AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY (MELBOURNE BRANCH)
THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF WAR 7 pm Thursday 2 August 2018 Coburg Town Hall 90 Bell Street Coburg Entertainment provided by Adela’s Choir Light refreshments provided. For further information visitmoreland.vic.gov.au
Continue readingMAURICE BLACKBURN ORATION: THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF WAR
Against the Odds tells the story of how diverse groups and individuals collectively defeated conscription during World War I and left a lasting legacy for Australia. It highlights the role
Continue readingLaunch Invitation: ‘Against the Odds: The Victory over Conscription in World War I’
Serenading Adela: A Street Opera
7 January 2018, World Premiere and Centenary Performance:
WHEN: From 6pm, Sunday 7 January 2018.
WHERE: Pentridge courtyard (Entrance through the Champ Street Coburg archway). Meet our Unruly Mob at 6pm and march with them to Pentridge, where the Street Opera will commence at 6.30pm.
WHAT: The World Premiere of our full Street Opera.
FLYER: Serenading Poster for Pentridge
TICKETS? Entry is free, but please book so we can send you details of the march, of wet-weather options; and have enough chairs. Click here to book!
IF BOOKED OUT Please register for the waiting list, so you will be notified if spaces become free, or be offered standing room (1 hour show). … Continue readingSerenading Adela: A Street Opera
Conference: 20 May 2017, 9am-4.30pm, Siteworks, 33 Saxon Street, Brunswick 2017 marks the centenary of the defeat of the 1917 conscription plebiscite. During 1917, in the midst of the war, Australian anti-conscription campaigners
By Judith Smart The following is the text of a lecture given by Judy Smart to the Brunswick Coburg Anti-conscription Commemoration Committee, 3 May 2016. It is reproduced here with
Continue readingOpposing War: Women’s Protest in World War I
The Brunswick Coburg Anti-Conscription Commemoration committee have launched a Pozible (crowd funding) campaign to get Tom Barker’s Anti-Conscription/Anti-War poster reprinted and onto the streets. They need to raise $1340 to print