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Photograph - Group photo, 20/10/1999

  • COL photo of several teenagers and one adult woman standing on or near a trailer at the base of a tall metal structure with a ladder. The teenagers are all wearing blue tracksuit trousers and pale blue polo shirts. The woman is wearing a white polo shirt and black trousers. Four people are standing on the trailer, while three others, (one partially obscured), look on. One of them has one foot up on the step to the trailer. There is a long cable dangling down from the metal structure. Behind a fence, large trees, school buildings and a red car are evident in the background.

    World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) 1999: Come & Try Day - Shelford Girls' Grammar School

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  • COL photo of several teenagers and one adult woman standing on or near a trailer at the base of a tall metal structure with a ladder. The teenagers are all wearing blue tracksuit trousers and pale blue polo shirts. The woman is wearing a white polo shirt and black trousers. Four people are standing on the trailer, while three others, (one partially obscured), look on. One of them has one foot up on the step to the trailer. There is a long cable dangling down from the metal structure. Behind a fence, large trees, school buildings and a red car are evident in the background.

Historical information

On Wednesday, October 20, 1999, World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), Osteoporosis Victoria conducted a morning of physical activities with the Year 9 students at Shelford Girls' Grammar School in Caulfield. Titled, "Come & Try Day", the activities on offer included abseiling, golf, table tennis, Tai Chi, football, and indoor lawn bowls. In this photo, several students prepare to climb the ladder leading to the platform from which they will be able to abseil back down.

Physical description

COL photo of several teenagers and one adult woman standing on or near a trailer at the base of a tall metal structure with a ladder. The teenagers are all wearing blue tracksuit trousers and pale blue polo shirts. The woman is wearing a white polo shirt and black trousers. Four people are standing on the trailer, while three others, (one partially obscured), look on. One of them has one foot up on the step to the trailer. There is a long cable dangling down from the metal structure. Behind a fence, large trees, school buildings and a red car are evident in the background.

Inscriptions & markings

[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] ABSAILING [sic] AT Shelford A.G.S. 1999

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