Historical information
The launch of National Arthritis Week 1991 was held with an event in Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne. This photo, taken at the event, depicts (from left to right): Kay Setches, Minister for Community Services, and Cliff Semmler, AFV Vice President, posing for a photo beside a hot tub/spa. A cropped version of this photo appears on page 4 of the Vol 4 No 2, Winter 1991 issue of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update. The photo accompanies an article titled, "Arthritis Week Launch - highly successful recipe". It is captioned, "Left: Kay Setches, Minister for Community Services starts the water jets in the spa, expecially [sic] set up for the launch of Arthritis Week, assisted by AFV vice president Cliff Semmler." A similar photo (with a profile view of the people mentioned) appears on page 6 of the 1991 Annual Report.
Physical description
B&W photo of a man and a woman standing beside a hot tub/spa in an outdoor area. There are a few people in the spa, and the woman is pressing the start button on the edge of the spa. She is holding a PhysiCal milkshake cup in her other hand. There is a large crowd of people standing and watching in the background, with the signs of retail department stores, Myer and David Jones, hanging from the plasterboard ceiling above.
Subjects
- arthritis foundation of victoria,
- afv,
- national arthritis week,
- naw,
- launch,
- kay setches,
- community services minister,
- cliff semmler,
- vice president,
- hot tub,
- spa,
- spa jets,
- water jets,
- warm water therapy,
- warm water exercise,
- move it or lose it,
- bourke st mall,
- physical,
- bananas,
- healthy food,
- healthy diet,
- healthy eating,
- arthritis update,
- annual report,
- 1991
