
Led by a lone Piper veterans march along Bong Bong Street, Bowral NSW towards the War Memorial for a dawn service in commemoration of the WW1 ANZAC landing at Gallipoli and those lost in subsequent conflicts.
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Belmore Park, Sydney. Gadigal land. January 26 2024.
The annual Wollongong May Day march was combined with an anti-AUKUS rally in Port Kembla. The Wollongong community has marked May Day, or International Labour Day, since 1912. The University of Wollongong Archive has an online article providing further historical information which may be of interest.
The weekend long Robertson Potato Festival was held in Robertson, NSW, an area known for it’s outstanding potato farms. A chance for the local community to celebrate this humble, but socio-economic important vegetable.
Also, on this day in the UK a Coronation took place.
Belmore Park, Sydney. Gadigal land. January 26 2023.