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8 November 2018 09:30am CITY

Schools Centenary Commemoration of Armistice

Approximately 2000 students from 26 schools across the region will participate in a combined schools Remembrance Day parade down York Street. Following this, the students will congregate in Anzac Peace Park for a memorial service. Part of this event will include a unique Bell and Cross Ceremony where 100 students will hold names of each soldier listed on the WWI memorial and will form a human cross within Anzac Peace Park.

8 November 2018 17:30pm LIBRARY

After the War: Returned Soldiers and the Mental and Physical Scars of World War 1

Dr Straw is the author of several fiction and non-fiction works, and was the winner of the 2018 Margaret Medcalf Award.

11 November 2018 10:00am CITY

Remembrance Day Troop March & Memorial Service 2018

A troop march down York Street including Australian Defence Force personnel, cadets and representatives will commemorate the Centenary of Armistice. The march will be followed by a commemorative service in Anzac Peace Park.

11 November 2018 12:00pm CITY

Armistice Day Community Celebration

Stirling Terrace will be transformed into a community celebration featuring buskers, live music, food and a variety of market stalls.

11 November 2018 12:30pm CITY

Queen's Jubilee Gardens Official Opening

The official opening of the Queen’s Jubilee Gardens along Proudlove Parade will form part of the Stirling Terrace Community Celebration.

11 November 2018 18:30pm CITY

By Other Eyes: The Armistice Day Choral Project

By Other Eyes is a community arts project and performance commemorating the centenary of Armistice, the end of the First World War. Join the cast of professional and community performers from across the Great Southern as they perform this new work of choral-theatre broadcast live from inside the Field of Light: Avenue of Honour.