This blog has been developed to provide information and encourage sharing for the Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize students participating in the study tours to Darwin in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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Today was a day of rock wonder - cruising Katherine Gorge, swimming in the rock Hot Springs in Katherine and going down the Cutta Cutta Caves to experience 580 million old limestone features. Even if not rock enthusiast, the day was great!
Listening to others talk for what seemed like a few minutes but was actually a few hours By Immogen Pertini Darwin was a trip certainly unforgettable. From the culture, conservation and the people it truly was the dream destination. Every single day brought something new to the table, whether it be throwing spears, admiring crocodiles, or even just listening to others talk for what seemed like a few minutes but was actually a few hours i.e. Bob. However, one particular night was far more superior than all of the others, and that was Marksie’s Stockman Camp Tucker Night. The moment we arrived Marksie welcomed us with open arms, which was later accompanied by a quintessential Australian outdoor dining experience with the unique twist of combining over 16 indigenous bush tucker herbs, spices and other ingredients into some delicious meals. We feasted upon damper, beef stew, gem scones topped with special jam and cream, Jungle Juice and Billy Tea. Many of us went back for 2nds and even 3...
Eileen Carrig Mullen and Jean Carrig Mullen were sisters who spent their child hood in South Australia. They lived in Port Augusta with their father and mother and went to school at St. Aloysius’ Collage Adelaide. The sisters spent their whole lives together went to school together, had their first job at the telephone department at the Adelaide G.P.O., then went to Darwin together (TROVE, n.d.) . Eileen and Jean both became trained as telegraphists and in 1941 Eileen was transferred to Darwin to operate the new telephone service and Jean shortly followed. What were they doing in Darwin After the bombing of Pearl Harbour and attack on Darwin was imminent, Prime Minister Robert Menzies’ War Cabinet instructed over 2000 women and children, including my grandmothers aunt and cousin, to be evacuated from Darwin via any method of transport available (Library and Archives NT, n.d.) . Only 70 females remained in Darwin after the evacuation which included secretaries, nurses,...
The 2022 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize awardees with The Honourable Blair Boyer MP, Minister for Education. At the Adelaide Town Hall Meeting Room on 21 November 2022, the 2022 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize students were presented with their medallions and certificates. It was a great ceremony for the 2022 awardees and the 2021 awardees did us proud by presenting on the recently completed October 2022 study tour to Darwin. Here is a selection of images taken by the professional photographer from ClickFilms we contracted for the ceremony. Some great photographs!
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