Photograph, Parachute jump by Daryl Somers and Ron Barassi, 1997

Historical information

A promotional event where Ron Barassi and Daryl Somers did a parachute jump to promote Legacy. Photos show Daryl and Ron in Fawkner Park in Melbourne and some Legatees giving scores on cards of their jump - similar to the scores given on 'Red Faces' a segment of Daryl Somers TV show 'Hey Hey it's Saturday'. The Legatees with President Brian Luscombe, George Logan and Peter Stokes.
Photos of the event were published in the Herald Sun on 21/8/97 with the headline 'Jumping into thin air for a worthy cause'. And also in The Answer in October 1997.
Ron Barassi was a Legacy boy after his father died at Tobruk in 1941. Daryl Somers was Legacy personality of the year in 1997 as published in The Answer.

Significance

A record of a way celebrities used their media profile to promote Legacy.

Physical description

Colour photo x 4 of Ron Barassi and Daryl Somers parachuting to promote Legacy and an A4 photocopy of newspaper article.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed on the back " 593 / 602" which is the negative number and processing number. Negative numbers 9, 20, 24, 35.
Yellow post it note says "Ron Barassi Daryl Summers parachute jump '97"

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