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Photograph - Street View, 09/04/2003

  • COL photo of a large van parked in a street parking space in a shopping strip. The text, "Healthy Bones Bus", has been painted above the front cabin. On the side of the van, there is a large blue awning and a wide door that is in the open position. There is also a set of stairs with a metal ballustrade coming out from the side of the van. Various commercial buildings are evident along the opposite side of the street.

    Rural And Regional Education (RARE) Program: National Arthritis Week (NAW) 2003 - St Arnaud

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  • COL photo of a large van parked in a street parking space in a shopping strip. The text, "Healthy Bones Bus", has been painted above the front cabin. On the side of the van, there is a large blue awning and a wide door that is in the open position. There is also a set of stairs with a metal ballustrade coming out from the side of the van. Various commercial buildings are evident along the opposite side of the street.

Historical information

On Tuesday, the 8th of April 2003, Arthritis Victoria conducted an outreach visit to the town of St Arnaud, in the Wimmera region of central west Victoria. Around 40 people attended a talk on musculoskeletal health presented by naturopath and psychologist, Phillip Blackwood, and Arthritis Victoria's Community Speaker, Bill O'Connor. On the following morning, the Healthy Bones Bus (HBB) was set up in the main street of St Arnaud. This photo depicts a front view of the HHB parked in the main street of the town. It has been set up with its wide side doors open in order to display the information exhibits. A set of retractable steps have been pulled down so that visitors are able to enter the display area. Another photo of the Healthy Bones Bus in the main street of St Arnaud during this visit appears on page 17 of the Vol 16 Issue 2, Winter 2003 edition of the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's quarterly magazine, Update.

Physical description

Colour photo of a large van with "Healthy Bones Bus" painted on the front. It is parked in the main shopping strip, and has been set up as a mobile information exhibit.

Inscriptions & markings

[On a green sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] HBB Main St St Arnaud April 2003 [On the same green sticky note, handwritten in black ink - archivist's note] Wimmera, near Grampians

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