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QLD Open Day

10am-3pm @ The Pioneer Village, Pittsworth. 

*Morning Tea - $3

*Lunch BBQ - $1

 

This day celebrate's our town's diversity with multiple activities to take part in. Come along, enjoy the live music, view the machinery and be appart of the town's collaborative workshop's on offer! 

11am: Flag Raising & declaration by Ros Scotney

11.30am: Shire Book Launch with Alastair Silcock

 

Launch into a variety of workshops >>

JUNE 6
2015

Queensland Day Celebration

Open Day at Pioneer Village, Pittsworth

on Saturday 6th June, 2015 from 10am to 3pm

Demonsarranging: Donna Arriel

Whip Cracking & Leather work: Tim Rowlinson

 

Lace Pillow Making: Toowoomba Lace Makers

 

Woodcrafters demonstrating pyrographics

 

Cheese Testing & Making: Debbie Zeller

 

Blacksmithing

 

Croquet

 

Paper Crafting: Scotia Crawley

 

Movie Viewing: Broxburn School

 

Children's Games Corner: Leah Moore

 

Rides in the carriage: Jack Murphy

 

Family History Room Peak

 

 

Demonstrations will include:

  • whip cracking

  • leather making

  • wood crafting

  • lace making with bobbins

  • cheese making

Activities will include:

  • croquet

  • quoits

  • horse shoe tosses

  • floral arranging

  • movies from Featherstone collection at Cobb & Co

Launch of Alastair Silcock's book - Heart of the Downs: Pittsworth Shire Council 1913 to 2008

 

 

"Little Digger" unveiled

Unveiling of Memorial Statue

2pm @ The Pioneer Village, Pittsworth. 

 

There will be a display of all local WW1 Servicemen and Women in the Post Office Building at the Pioneer Village. 

 

There will be a flag raising ceremony, Paul Antonio will unveil the statue, a wreath laying and a planting of a Lone Pine Tree. 

 

There will also be a display of photo's that were taken by some of these brave men and women enlisted from the Pittsworth and surrounding districts. 

APRIL 18
2015

A granite statue of a World War One soldier now takes pride of place in front of the Pioneer Village's RSL Display Centre

 

The "Little Digger" was unveiled during a Pittsworth RSL sub branch ceremony on Saturday 18th April, 2015.  

 

A Lone Pine seedling was also planted on the western side of the display centre.  The tree is a direct descendant of those growing on the Gallipoli Peninsular in 1915.

9.30 am - registration / morning tea

10am - Session 1'

12 noon - Lunch

1pm - Session 2

3pm - close

 

Cost - $30 (morning tea & lunch included)

Raffle & Lucky Door

 

Speaker Karen Rowe is a member of the Toowoomba & Darling Downs History Society and has been researching soldiers & nurses for the last 15 years.

If you have any elusive WW1 soldiers you can't find, bring their name on the day and Karen will endeavour to find them for you.

 

Please email with your RSVP by Friday 12th June, 2015 to pittsworth.history@gmail.com

Payment may be made on the day.

 

Hope to see you there.

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World War 1 - Seminar Day

Saturday, 20th June, 2015

at Pittsworth Function Centre, Hume Street, Pittsworth

Guest Speaker: Karen Rowe

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