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.
Time to commemorate and reflect
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Commemoration ceremony at Adelaide River War Cemetery with Major Wayne Langford (RSL SA)
Nightly discussion session after dinner at Knotts Crossing
The Larrakia people are the traditional owners of the Darwin region. As shown on the above map, their country runs from Cox Peninsula in the west to Gunn Point in the north, Adelaide River in the east and down to the Manton Dam area southwards. Acknowledging when in place “You have come by way of the Larrakia Land. You will hear the voice of Larrakia ancestors. When you leave, the Larrakia message will stay with you.” - The late Reverend Walter Fejo As mentioned, this tour is more than history and will involve considerable cultural and geographical learning. In fact, we cannot understand the history of a place without knowledge of the geographical and cultural context of a place. To this end, we will be travelling quite a few kilometres and visiting plenty of locations. During these travels we will be engaging with the indigenous culture of the area and learning about their culture. Wherever we are, we need to acknowledge the attachment to place of the Aboriginal people. See...
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!
Servicemen who enlisted from my home town in Victoria were a part of what is known as the Darwin Defenders 19th Machine Gun ‘Gunners’ Battalion which was headquarters in Horsham. Through personal research and anecdotes I will explain a collective memory of their experiences and outlooks. These soldiers originated from Goroke, Victoria. Brooks, Arthur John Burns, Cecil James (also Z Force) Guthridge, Richard John (Z Hinch, Adrian Hinch, Howard Edgar Ingram, Max Kuhne, Walter Albert Maher, Arthur Thomas Mayvery, Charles Hallam McKinnon, DOuglas Fraser McPhee, Geoffrey Michael Nuzum, Lindsay Gordon Rask, Alan John Robinson, Ray Ernest Scott, Angus Keith (still alive) Scott, Ronald Darell Watts, John Lewis One of the men, Uncle Cecil Burns, was the first person to spot the Japanese zero’s flying toward Darwin on 19th February 1942. At the museum you will see a theatre that portrays the first zero’s coming in. A voice will say “I think the Japs are...
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