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Military music - Australia's Culture PortalMilitary bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Band musicians and band music owe a great deal to Australia's Salvation Army. Other Australian p...
Australian independent (indie) music fills a space left by rock and pop music. With the punk movement came a formation of a new style of music, new bands, and independent music labels generally ran from backyard operations. One of the pioneering bands fo...
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What's happening on Sydney Harbour? (website Yachting Australia )The Waterways Authority will be at the Maritime Festival at Point Claire (near Gosford) on Saturday, 23 November. Boating Service Officers will be there to answer questions about safe boating in NSW this summer, and distribute copies of the new Safe Boat...
autumn contents 4 Community gathers for centenary of nationhood 6 View to the future 8 A bird's eye view 10 Horses for courses: The Mounties in Centennial Park 12 Blowin' in the wind 13 Step right up. 14 Art makes a comeback 15 Essentials and collectibl...
Date Article 29 Nov 2002 Wanted: 420s in South Oz 29 Nov 2002 Aussie Wins Route Du Rhum 27 Nov 2002 Sail Melbourne International Regatta 2003 - November Update 24 Nov 2002 Victorious win for Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron 22 Nov 2002 Sailing Ashes - Aus...
Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. ceremonial band, concert band, marching band, ceremonial fanfare team, ten-piece stage band, bras...
Fiona Walsh, a Melbourne painter who had performed with New Waver, painted the illustration on the front, and Dave Metcalfe, printer to the indie world at that time, printed the covers. Perth-moved-to-Melbourne indie band. Their Brisbane drummer Greg Bra...
contact cora Box (0 07) 5497 6174, noelandcora@ westnet.com.au, write to: The Secretary, 9 th australian Division assoc, 1 avalon St, Sandstone Point Qld 4511. contact Ralph Daines (0 02) 4389 2576, xranband@b big- pond.n net.au Back to the Bush Veteran...
Contact Norm Noack, (0 08) 9309 1782, 37 Comstock Way, Woodvale WA 6026, normjuli@b bigpond.net.au 6 th th intake HMAS Leeuwin 1963: 11 13 April, Perth, WA. Noble Park RSL: reun- ion for Vietnam veterans on th heir honours board, 19 2 0 April, Noble Park...
Another television programme, Kindy, also requested Wilson's children's songs. Nine Songs for Special Days in Australia, an album of songs published by J. Albert & Son in 1969, was accepted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Apart from her other composi...
> Sydney Olympic Park Home of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, major social and sporting venue. <br/>HMAS Kuttabul is hosting the Sydney area Navy Open Day. <br/> <br/>There will be helicopter winching displays on Sydney Harbour by the Navy's...
Click on the image for a panoramic view of QAM on the Sunday of Open Cockpit Weekend. The Queensland Air Museum's 35th anniversary Open Cockpit Weekend on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July attracted 4,000 visitors. At 9 a.m. on Saturday 4th July the Viet...
1960)Sydney Children's Choir, Sally Whitwell pianoLyn Williams director2Rain DreamMusic by Joseph Twist (b. 1982)Sydney Children's Choir, Sally Whitwell pianoLyn Williams directorDanserye - Suite345I.II. Melbourne Youth Music's VoxSynergy, Prudence Glenn...
As one walks about the silent streets one hears, "Bang ,Äî Pheeee ,Äî woooo" and then far away "dump. Then presently back comes "Pheeee ,Äî woooo ,Äî Bang! Pheeee ,Äî woooo ,Äî Bang!...
When: Saturday, 14 March 2009, commencing at 9.00 am> Where: Parade will begin at The Rocks at 10.00 am and finish at Darling Harbour at 11.30 am. Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Nigel Coates, AM, RAN will be available for a media doorstop at 10....
Aviation history at HMAS Albatross 22 May - A range of current and historic military aircraft will be on display during the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Open Day in Nowra this Sunday, 25 May 2008. The event will be part of Diamond Jubilee celebrations for...
9 November - If the talent of Royal Australian Navy Band trumpet player Able Seaman Carl Riseley on Australian Idol wasn’t enough, meet another part time ‘bandie’, Leading Seaman Paul Panichi. 9 November - Defence personnel are getting b...
July 4 –Yesterday the Chiefs of Navy, Army and Air Force retired from the Australian Defence Force having completed their terms in office. The current Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston will continue to command the Australia...
The Australian Government is providing Commonwealth assets from a range of agencies to assist Melbourne 2006 Corporation (M2006) and the Office of Commonwealth Games Coordination (OCGC), the Victorian Governmentís Games organisers, in staging a successful...
Images from The Great White Fleet anniversary In 2008 the United States celebrates the centenary of the voyage of the Great White Fleet. (Date uploaded: 12 September 2008) View Gallery USS JOHN S McCAIN escort In 2008 the United States celebrates the cen...
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