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, a Tai Chi instructor leads a group of students in a Tai Chi class. This photo (amongst others from the Come & Try Day) appears on Page 5 of the Vol 12 Issue 4, Summer 1999 edition of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Arthritis Update. The photo also appears on page 9 of the Vol 14 Issue 01, Autumn 2001 edition of the magazine under its revised name, Update. In that issue, it accompanies an article titled, "arthritis victoria's schools project". The photo is captioned: "Students participating in Tai Chi classes."

Physical description

COL photo of a woman leading a group of students in an exercise class. The students are dressed in their sports uniform, consisting of a blue polo top and either navy blue shorts or track suit pants. The instructor is wearing a cream traditional Chinese shirt with a mandarin collar and black trousers. They are standing on an outdoor tennis court in rows, spaced well apart from one another. The instructor is standing in the front row, facing the camera, with her back to the students. There are two more tennis courts in the background, and the entire court area is enclosed by a tall cyclone fence.