This months meeting is on Saturday 21 October 2023 will be held at the usual place, the Uniting Church Hall, 23 William Street, Christies Beach, South Australia. 

The Resource Room will be open from 12noon for borrowing books. If you would like to use a computer before the meeting begins it will need to be booked. 

Members can attend for free and guests are $3 per person. Please bring a gold coin if you would like afternoon tea (eg. coffee or tea plus biscuit or cake). Also change if you would like to purchase from the trading table (eg. home made jam, books, etc).

The meeting time is 1:15pm and talk is by Ian Smith for the Love of the Country. 

Ian’s talk is about Aboriginal veterans from South Australia that have served since the Boer War. Their personal stories of leadership, service and courage is placed in personal context from which their service was offered, and their lives, experiences and achievements after their service.

Ian is the author of the book “For Love of Country”. The subject of the talk is essentially what the book is about. One of the stories is about a Fleurieu man called Daniel Hodgekiss.

There will be copies of the book available for anyone interested in purchasing at $57.50.