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The Eudunda 150 Celebrations planned for November this year have been postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19.

Our Chairman, Samuel Doering, explains in a statement below.

#eudunda150 #colinthiele100

The COVID-19 Virus, Global Pandemic has affected the World in such a massive way, not seen for 100 years (back then it was the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, which killed an estimated 50 Million people).

With shutdown’s around the World and specifically in Australia, to stave off the pandemic, Australia has so far been very lucky, with low numbers affected by the virus, but still sadly deaths have occurred. The shutdown has caused much loss of jobs, income, anxiety and there is still an uncertain nature about what will happen, even as Australia starts to cautiously get back some normal activities.

Under the circumstances, the Eudunda 150th Committee had to vote by email, and the feeling was that it was not wise to plan to have such a big event in the ‘unknown’. We felt it was not fair on our supporters to be asking for support when they were struggling, and our volunteers who may be at risk, and our visitors likewise.

The Eudunda 150th Committee is not completely giving the idea away, of having some celebrations this November, but it is not of the grand scale it was hoping for, and may need to be in a different format. All going well, we hope to be able to ‘regroup’ in July and assess what the risks might be and what might be safe and possible. Currently we have been considering postponing most items until  2021.

So please stay tuned to this channel and hopefully help us to celebrate.

We would like to wish everyone to Stay Safe and Be Happy,
We are indeed in a Lucky Country!

 

Registrations Close 4:45pm Wed 4th March
for
Whole of Town Garage Sale
60+ sites registered so far!!!!

A fundraiser for the Eudunda 150
Celebrations to be held in November 2020
7th March 2020
8am to 4pm

Registration is $10 per stall
at the Eudunda Post Office

Maps & More available on the Morning
CENTRAL
from outside the Post Office
as will a BBQ Breakfast to get you started.
NORTH SIDE
Eudunda Community Hub & Shed – Worlds End Hwy
SOUTH SIDE
The Eudunda Preschool (Kindy site) – Thiele Hwy

Calling all Eudunda Households…
Want to make yourself some extra cash in time for Easter?
Then here is your chance!!
(Register for the MEGA GARAGE SALE now!!!)

How do I REGISTER?…
Do so at the Eudunda Post Office
9 Gunn Street, Eudunda,
08 8581 1149
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!!!
Registrations Close 4:45pm on 4th March
So we can get you on the SALE MAP!!!

What will it cost?…
$10 per house, site, market stall or car boot…

Want to be with others in a more market style site
then check out this article

REGISTER, START SORTING AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!
A GREAT TIME TO DE-CLUTTER YOUR LIFE
AND MAKE SOME CASH!

 

Are you living in the Eudunda Area – just outside the town, or even a bit further and really keen to get rid of some of your treasures or junk.

There are several unique ways you might be able to join in.

• HOLD YOUR SITE OUT OF TOWN – We have had a few people about 5km out who don’t feel they could bring all thier goods in – so they will be included on the map for you to find (register at the Eudunda Post Office).
• JOIN A GROUP AREA – You might have a car boot or trailer or truck full – if so consider joining in on one of the group areas.
  • Eudunda Community Hub & Shed (You register with the Hub for $10 as one of thier stalls – they are listed as a stop)
  • Light Hotel Car Park (register at the Eudunda Post Office) – people will find you at the Car Park marked on the map)
• DONATE IT TO A WORTHY CAUSE – You might find it too hard or only have a few items – why not consider donating them to the Eudunda Community Preschool Centre for them to raise money. Check out thier advert below and talk to them about what might be suitable donations.
  Their site will be at the Kindy Carkpark

Eudunda is hosting a Mega Garage Sale on Saturday, 7th of March, 2020!

Stalls across town will be opening up from 8am and remaining open until 4pm.

The registration fees for stallholders at this event will be going toward supporting Eudunda’s 150th Anniversary, which will be running from the 6th to the 16th of November, 2020.

Volunteers from the Eudunda 150 Committee will also be assisting on the day.

