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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:19700101T100000
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SUMMARY:Mud and Blood - WWI play by Meg McNena directed by Alice Bishop - Special Performance
DESCRIPTION:Mud and Blood\, Meg McNena’s compelling 80-minute\, six-actor play\, is about distinguished Australian general\, Harold ‘Pompey’ Elliott\, who led the Essendon Rifles and took most of them to WWI. \n \nThe tenacity of Australian men and women is shown in battle and at home. Timing in 2018 with Anzac and Armistice centenaries adds impact. Set 1914-1921\, it shows how Pompey Elliott and a soldier’s mother deal with his vow to look after ‘his boys’ in war as if they were his own. This vow\, driving the play’s drama\, was made at a farewell to troops a century ago at Essendon Town Hall\, now the Clocktower Centre\, where Mud and Blood will be centre-stage on Fri 31 August. Women’s efforts and struggles are also pivotal . Please share in your networks and newsletter this opportunity to see a story about local heroes by a Moonee Ponds writer. \nA brilliant cast and skilled production team is powerfully directed by Alice Bishop\, who has been nominated for a Green Room Award for best director. Writer and producer\, Meg McNena\, has an Amnesty International Award and others for writing; this is her sixth play staged. Darren Mort\, a lawyer like Pompey\,plays his complex character masterfully. Humour and songs intone the era. \nMud and Blood‚Äôs Melbourne premiere is at the Clocktower Centre\, Moonee Ponds at 12 noon on Friday 31 August with a Q&A and talk by Ross McMullin\, awarded historian\, biographer and author of two books on Pompey Elliott (included in the matinee price) and opening night is 8pm 31 August. \nElliott trained youth in the Essendon Rifles militia; three units of his 7th Battalion came from the Northern suburbs and one from the Western suburbs; they trained at Broadmeadows and went with him to Gallipoli\, Lone Pine\, Fromelles and trenches of The Somme\, where Elliott turned the outcome of WWI in the Allies favour. Pompey inspires as husband\, father\, brother\, friend\, leader\, veteran and senator – the soldier before and after war; the stalwart wife keeps the family going; the cost for Pompey in making this heartfelt but impossible promise and returning to unveil honour boards and memorials. \nWe want to share this significant history of world-changing times for the newly declared nation of Australia and to increase awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder. \nHere is the vox pop from our successful preview in Charlton\, where Pompey was born. \nClick here for more information
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/mud-and-blood-wwi-play-by-meg-mcnena-directed-by-alice-bishop-special-performance/
LOCATION:NSW
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SUMMARY:The last Lighthorseman
DESCRIPTION:The Mt Evelyn RSL is proud to invite you to the launch of the book “The last Lighthorseman”\nA year and a half after his older brother had been killed in action during the Battle of Pozieres\, 20 year old Joe Clark went against his father‚Äôs wishes and left his job as a timber cutter in Tasmania to enlist in the Australian Light Horse. \nSeventy-three years later\, at the age of 93\, he sat down with the Mt Evelyn RSL‚Äôs historian and for the first time recorded his wartime experiences. \nIt is a story of sacrifice and endurance\, bravery and loss\, good times and bad times. An ordinary young Australian surviving extraordinary times. \nJoe Clark – the Last 3rd Light Horseman. \nDate: Sunday November 11th\, 2012 Time: 1.00pm (following from the ‚ÄòRemembrance Day‚Äô ceremony at 11.00am) Venue: Mt Evelyn RSL Hall (Hardy House) ‚Äì 49 Birmingham Rd\, Mt Evelyn Vic Further details phone: 9737 0767 or mtevrsl@gmail.com
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/the-last-lighthorseman/
LOCATION:Mt Evelyn RSL\, 49 Birmingham Rd\, Mt Evelyn\, Australia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20121211T200000
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SUMMARY:By the Seat of their Pants - Australian Airmen and their Machines 1915-1918
DESCRIPTION:The Great War saw the emergence of an Australian Flying Corps (AFC)\, which by 1918 was making a tangible contribution to Allied air operations in the Middle East and on the Western Front. Over the operational phases of the war\, the airmen and ground crews adapted to new aircraft types while facing a determined enemy with first-class machines of their own. Some Australian airmen became ‘aces’\, others were shot down and captured; many were killed or disabled. But the war in the air had its own character and culture\, and chivalry remained despite the ferocity of the combat.  Almost 100 years on\, this symposium aims to explore growing interest both by academic and professional historians in the Australian Flying Corps during these years\, especially with regard to the many human factors involved as well as the evolving aircraft technology and tactics. \nWhere did the Australians fit in to Allied air operations? How did they rate as pilots and units? How did they adapt to new aircraft types and tactics? How did they fare against a skilful and well-led enemy? What was their POW experience? Who were our ‘aces?’ How were airmen and the air war represented in an emerging media? These are some of the questions this symposium seeks to address. \nThis one-day conference presents papers from a range of historians\, authors and other subject matter specialists in and around the setting of the aircraft and displays of the RAAF Museum at the historic Point Cook base. A Panel session will conclude the day’s proceedings before attendees are invited to further explore the Museum and its facilities. \n2012 marks 100 years since the Federal Government purchased the land at Point Cook which became the home of the first AFC flying school. The facility trained many Australian airmen before and during WWI; a role it continues to play today. Through the generous co-operation and good will of the staff concerned\, the conference will take place in the heart of the RAAF Museum surrounded by the aeroplanes\, artefacts and displays that represents the rich history and the very essence of AFC/RAAF aviation. \nExclusive Use  \nThe RAAF Museum at Point Cook has given MHHV exclusive use for Monday 12 November 2012 to hold this important and engaging one day conference\, which will be held right in the Museum itself among its heritage collection of WWI aircraft and artefacts. Delegates will be able to purchase items from the Museum shop. \nFlight by Sopwith Pup  \nPoint Cook is the cradle of Australian military aviation\, and as a special event during the conference for our delegates\, a live flight of the Museum’s heritage Sopwith Pup is planned during the lunch break. \nTicketing  \nThis special MHHV Event will provide a discounted entry for Concession holders and MHHV Organisation Members and MHHV Individual Members. Seating will be limited to 80\, on a first in\, first served basis\, regardless of MHHV membership. \nIncluded in the ticket will be morning and afternoon tea and lunch. \nClick here to purchase your ticket online \n  \nClick here to download the registration form to pay by cheque \n Click here to download the full Conference Programme 12 November 2012 \n\n\n \nConference sponsored by:
URL:https://www.mhhv.org.au/event/by-the-seat-of-their-pants-australian-airmen-and-their-machines-1915-1918/
LOCATION:NSW
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