Historical information

Around March to April 1994, the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) opened a second oppportunity shop in Moonee Ponds. A woman impersonating satirist Barry Humphries' most well known character, Dame Edna Everage, 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, a Photographer is directs the 'Dame Edna' impersonator and a parking inspector on how he wants to set up the next shot.

Physical description

COL photo of three people standing in an alcove outside some shops. In the centre is a woman. She is wearing a royal blue evening dress, with two beaded necklaces around her neck and a pair of red novelty glasses in the shape of two swans. She is holding several long-stemmed gladioli flowers in one hand, and a single gladioli stem in her other hand. To the right of the frame, there is a man wearing a traffic inspector's uniform with some bright pink novelty glasses. He is holding a pen, which is poised over a pad of paper. To the left of the frame, there is a man wearing a black shirt and black trousers. He is holding a camera in one hand, and pointing to the other two people with his other hand.