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Some more photographs from the Award Ceremony with the Premier

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As promised, here is a selection of images taken by the professional photographer (Shaun) from ClickFilms we contracted for the ceremony. Some great photographs!  Jodie will send the link to the photo gallery to download the photographs this Tuesday. Some of the 2021 awardees with the Premier Tour teacher Janine Fedorchuk-Weeks with the Premier 2020 awardee Lara Nguyen thank the Premier 2020 awardee Zoe Raynes talks to the ceremony about her experience as an awardee Teacher Jodie O'Donnell recognised for their contribution to the prize over the years. Presented by Jodie Stephenson, Program Support Officer for the prize. Teacher Stephen Uren recognised for their contribution to the prize over the years Ezra Lockwood with Principal Michael Clisby, mother Amanda and Bec Learey from Horizon Christian School Some of the 2020 awardees with Malcolm, Bec and Bob 
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We are here! 2023 trip underway

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  After a quick change of plans due to a flight cancellation, we left Adelaide at 10.00pm on Saturday 15 April (instead of 8.00am on Sunday 16 April). Well done to Aaron for this amazing re-scheduling work all day yesterday -  a marathon phone effort.  We arrived in Darwin at 1.40am on Sunday morning and all were in rooms in H on Smith by 3.30am. We met for breakfast at 9.00am and then went on our first historic walk along the Esplanade in Darwin. Here are some early photographs.  Ton ight we head down to Stokes Hill Wharf for dinner. All going well after an unexpected start to the  tour! Our first history talk on Darwin Harbour at the USS Peary Memorial. The USS Peary was a US destroyer sunk by enemy air attack in Darwin Harbour on the 19 February 1942. 92 (although the information at the site says 88) servicemen died aboard the ship, the greatest loss of life on any of the ships sunk in the attack. Today visiting US naval ships still pay tribute to its fa...
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Some vision to watch on the Bombing of Darwin

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  Image above: NT News on 24/11/15 Some vision on the Bombing of Darwin in 1942 As mentioned at the briefing in September, little was known by people across Australia about the Bombing of Darwin until recent years. In fact, even today when people find out about the bombing, they are incredulous that they had never heard about it. This is partly due to the official secrecy during the war years about the bombing - if the Australian population knew about the extent of the bombing it would have been disastrous for the war effort and created serious panic.  The other reason for our limited knowledge about the 1942 bombings in Darwin is that our historical focus on World War 2 has been about Europe, Singapore POW's, Burma Railway and the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea during the war.  It is now time to start learning about what happened on Australian soil during the war. Stories such as t...
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