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
He is coming South: Australian War Memorial Poster Collection The propaganda poster above refers to the threat of Japanese invasion. A Japanese soldier is striding across the globe towards Australia with the Imperial Japanese flag behind him. He is armed with a submachine gun and is about to stomp on Australia. This work highlights the psychological impact the Japanese advance had upon the Australian population, and the poster was considered so alarmist that it was not released in Queensland or Melbourne. During the Second World War it was assumed that the Japanese would continue their southward advance and invade and conquer Australia. It is now understood that although the Japanese authorities did briefly consider invading the northern part of Australia, they ultimately decided to pursue a plan of isolating Australia as they realised their military recourses would ...
Singing "you are my sunshine” with Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley, wife of the His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia We did some things together that we will forever cherish By Callum Barrott-Walsh Early Friday the 16 th of April we gathered at the Adelaide Airport with many of us barely knowing each other. However, as each great day of the trip progressed our friendships became stronger, and we all rallied around in great support of each other. Personally, it was hard to pinpoint just one great moment during the trip as I can definitely say every day was a highlight of my life for me! Some of the things I will forever cherish from the trip are the great people I had the privilege of exploring and learning with and the wise and wonderful stories from the legend Bob. I think it’s safe to say that Bob’s stories are some of the greatest we have all heard as young people. Learning about Bob’s c...
On the Darwin Harbour Cruise - learning about the Bombing of Darwin The 1941 gun emplacement at East Point Lunch at Subway in the Darwin CBD A chance meeting in the Darwin Mall with Dayle Lord - the travel consultant in Darwin who has done the bookings for our trip. It was great for the students to meet and thank Dayle for her amazing work on our behalf. Pizza dinner on the Esplanade
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