville hesketh, renae johnston, win towns, jan hately, bobbi carpenter, evelyn waddell, theresa smith-ruig, glenda alexander, donald fraser, paul gleeson, keith barton, owen van der wall

At the 2005 Vision Australia volunteer Christmas party, certificates were presented to those who achieved milestone years of service to the organisation. The volunteers came from a number of different areas, including radio, client services, studios and the library.58 colour digital photographs of the dayvision australia, awards, jacqui stevens, lynne kells, roberta ashby, kerry reiter-lynch, marj west, julie mcconnell, stephen jolley, tim evans, christine harding, gerard menses, john ballek, john barnes, merle blackmore, richard haire, heather heraud, anne jaski, elizabeth parker, nancy kerry, margaret kidd, danni mahemoff, beverley mcintyre, jim webster, june webster, kath hubbert, chris scuphane, david ditchfield, janet ditchfield, jeanette thomas, ian wood, patience cornall-reilly, margot dearn, jill miller, verna millis, ann phan, roma piper, paula hogg, norah toohey, marguerite hancock

Holden Racing car driver Will Davison was a Seeing Eye Dogs ambassador for Vision Australia in 2010. In these pictures he is reunited with namesake Will, who recently graduated, and records a promotion and an interview at Vision Australia Radio with veteran broadcaster Arthur Higgins.90 digital photographs of Will Davisonseeing eye dogs australia, vision australia, will davison, arthur higgins, advertising, gerard menses

On May 21, 2008 the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Service - Bill Shorten - visited Vision Australia's head office at Kooyong. He viewed the various audio book players, including DAISY, as well as met Brendan Spencer who showed him how to use a DAISY player, toured the building and got a lick from a SEDA puppy.83 digital photographs of Bill Shorten at Kooyongseeing eye dogs australia, vision australia, bill shorten, gerard menses, chris edwards, julie rae, ted johnson, brendan spencer

On October 16, 2008 Vision Australia launched it's annual Carols by Candlelight concert at City Square in Melbourne. Elves, Santa and Carols guest artist's The Australia Girls Choir, David Campbell, Marina Prior and John Foreman were there, along with the face of 2008 Carols: Danijela Zebic.257 digital colour photographs of launch in City Squarevision australia, carols by candlelight, steve jacobs, will betson, ryan betson, kate gniel, australian girls choir, terry gill, chris chau, gavin strahan, danijela zebic, susan zebic, paul zebic, marina prior, david campbell, gerard menses, john foreman

On November 25, 2005, a time capsule was buried at Vision Australia's head office in Kooyong. As part of the contents, these images were put on CD and placed inside the capsule. The capsule is designated to be opened in 2066, to celebrate 200 years of providing services to people who are blind or vision impaired.1 CD with 16 imagesvision australia, gerard menses, graeme innes, john landau, june ashmore, keith barton, david blyth, malcolm daubney, lynette davis, maryanne diamond, paul gleeson, timothy griffiths, mike janes, kevin murfitt, owen van der wall, christopher cullen, tony miller, barry chapman, ivan cribb, michael brown, doug kent, george dyer, malcolm brodie, trevor anderson, don draffin, bruce allen, lawrence mccredie, peter ward, eileen ayre, rosanne cunningham

On November 25, 2005, a time capsule was buried at Vision Australia's head office in Kooyong. As part of the contents, these interviews were put on CD and placed inside the capsule. The capsule is designated to be opened in 2066, to celebrate 200 years of providing services to people who are blind or vision impaired. NSW clients and staff were asked what their life was like now and what they hoped would happen by 2066.1 CD with 30 sound filesvision australia, time capsule, david 'geordie' mcburnie, gerard menses, jane ellis, christine cummins, robyn whitelock, luisa ferranato, david woodbridge, russell dines, marion jones, gillian true, marina ipaviz, paul chand, vanessa spark, graeme innes, nick gleeson

On September 13, 2005 parties were held at each site to recognise and publicise the name of the merged organisation 'Vision Australia' and it's new logo. Food was served, green and purple tableware and decorations and a cake bearing the new logo was cut at each branch. These images were also stored on a USB in the time capsule that was buried at Kooyong in November later that year.139 colour digital photographs of the partyvision australia, gerard menses, kathy fela, paul chand, jane ellis, marion jones, christina lynch, luisa ferranato, kerrie barnett, megan denyer, rob mcquillan, nick gleeson, dawn davis, lyn curtis, debbie o'sullivan, valerie de rozario, jane lander, ross chambers, maurice coco, brian marett, denise pellow, tony hernandez

