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WITH COURAGE AND HUMANITY
Peter Badcoe Victoria Cross
Yandruwandha Burke and Wills Breastplate

Regional Tour: March - June 2009

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Tour Details

Country South Australians will have the opportunity to see the Victoria Cross and the Yandruwandha Burke and Wills breastplate when they tour throughout the State during the months of March to June 2009.

The regional tour commenced in Victor Harbor on 21 March. In April the tour will visit Two Wells, Kangaroo Island, Port Pirie and Port Augusta. In May, the tour visits towns in the Riverland, South-East and on Yorke Peninsula. The tour then goes to the Mid-North, Broken Hill, and Eyre Peninsula, in June.

Local councils, galleries, libraries and RSL sub-branches have generously offered to host the tour in their towns.

Full tour dates are available below.

21 March

Victor Harbor

RSL Clubrooms
10 Coral Street, Victor Harbor
10.00am-2.00pm

15 April

Two Wells

Two Wells RSL Sub-branch clubrooms
Main Street, Two Wells
10.00am-3.00pm

16-17 April

Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Kangaroo Island Council Offices
43 Dauncey Street, Kingscote
16 April: 1.00pm-5.00pm
17 April: 9.00am-1.00pm

20-21 April

Port Pirie

Port Pirie RSL Military Museum
294 The Terrace, Port Pirie
20 April: 3.00pm-6.00pm
21 April: 11.00am-6.00pm

22-24 April

Port Augusta

Port Augusta Public Library
Civic Centre, 4 Mackay Street, Port Augusta
22 April: 12 noon-6.00pm
23 April: 9.00am-5.00pm
24 April: 9.00am-12 noon

13-15 May

Berri

Berri Library and Information Centre
Kay Avenue, Berri
13 May: 1.00pm-5.00pm
14 May: 10.00am-8.00pm
15 May: 9.00am-12 noon

18 May

Bordertown

Bob Hawke Gallery, Tatiara District Council Offices
43 Woolshed Street, Bordertown
9.00am-7.00pm

19-20 May

Mount Gambier

Riddoch Art Gallery
8-10 Commercial Street East, Mt Gambier
19 May: 2.00pm-5.00pm
20 May 10.00am-5.00pm

21 May

Kingston, SE

Kingston Community School Library
Gall Park, East Terrace, Kingston
10.30am-6.00pm

22 May

Tailem Bend

RSL Hall, 57 Trevena Road, Tailem Bend
11.30am-3.30pm

23-24 May

Adelaide

Torrens Parade Ground
Victoria Drive, Adelaide
Both days: 11.00am-4.00pm

26-27 May

Bublacowie (near Yorketown)

Bublacowie Military Museum, Bublacowie
 Minlaton-Yorketown Road, Yorke Peninsula  (c20kms from Yorketown or Minlaton)
26 May: 12 noon-5.00pm
27 May: 10.00am-2.00pm

30-31 May

Adelaide

Torrens Parade Ground
Victoria Drive, Adelaide
Both days: 11.00am-4.00pm

1-2 June

Clare

Clare Library
33 Old North Road, Clare
1 June: 1.00pm-3.00pm (schools only)
2 June: 10.00am- 6.00pm

3 June

Peterborough

YMCA  foyer
106 Main Street, Peterborough
11.00am-7.00pm

4-5 June

Broken Hill

The Albert Kersten GeoCentre
Corner Crystal and Bromide Streets,
Broken Hill
4 June: 2.00pm-7.00pm
5 June: 10.00am-4.00pm

15-16 June

Port Lincoln

Civic Hall
Tasman Terrace, Port Lincoln
15 June: 9.00am-5.00pm
16 June: 9.00am-5.00pm

17-18 June

Ceduna

Memorial Hall
31 Poynton Street, Ceduna
17 June: 2.00pm-8.00pm
18 June: 8.30am-12noon

18-19 June

Wudinna

Wudinna Town Hall
Ballantyne St, Wudinna
18 June: 4.00pm-7.00pm
19 June: 10.00am-5.00pm

*Dates are not always full days.  The display may be open only in the morning, or in the afternoon/evening.

 

 



 

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