Sõrve Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held on 30th March 11.00am @ Sydney Estonian House.

Sydney Book launch, 6th of March 2008

You are invited to the launch of a new contribution to Australia history

“Bonegilla’s Beginnings” by Ann Tündern-Smith

Guest speakers:

Mary Elizabeth Calwell DTheol BA
daughter of our first Federal Minister for Immigration, Rt Hon Arthur Augustus Calwell KCSG, and author of his forthcoming biography

Tiiu Salasoo MSc Dip Tert Ed
youngest Estonian in the first party of migrants to Bonegilla, the first and largest Migrant Reception and Training Centre in Australia; Tiiu is a former botanist who became a researcher in education and linguistics

Compere
Terry Kass MA (Hons) Dip Ed
Professional historian and chairman of the board of the Estonian Archives in Australia

6 pm on 6 March 2008
at
History House, 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney
(opposite the Botanic Gardens)

RSVP for catering to Reet Simmul
by 28 February 2008

Concert and BBQ lunch to celebrate the 90th Anniversary of Estonian Independence at 12pm, on Saturday 23rd of February at Thirlmere Estonian House, Estonian Rd Thirlmere NSW.  For table bookings, RSVP by 18.2.08 to Krista Ford 02 4681 8511

SES Eesti Kodu Linda is celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Estonian Republic at 2pm on Saturday, the 16th of February in Estonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills NSW.

The ceremony will be followed at 4pm by performances by the Estonian Land University Folk dancing ensemble, Tarbatu and the ensemble Lindprri. Tickets are $15 available at the door, everybody welcome.

Stories of invasion, dispossession, and settling in a new home, told by the Estonian migrants who came here as displaced persons post-WWII.

The Powerhouse Museum and the NSW Migration Heritage Centre thanks the Estonian community in Sydney for their generous cooperation and assistance. In particular, the Estonian Archives in Australia and the Thirlmere community.

A joint exhibition of the NSW Migration Heritage Centre and Powerhouse Museum in partnership with the Wollondilly Heritage Centre.

You can visit “Our New Home” at the Australian Communities Gallery, Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris Street, Ultimo

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