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Oxiana Oval
The gallery outnumbered elected members and staff at the Special Meeting of the DC Coober Pedy held to discuss a proposal to build a multi-purpose change rooms at the town oval.
Council supported the motions,
"1. That Council proceed with the construction of a multi-purpose change room facility at the town oval and that this be funded by a contribution of $50,000 from Oxiana Limited and loan borrowings of $107,747 from the Local Government Finance Authority.
2. That Council agrees to name the town oval "Oxiana Oval" for a period of five (5) years in accordance with the sponsorship terms."
The (unconfirmed) minutes show that no apologies were received. This would be the fifth time that Cr Harry Blobel has been absent without apology.
From the Woomera Gibber Gabber Friday 31st March
HyShot Success
'The University of Queensland's research team have received a portion of the data packet from telemetry teams 400km down range following Saturday's HyShot III scramjet experiment launch at Woomera.
The down range team is located not far from the nominal impact area in a remote desert region not serviced by roads..
Scientists will examine the data covering the duration of the 10-minute flight and particularly for the six precious seconds when the scramjet experiment took place shortly before impact.
The $2M University of Qld.-led HyShot III experiment used a scramjet engine developed by UK company, QinetiQ. The scramjet was attached to a Terrier-Orion rocket combination and aimed to fly at an estimated Mach 8 (or about 8000km/hr), or about 10 times faster than a conventional jet engine.
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Anzac Day on April 25th |
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Australia: The Anzac tradition - the ideals of courage, endurance and mateship that are still relevant today was established on 25 April 1915 when the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was the start of a campaign that lasted eight months and resulted in some 25,000 Australian casualties, including 8700 who were killed or died of wounds or disease. The men who served on the Gallipoli Peninsula created a legend, adding the word ‘Anzac' to the Australian and New Zealand vocabularies and creating the notion of the Anzac spirit. In 1916, the first anniversary of the landing was observed in Australia, New Zealand and England and by troops in Egypt. That year, 25 April was officially named ‘Anzac Day’ by the Acting Prime Minister, George Pearce. By the 1920s, Anzac Day ceremonies were held throughout Australia. All States had designated Anzac Day as a public holiday. Commemoration of Anzac Day continued throughout the 1930s and 1940s with World War II veterans joining parades around the country. In the ensuing decades returned servicemen and women from the conflicts in Malaya, Indonesia, Korea and Vietnam, veterans from allied countries and peacekeepers joined the parades. During the 1960s and 1970s the number of people attending Anzac Day marches fell as Australians questioned the relevance of Anzac Day. However, in the 1990s there was a resurgence of interest in Anzac Day, with attendances, particularly by young people, increasing across Australia and with many making the pilgrimage to the Gallipoli Peninsula to attend the Dawn Service. |
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