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Photograph - Group photo, XX/09/1989

  • B&W photo of a man standing behind a chair in a large room. He is holding onto the back of the chair with both hands while extending one leg out to the side. Standing opposite him are three women. They are each standing behind a chair and holding onto the back of the chair with both hands. In the background, there is a long wood-panelled wall. Pushed up against the wall are five milk crates stacked up on top of one another, a wooden coffee table, a long trestle table, and a radiator. There are various items on the coffee table and trestle table, including a board propped up on a small stool on top of the coffee table. There is a plastic basket beneath the trestle table. There are two cardboard signs with handwritten text on the wall.

    Arthritis Self-Help Course - Mordialloc

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  • B&W photo of a man standing behind a chair in a large room. He is holding onto the back of the chair with both hands while extending one leg out to the side. Standing opposite him are three women. They are each standing behind a chair and holding onto the back of the chair with both hands. In the background, there is a long wood-panelled wall. Pushed up against the wall are five milk crates stacked up on top of one another, a wooden coffee table, a long trestle table, and a radiator. There are various items on the coffee table and trestle table, including a board propped up on a small stool on top of the coffee table. There is a plastic basket beneath the trestle table. There are two cardboard signs with handwritten text on the wall.

Historical information

In September 1989, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria held an Arthritis Self-Help Course at the Moridalloc Community Health Centre. The course was conducted by Arthritis Foundation of Victoria staff. In attendance was the Minister for Community Services, Victoria, Peter Spyker. In this photo, the Minister tries out some of the chair-based exercises with a small group of women. The event is briefly mentioned in an article titled, "Minister tries arthritis self help". It appears on page 6 of the Vol 2 No 4, November 1989 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update.

Physical description

B&W photo of a man standing behind a chair in a large room. He is holding onto the back of the chair with both hands while extending one leg out to the side. Standing opposite him are three women. They are each standing behind a chair and holding onto the back of the chair with both hands. In the background, there is a long wood-panelled wall. Pushed up against the wall are five milk crates stacked up on top of one another, a wooden coffee table, a long trestle table, and a radiator. There are various items on the coffee table and trestle table, including a board propped up on a small stool on top of the coffee table. There is a plastic basket beneath the trestle table. There are two cardboard signs with handwritten text on the wall.

Inscriptions & markings

[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] The Hon Mr Peter Spyker, Minister for Community Services, demonstrates his exercise prowess at ["at" is crossed out] to participants in an ASHC at Modialloc CHC conducted by AFV staff in ? Oct ("Oct" is crossed out) Sept. '89 [Handwritten in blue ink, in the bottom right corner of the photo] 9/89

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