Maps will be available from 8am at the Eudunda Post Office for $2, as will a scrumptious Egg ‘n’ Bacon Roll for $6, cooked by our very talented crew of volunteers!

 

Pack the car and come along to Eudunda for the day to support this great event! 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Peter Herriman (Secretary of Eudunda 150 Committee) on 0429 811 958.

 

Whole of Town Garage Sale

A fundraiser for the Eudunda 150
Celebrations to be held in November 2020
7th March 2020

Registration is $10 per stall
at the Eudunda Post Office

Maps & More available on the Morning
from outside the Post Office
as will a BBQ Breakfast to get you started.

Calling all Eudunda Households…
Want to make yourself some extra cash in time for Easter?
Then here is your chance!!
(Register for the MEGA GARAGE SALE now!!!)

How do I REGISTER?…
Do so at the Eudunda Post Office
9 Gunn Street, Eudunda,
08 8581 1149
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY!!!
So we can get you on the SALE MAP!!!

What will it cost?…
$10 per house, site, market stall or car boot…

REGISTER, START SORTING AND SPREAD THE WORD!!!
A GREAT TIME TO DE-CLUTTER YOUR LIFE
AND MAKE SOME CASH!

 

Poet. Linguist. Flying Officer. Geranium Plains Lad.

…

On the 4^th of January, 1945, Paul Gotthelf Pfeiffer, an extraordinary local modernist poet who was born at Point Pass, South Australia, died after an accident during a flying mission at Invergordon, Scotland.

Born into a German family on the 5^th of December, 1916, Paul spent his early childhood at Geranium Plains on the family property, ‘Mirtlefield Farm.’ He was schooled at the little Australia Plains School just up the road.

He had seven brothers and sisters: Wilhelm, Johannes (Jack), Elsa, Hulda, Otto, Lydia and Martha.  Being the youngest son, and youngest child, in a large family, it was always unlikely that Paul would take on the family farm. Instead, he was encouraged to pursue academic studies.

Paul discovered he had a love of literature and languages, which took him to the University of Adelaide. Throughout the duration of his study, he boarded at Immanuel College. It was here that Paul met up-and-coming author and poet, and Eudunda local, Colin Thiele. (Living in such close proximity to one another, there is a possibility Paul and Colin could have met before university, but there is no way of proving for certain.)

 

“He was a linguist, scholar and born educator.”

 

He graduated in 1938 with a Bachelor of Arts, before continuing on with Honours in 1939 and a Masters Degree in 1940. That same year, he became a tutor at St. Mark’s College, and during this time, he wrote a poem titled ‘Spain’, which earned him the coveted Bundey Prize for English Verse, awarded by the University of Adelaide.

While Paul attended university, he met fellow poets Donald Bevis Kerr and Max Harris. Together they were central to the modernist, avant-garde, radical Angry Penguins movement which dominated the literary scene of late 1930s Australia. Paul was a regular contributor to the journal at the University of Adelaide, Phoenix, which was later reincarnated as the Angry Penguins journal.

In July 1940, Paul enlisted as a reservist in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), and was called up in March 1941. His enlistment papers record him as being 5ft 8in tall and 144lbs, with a chest measurement of 34in., a medium complexion, blue eyes and fair hair. His papers also record that he was fluent in German and French and that he had taught Greek at Immanuel College. He was a ‘linguist, scholar and born educator.’

Throughout his service during the war, he served as a Navigator. He rose from the rank of Leading Aircraftman to Flight Sergeant to Flying Officer. He served in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Northern Ireland, England and across the Mediterranean. As well as this, he served with Coastal Command performing missions over the North Sea. From January 1943 onwards, Paul was part of the renowned 461 Squadron of the RAAF.

 

 

While on service, Paul published a collection of poems in Adelaide in 1942, in a publication titled Hymeneal to a Star. Some critics have described Pfeiffer’s work as bearing similarities to the tragedies of Simonedes of Ceos, a poet and scholar of Ancient Greece. The collection of poems includes his award-winning poem, ‘Spain’, as well as a six-part series called ‘Songs in Wartime’ which he would have written whilst on service.

