Sandy the War Horse

21/08/2026

❤️ near the camel yards

25/04/2026

Sometimes love surprises you.You think you understand it…until someone shows you what it really means.“More Than I Knew” is about loving someone deeper than ...

25/04/2026

"Lest we forget"

18/02/2026

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26/01/2026

Lots of history here

Did you know the first “Australia Day” was held on 30 July 1915 - created to raise funds for Australians wounded at Gallipoli?

Across the country, communities staged auctions, street collections, performances and stalls. Small items like badges, buttons and ribbons were sold to support patriotic funds and the work of the Australian Division of the Red Cross.

This leather kangaroo badge is one of those fundraisers. It was sold by Miss Gwendoline Lucy Allpress, a Sydney schoolgirl from Elizabeth Bay, NSW, during the 1915 Australia Day appeal.

She later donated items from these campaigns to the Memorial, including fundraising badges and ribbons from Australia Day 1915 and other wartime appeals.

What we now call Australia Day, on 26 January, was widely known as Foundation Day until the 1950s.

Accession number: REL/01626.006

25/01/2026

Where are you?

25/01/2026

26/1/2026 7am-9am
Garland Ave North Albury.
107.3 Radio Australia Day Celebration. Meet the volunteers behind the microphone and behind the scenes.
Bryan & Rosemary Smith will be serving Australia 🇦🇺 Orange juice complimentary of our Committee.
107.3 serving cuppa Tea & toast with Vegimite.
All free.
Pick up our latest brochure, ask questions, buy a flag, make a donation.
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY
See you there.

20/12/2025

Another myth that many believe.

Refer to this at the AWM:

They shot the horses – didn’t they? I don’t think I could stand the thought of my old fancy hack Just crawling round old Cairo with a ’Gyppo on his back. Perhaps some English tourist out in Palestine may find My broken hearted waler with a wooden plough behind. No, I think I’d better shoot...

23/10/2025

Had a great catch up/ lunch with Major General Thosby Bridges grand Neice from Brisbane on their way to Duntroon, Canberra for a family function. Also able to get her in contact with relatives in Albany