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Just confirming the individuals to be commemorated on the trip

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   Those killed in the Bombing of Darwin in 1942. Researching and sharing The students and staff participating in the 2022 study tour to the Northern Territory have been asked to research a person who died during the 1942 Bombing of Darwin. To this end, over the past months you have nominated an individual and will present your research on the study tour.  The following site provides some great reference points for learning about the bombing of Darwin:  Northern Territory Library | Roll of Honour : Select Name for Biographical Information     The individuals who died in Darwin during the bombing and will be commemorated at the Adelaide River War Cemetery on 9 October are: Matthew Boyd: Archibald Tindal Lara Dawson: Frank Moore Nicholas Heinrich:  Eric Pollard Jessica Inglis: Freda Stasinowsky  Abby  Langley : Jack Dee Dakota Lloyd: The Bald family Ezra Lockwood: Arthur Wellington Gemma Mann: Patrick O’Connell Jennifer Nguyen:...
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Please send me your research document on your person before the end of the week

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     Image from the Virtual War Memorial at  Virtual War Memorial (vwma.org.au) I will be publishing your research stories on this blog in preparation for the presentations each night - if you have sent me a Word document with photographs of your research to me.  Please try to do so before the end of this week.  I thought it was worth re-publishing this blog posting about primary sources to get our thinking in place about the  stories from the bombing. Going to the primary sources In our research for the trip it is very important that we seek out the primary sources for the bombing of Darwin story - to listen to and read from those who were actually there on those fateful days.  Primary sources are critical for us to understand the state of mind of those involved and to piece together a complete story of the bombing. When we are in Darwin we will be at museums that will profile the stories of the survivors of the bombing but we thought it wou...
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We got to connect to the land

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  A start to many unforgettable adventures By Cassidy Hamilton-Smith The day started early with a 4.30am start to travel to Adelaide Airport and meet up with the rest of the group by 5.45am. Meeting everyone was definitely an unforgettable experience and little did I know that during the 10 days in Darwin it would get so much better. When arriving in Darwin we started our experience with a Welcome to Country where Trent, a local Larrakia man, led a traditional Larrakia ceremony where we had to wash our sweat into the sea. After the welcoming, Trent demonstrated to the group how to throw a spear. It was an intense but fun competition between the girls and guys, with no-one ending up hitting the foam kangaroo. We made our way back up the beach to some shade from the scorching sun, where we were served some damper and jam for lunch. We split into two groups and my group chose to do the face painting. We were taught how to make natural paints from the different coloured rocks called oc...
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