| 2013 Famine Rock Commemoration Day. The Great Famine & Arrival of Irish Famine Orphan Girls.17th November, Sunday, 2,30 pm.Heritage & History. Readings. Poetry. Music.Villean Pipes. Songs. Irish Fiddle, Tin Whistle. Every year since 1998 we pay tribute in sacred ceremony at Williamstown's
Standing Stone to the great Grandmothers who sailed into Hobsons Bay from 1848 – 1850 per Lady Kennaway, Pemberton, New Liverpool, Diadem, Derwent and Eliza Caroline/
Honoured guest speaker is author Dr Liz Rushen, and Dr Val Noone is our MC.
Our Mayor will be unveiling the new Irish Famine Orphan Bay Trail Marker.
Free copies of DVD Strzelecki's Humanitarian Deeds in Ireland produced by Kosciuszko Heritage Inc. will be distributed during these celebrations.
We share this heritage with musical and historical performances, then afternoon tea.
We especially cherish Irish Famine Orphan Girl Descendants.
You may like to lay a floral tribute at the Rock. We will have chairs and a coffee cart Burgoyne Reserve, The Strand, corner Stevedore Street.
PLEASE BRING A PLATE TO SHARE FOR AFTERNOON TEA.
Contact Debra Vaughan, 03-9397 6619 debonairdv@iinet.net.au
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