Author Archives: Jenny Gates

ANZAC Day commemoration

This coming Saturday, April 26, 2014, members and guests of the DUCW will commemorate ANZAC Day at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre at 764 Erin starting at 6:00 pm. We hope that as many of you as possible will be there for our ceremony and potluck dinner (details in the April Yarn). Please take some time beforehand to visit the many websites and newspapers in Australia and New Zealand where some detailed and moving tributes to the ANZACs are available – NZ history online, ANZAC Tour, 100 Years of ANZAC, and 100 years of untold stories from ANZAC to Afghanistan.

Australia Day honour for Major Sumner

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[Photo: Matt Turner. Article: The Advertiser]

Congratulations to our dear friend, Major Sumner, who has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia as part of the 2014 Australia Day Honours for his significant service to the Indigenous community.

Major wants to live to see an Australia in which all non-Aboriginal people experience what indigenous culture is about.

“Aboriginal people live every day in what it is like to be part of white culture, but how many Australians can say they have experienced Aboriginal culture,” the Ngarrindjeri elder said. Continue reading →

Australia Day and Waitangi Day Celebrations

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Welcome to our first event for 2014! Join us on SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1, starting around 5:00 pm, for a wonderful celebration of our national days at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin. Not only will there be a POTLUCK dinner, a trivia quiz, and an opportunity to catch up with all the news since our Christmas party, but there will be lots and lots of PAVLOVAS as part of our Annual phentermine med Bake-off. So, bring your best pavlova and compete for 1st Prize, Grand Champion, and Best in Show. We also ask everyone to bring a complementary main dish, salad or veggie dish – enough for yourselves and a bit extra. See you all there! [Photo: Food Network Canada]

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Christmas Party and Potluck Dinner

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G’day and Kia ora, everyone! We are looking forward to seeing all of you at the party and potluck this Sunday, December 8, starting at 4:00 pm. Santa will be joining us at the Scandinavian Cultural Centre, 764 Erin, and little kids and big kids will mingle and celebrate the season. Remember it’s a potluck, so please bring mains, salads and veggie dishes, as well as a few desserts.