Sadly, just months before the end of the war, on the 3^rd of January, 1945, Paul was fatally injured in a plane crash whilst on a photographic mission over Cromarty Firth, near Invergordon, Scotland. Paul did not regain consciousness after the plane broke apart, and passed away on the 4^th of January, 1945 at the Royal Naval Hospital, Invergordon.

While an inquiry could not determine the cause of the accident, it did not rule out the possibility of the plane stalling shortly after take-off or the jamming of controls. Witnesses recall seeing the plane ascend after take-off and shortly thereafter, the starboard wing dipped, then the port wing, then the starboard once again, before it veered into the ocean. Of the six crew on board, two died in hospital and four survived.

Paul is buried in the Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery in North Yorkshire, England.

Paul is arguably one of the great lost modernist poets of Australia.

Lest we forget.

 

…

Adapted from an article published in the Eudunda Family Heritage Gallery’s quarterly newsletter, ‘Gustav’s Newsletter.’

Bibliography

• https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A1926
• https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/510544
• http://jacketmagazine.com/12/penguins-miles.html 
• https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1077001
• https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5255532
• http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1579049442482~835

Written and researched by Samuel Doering.

2020 has now arrived and it’s time to start celebrating Eudunda’s proud, 150-year #history!

Follow us this year as we share our town’s surprising past and prepare to celebrate being a very special birthday.

We are so excited!

Launch in the Marque by David Scholz

Eudunda 150 Committee Member and Local History Buff, David Scholz
introduced the story behind the plans for the community to celebrate the 150th year since European Settlers first developed the township of Eudunda.

David’s speech was very informative and well spoken, thanks David for volunteering for the job.

Eudunda 150 Stand

The Eudunda Show Committee had also given us space in a prominent area of the Eudunda Show to have the new Eudunda 150 Banner on display, with some fliers to hand out. During the afternoon, after finishing her job as the Flower Convenor in the Pavilion, Julie Schulz stopped at the stand and helped hand out fliers and speak with people about the celebrations which will be from the 6th to 16th November 2020.

We don’t have a photo of Julie at the stand, but we do have one of Jenny Herriman checking it out. Jenny of course will be busy helping to promote and run one of the featured days of the celebrations, as she has always supported the stories of Colin Thiele and has always supported events in his honour.

Additionally fliers were handed out during the event.

Check out the Proposed Programme

Support Our Fundraiser

You can support the Eudunda 150 Committee to raise funds so that we can put on a great event for everyone, by coming and buying your food at our

BBQ Fundraiser at the Eudunda Christmas Party

on Friday evening of the 6th December 2019.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

also

Check out more Eudunda Show Photos 2019 here

Remember – the Eudunda Show 2020 will be a feature event of the Eudunda 150th, so we hope you plan to attend.

 

 

#OnThisDay in 1920, Colin Milton Thiele, internationally-renowned children’s author, was born at Mutter Knaebe’s Nursing Home, Eudunda.

He was the author of more than 100 books that centred on rural #Australia, his most famous title being Storm Boy.

Happy 99th, Colin!

Image by Lyn Wood is from the book – Can I Call You Colin by Stephany Evans Steggal

#eudunda150 #colinthiele100

On the 6th of November, 2020, #Eudunda will begin celebrating 150 years of #European settlement!

Journey with us in the lead-up to the exciting programme, and receive updates about the projects we will be doing.

We have some awesome things in store!

#eudunda150 #colinthiele100

Come hear about the preparations for the
Eudunda 150th Celebrations
At the Eudunda Show this Year
in the Marquee
Just after the Opening of the Show

Eudunda 150th Committee Member
David Scholz will give a short presentation
about our plans and where they are at the moment.

Come to the Eudunda Show this year and have a great day
Eudunda Show Website
The Eudunda Show will be a great part of the 150th Celebrations in 2020.