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Oscar-winning New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson is saying goodbye to Middle-earth, but he’ll always have a place in Hollywood.
The director and producer of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogies was joined by his family, colleagues, film executives and fans on Monday morning as he received his well-earned star on Hollywood Boulevard. Continue reading
This Christmas is guaranteed to bowl you over.
Our annual Christmas celebration is moving to a new location, and we are looking forward to seeing all our members and guests there. Continue reading
The Annual General Meeting on Friday night delivered a return of the existing members of the board, and filling the one vacant position of Social Coordinator by Liz Hydesmith.
DUCW Board members for 2015
All the best for the holiday season from your new DUCW Board.
The final issue of The Southern Yarn for 2014 is available for you to download now!
Inside (page 6) you will find
(Apologies to the links on this post previously going to the Dec. 2013 issue of the Yarn, rather than the 2014 issue. All fixed.)
Poppies on the Roll of Honour. Photograph taken by Kerry Alchin. PAIU2014/128.14
[Read the original of this text at: https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/customs/poppies/]
The Flanders poppy has long been a part of Remembrance Day, the ritual that marks the Armistice of 11 November 1918, and is also increasingly being used as part of Anzac Day observances. During the First World War, red poppies were among the first plants to spring up in the devastated battlefields of northern France and Belgium. In soldiers’ folklore, the vivid red of the poppy came from the blood of their comrades soaking the ground. Continue reading