Historical information

Around March to April 1994, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) opened a second oppportunity shop in Moonee Ponds. This photo depicts a woman dressed as satirist Barry Humphries' most well known character, Dame Edna Everage. The 'Dame Edna' impersonator was the special guest at the opening of the new op shop. To promote the opening, she handed out Dame Edna's signature flowers, long-stemmed gladioli, to passers-by at the shopping strip in Puckle St, Moonee Ponds. In this photo, she is handing a flowering gladioli stem to a parking inspector, who is about to write out a parking ticket. They are standing in front of a brick wall, in what appears to be an alcove. A Photographer, (partially obscured) is taking their photo.

Physical description

COL photo of a man and a woman. The woman is wearing a royal blue evening dress, with two beaded necklaces around her neck. She is holding several long-stemmed gladioli flowers in one hand as she hands one to the man. He is wearing a traffic inspector's uniform, with some bright pink-framed glasses. He is holding a pen, which is poised over a pad of paper. In the foreground, to the right of the frame, a man wearing a black shirt (partially obscured) is holding one hand up near his face.