On June 4 , 2007 Vision Australia Kooyong hosted it's 3rd annual Making A Difference Award ceremony. These awards were presented to individuals or organisations who had made a meaningful impact upon the lives of people who are blind or vision impaired.84 colour digital photographs of the ceremonyvision australia, gerard menses, andrew demetriou, phillip healey, rosanne cregan, australian football league (afl), boroondara council, consumer affairs victoria, victorian department of education, telstra, agl energy, william hamilton, caterpillar australia, victorian electoral commission, melbourne city council, stonnington council, vivienne bennett, sue kalff, helen robbins, ron anderson, renee williamson, christine harding, rotary club of prahran, brian hardy, bill glover, michele prentice, julie mcconnell, mary pipczak, jennifer gibbons, pauline meaney, trisha cooney, debbie schill, awards

Annual report providing overview of activities and achievements including: turning of the sod at the new Coorparoo site, raised awareness through Gerard Gosens performing on Dancing with the Stars TV program, agreements signed with digital publishers to increase content availability, and profiles of the JO and JR Wicking Trust, Gandel Charitable Trust, Edward Cook, Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Trust, Harry Triguboff and Microsoft Australia who donated this year.1 volume with illustrations providing overview of organisational achievementscorporation records, andrew furlong, cathy heenan, louise curtin, kenny johar, margaret bretherton, renee williamson, anna mccauley, natalie evans, gerard menses, kevin murfitt, gerard gosens, jessica raffa, karl stefanovic, lisa wilkinson, micah cheung, jeffrey carter, dawson ko, ria andriani, gaye gutteridge, janet etchells, lorin nicholson, dean nicholson, jo ann sherman, nick gleeson, susan rafferty, cynthia manson, brian gear, karen clark, cyril lutchner, paul gleeson, roberto scenna, bernie brookes, leigh garwood, david speyer, maryanne diamond, trish egan, michael hansen, julie rae, glenda alexander, stephen cavell, neela datta, professor ron mccallum, owen van der wall, jan lovie-kitchin, lyn allison, keith barton, nick carter, donald fraser, tony hanmer, ross mccoll, theresa smith-ruig, vision australia, annastacia palaszczuk, renee russell, layla bodnar

On June 15, 2007 Vision Australia Radio (formerly 3RPH) celebrated its 25th anniversary of broadcasting. Despite earlier broadcasts on community radio stations, a dedicated radio service for people who wanted to listen to in depth information on news and current events as well as serialisation of books had not eventuated. With the support of Commonwealth funding in 1982, stations were permitted to transmit on marine band frequencies in Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. With the eventual movement of major stations to FM in the 1980s, provision was finally granted for RPH stations to allow them to move to the AM band in metropolitan areas. In the 1990's regional stations were established, later linking to provide the Vision Australia Radio network. Throughout all of these changes, volunteers have supported the radio station in a range of ways, including collating and reading the newspaper articles for broadcast, helping source interviews and program ideas, operating studio equipment as well as presenting programs themselves.38 digital images of the 25th anniversary of VARvision australia, 3rph radio station, vision australia radio, gerard menses, stephen jolley, pam adams, lynne kells, tim evans, roberta ashby, marj west, norm richards, vince september, norm rees, graeme dawson

On May 28, 2007 Bert Newton visited Vision Australia for a radio interview with Stephen Jolley on VAR.38 digital images of Bert Newton visiting Vision Australia Radiovision australia, bert newton, stephen jolley, gerard menses, roberta ashby, lynne kells

On June 26, 2007 a presentation was made to David Blyth, upon his stepping down from the Board, and Maryanne Diamond.27 digital images of a presentation to David Blyth and Maryanne Diamondvision australia, stephen jolley, gerard menses, david blyth, maryanne diamond, kevin murfitt, paul bunker, ron mccallum, malcolm daubney, tony clarke, vince september, renae johnston, theresa smith-ruig, timothy griffiths, marj west

On July 27, 2006 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Vision Australia and Blind Citizens Australia. 31 digital images of signing a MOU between Vision Australia and BCAvision australia, blind citizens australia, gerard menses, kevin murfitt, owen van der wall, robyn gaile, nadia mattiazzo, michael simpson