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Photograph - Solo photo, 1993

  • COL photo of a woman sitting at a desk, holding a telephone receiver to her ear. She is wearing a purple sweatshirt, with a purple scarf with a printed design. On the desk, there is an exercise book and two notepads, as well as a book titled 'Rheumatism'. On the wall beside her, there is some printed paper pinned to a noticeboard.

    Telephone Counsellor - for Culturally And Linguistically Diverse (CALD) members

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  • COL photo of a woman sitting at a desk, holding a telephone receiver to her ear. She is wearing a purple sweatshirt, with a purple scarf with a printed design. On the desk, there is an exercise book and two notepads, as well as a book titled 'Rheumatism'. On the wall beside her, there is some printed paper pinned to a noticeboard.

Historical information

The Arthritis Foundation of Victoria (AFV) recognised the need to make its services accessible to a broad section of the community. Bi-lingual volunteers, such as such as telephone counsellor Claudia Caruana, provide information and support through the telephone service to members in languages other than English. A black and white version of this photo appears on page 8 of the 1993 Annual Report with the caption: "Bi-lingual volunteer telephone counsellor, Claudia Caruana, advises one of our many Italian speaking clients".

Physical description

Colour photo of a woman sitting at a desk, holding a telephone receiver to her ear. On the desk, there is an exercise book and two notepads, as well as a book titled 'Rheumatism'. On the wall beside her, there is some printed paper pinned to a noticeboard.

Inscriptions & markings

[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in blue ink] Mrs CLAUDIA CARUANA - bi-lingual volunteer answering calls from the Italian community

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