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Photograph - Group photo, Circa May 2000

  • COL photo of two women seated at two desks against the wall. One woman (facing the camera) is holding a wooden book rest on her lap. The other woman (with her back to the camera) is wearing a telephone receiver headset. Above the desks, there are several shelves with brochures, folders, and other printed materials. There are two windows with thin venetian blinds on the other wall. On the wall between the windows, there is a laminated sign that says, "Self Management Courses". Below the sign, there are some brochures in paper pockets taped to the wall, as well as some other signs and information sheets.

    Telephone Advisory Service (TIS)

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  • COL photo of two women seated at two desks against the wall. One woman (facing the camera) is holding a wooden book rest on her lap. The other woman (with her back to the camera) is wearing a telephone receiver headset. Above the desks, there are several shelves with brochures, folders, and other printed materials. There are two windows with thin venetian blinds on the other wall. On the wall between the windows, there is a laminated sign that says, "Self Management Courses". Below the sign, there are some brochures in paper pockets taped to the wall, as well as some other signs and information sheets.

Historical information

The Arthritis Foundation of Victoria's Telephone Information Service (TIS) was staffed by volunteers, and provided information and referral services to members. In this photo, volunteer members, Judy Pullar and Joan Cotton, are doing a shift in the Telephone Information Service (TIS) room.

Physical description

Colour photo of two women seated at two desks against the wall. One woman is wearing a telephone headset and the other woman is holding a wooden book rest on her lap. There are two large folders on the desk, and on top of the desks (against the wall), there are shelves containing brochures and folders. On another wall, there is a sign on the wall between two windows that says, "Self Management Courses".

Inscriptions & markings

[On a yellow sticky note, handwritten in black ink - archivist's notes] TIS [underlined] (L) Judy Pullar (R) Joan Cotton Probably MAY to JUNE ["to JUNE" has been crossed out several times] 2000? ["?" has been crossed out]

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