The Australian Anglo Boer War Study Group is having it's 10 yearly conference in Melbourne. Details below. I thought this may be of interest.
Contact me and I will pass your details to Robin Droogleever, the organiser.
PROPOSED TWO DAY CONFERENCE ON THE ANGLO-BOER WAR
MANNINGHAM FUNCTION CENTRE, MELBOURNE,
26th and 27th OCTOBER 2013.
Saturday 26th October 2013: Talkfest:
Manningham Function Centre [Doncaster/Templestowe Rooms]
8 – 9 a.m setting up of display area.
9 – 9.30 Registration followed by informal mingling and an opportunity to look at displays, purchase books etc.
9.30 – 9.45 a) Welcome by Rob Droogleever [President ABWSG] and outline of programme for both Saturday and Sunday and to introduce Master of Ceremonies – [Neil Smith]
10 – 11 a.m. Speaker No. 1 Ross Taylor ‘Shattered ANZACS of the Neglected War – Government treatment of Boer War Veterans ‘ samples from the Central Western District of NSW.
11 – 11.30 a.m. Morning Tea
11.30 – 12.30 Speaker No. 2 Ryan Darby, ‘Aviation in the Boer War’.
12.30 to 1 p.m. Speaker No. 3 Dave George, ‘Boer War Gun Carvings’.
1 – 1.45 p.m. Lunch
2 - 3 p.m. Speaker 4 Robert Eales, ‘The Work of Emily Hobhouse in the Boer War’.
3 – 3.45 Speakers 5 & 6 Midge Carter/Trish Woodman, ‘Boer War Field Trips in Natal in the 1970s’ and ‘The Story of Emily Back’.
3.45 – 4.15 p.m. Afternoon Tea
4.15 – 5 p.m. Speaker 7 Geoff Doherty, ‘A Successful Deserter’.
5 p.m. Formalities end. [Neil S] Reminders for Sunday and Dinner later. Displays to be dismantled by 6 p.m. [Rob D]
Note that at 6 p.m. RSL reveille. All to Stand and have a minute’s silence.
6.30 p.m. Exit the Club
Sunday 27th October 2013: Field Trip
Meet outside in car park Doncaster Manningham Function Center at 9.30 a.m. Cars of Melbourne members can be utilised to transport those interstate members who need a space.
c. 10.30 a.m. Assemble at Melbourne General Cemetery: Visit grave sites of
a) Colonel Tom Price, C.O. VMR [Speaker: Rob Droogleever]
b) Major Tom Umphelby, 2VMR and 5VMR [Speaker: Rob Droogleever]
To be noted as we pass by:
c] Chief Justice Redmond Barry - Ned Kelly’s judge.
d] Burke & Wills Memorial
e] James Scullin & Walter Lindrum
f] Marcus Clarke – historian ‘For the Term of his Natural Life’.
g] Robert Menzies, Harold Holt and John Gorton.
h] Umphelby Family.
c. 11.45 a.m. Drive to Lieutenant James Roberts [1st Vics] monument in Parkville.
[Speaker: Rob Droogleever] Roberts was killed at Pink Hill.
c. 12.15 noon Drive to Shrine Precinct: Park and Walk!
c. 12.30p.m. to 1.15 p.m. [45 minutes] Lunch at local cafeteria?
c. 1.15 p.m. a) Walk to St.Kilda Road Boer War Monument to those who Fell in the Boer War. Go via Eternal Flame and Jacaranda Tree. Brief stop at BWM to read Bastiaan’s plaque, then
b) walk to Victoria Barracks [2 p.m.?] where the first units to go to the Boer War were assembled. [Speaker: George Ward] On the way point out old Police training sheds and the Domain (where horse riding trials took place) and Government House.
c) re-cross St.Kilda Road to 5th Vic Monument, [Speaker Max Chamberlain] then take steps [Boer War Day route] up to Shrine where arrangements for farewells can be made. Tea can be taken if desired.
Optional: An opportunity to visit the Shrine itself can be taken privately by interstate members – but an extra half hour would most likely be needed.
Expected finish c. 3.30 – 4.30 p.m.
HOTELS/MOTELS IN DONCASTER AREA
Hotel Shoppingtown, Doncaster $100 p.n including continental breakfast. Very conveniently placed. Within walking distance of the Council Buildings. Could be a bit on the noisy side, opposite Shoppingtown. Phone 9848-6811
Quest, 855 Doncaster road, $139 per night which includes a continental breakfast (but you must notify them that you are attending a conference at the Council Buildings otherwise the price rises to $158) Phone 8848-1600
Beau Monde, 934 Doncaster road, $170 per night including breakfast (but you must tell them you want breakfast included). Luxurious 4 ½ star hotel with spa bath etc. Transport to the airport is provided at $90. Phone 9841-9744.
Elizabethan Lodge, Middleborough Road, Blackburn North, $110 per night (no breakfast). Phone 9898-9551. Close to Eastern Freeway.
Tudor Best Western, Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, $150 p.n. (no breakfast). Phone 9898-9581
* Please note that a taxi rank operates from Shoppingtown and that the cost of a fare to the airport is anything from $70 to $85.
