THE DUNERA DAY

The Dunera Day gathering at the Tatura Museum is an annual gathering of descendants and friends of the men who were transported to Australia during World War II from Great- Britain. They were interned German, Austrian, Italian and others who were treated very badly on the ship HMT Dunera during the voyage to Australia. The highlight of this year’s event was the release of the conserved scroll of scenes of the musical Sergeant Snow White.

Monday – Friday 10am – 4pm

Saturday 10am -12:30pm

Ph: 03 5824 3059

Mob: 0493 074 805

Email: opshop@generations.org.au

Housing For The Aged Action Group

Are you over 50 and living in a rental property or in insecure housing?

If so, you could risk homelessness.

Housing for the Aged Action Group is the only Australian organisation specialised in the housing needs of older people. Coming from grass-roots beginnings over 30 years ago, HAAG today is over 700 members strong.

Joan and Teresa will be at Tatura Community House every 2nd Tuesday to assist you to gather needed information and complete a housing application.

Upcoming dates are:

Tuesday, May 23

Tuesday, June 6

Tuesday, June 20

Tuesday, July 4

Please call and have a chat about your housing situations. If you have any questions, please phone 1300 765 178.

Our vision

A society where older people have secure, safe and affordable housing.

- Joan Broughan, Regional Project Worker

Book Reviews INTO THE DARK

WITH KERRY…

By Fiona Cummins

One morning, Julianne arrives for her weekly run with best friend Piper Holden to discover an eerie scene – the radio is playing, phones are charging on the worktop, the cars are in the garage. But the family is gone. In fifteen-year-old Riva’s bedroom, scrawled across the mirror in blood, are three words MAKE THEM STOP. What happens next?

Wow!! Fantastic thriller. Couldn’t wait until I could get to the end to find out what was going on. You will never guess! Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

- Kerry Gardner

Corporal David Robinson

At 15:00 hours on Anzac Day, in the midst of the MCG, a ceremony honouring all those who served in the Australian and New Zealand armed forces began. Over 95 thousand fans stood and fell silent as Catafalque Party entered, the ode was recited, and the sounds of the Last Post and Rouse echoed around the ground. Then the National Anthems of New Zealand and Australia were sung, and the ceremony was ended with a roar from the crowd as the soldiers left the ground.

Former Goulburn Valley resident, Corporal David Robinson was the bugler, and his very proud parents, grandmother, wife, baby daughter, and other family and friends watched from their homes dotted across Australia. Although now living in Melbourne, David grew up in a small Victorian rural area known as Wahring, attended Nagambie Pre and Primary Schools, then Shepparton High School, and visits family when time permits.

David is an active member of the Australian Army Band Melbourne, performing regularly in Melbourne and around the state, serving continuously since he enlisted in 2004. David is a brass teacher at Haileybury College, teaching at all four Melbourne campuses.

As an active Cub and Scout from the age of nine, he would proudly join the RSL commemorations in Nagambie. Music came into his life around the same time when his grandparents retired nearby, with piano lessons from his grandmother. With Secondary school came the opportunity to learn another instrument and to be a part of a band, learning the trumpet there for the six years. Always the eager student, practicing every day, he was provided with the opportunity to become a part of Shepparton Brass Band. Studying music at Melbourne University followed, and during this he joined the Reserves.

Since that time, he has become a life member of Hawthorn Brass Band and is currently a member Darebin Brass-Preston band (current state champions and one of the top bands in the country). He regularly competes at the National Brass Band competition held over the Easter weekend each year. He also enjoys composing and arranging music for various bands; however, this has taken a back seat to spend time with his wife and young baby daughter.

- Jeanette Robinson