Centenary of World War I in Orange

27/10/2015

Great turnout today for the Coo-ee March Re-enactment. Thank you Orange.

26/10/2015

The 2015 Coo-ee March Re-enactment has been in Molong today and is headed to Orange tomorrow. If you're in town make sure to line Summer Street at 2pm to watch them go by. To read more about the Coo-ee's check our blog posts
http://www.centenaryww1orange.com.au/events/the-coo-ee-march/

The Coo-ee March was a recruitment drive in response to dwindling World War I enlistments following the huge casualty count of the Gallipoli campaign and the increasing number of casualties in Fran…

06/10/2015

Mrs HJ Elder of Anson Street invites her friends to fundraiser for soldiers at the front. They donate 58 tins of to***co, eight packets of ci******es and 46 cakes of soap. For the Soldiers Trooper …

25/03/2015

Excellent story about the Orange RSL Museum and some of its World War I items http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2015/03/24/4203624.htm

Tucked away at the back of the RSL building at Orange in Central West New South Wales is a little-known museum of war history that's now getting attention as each and every artefact is catalogued and its story recorded.

04/08/2014

A new heritage walking trail brochure, will be launched today, on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of WWI. The brochure provides a guide to sites in Orange that commemorate local residents who fought in the conflict. 4th August 1914 is the day the war began and commemorations are to be held around the world to mark the centenary.

“Around 1,800 service men and women from the Orange District enlisted in the First World War,” Cr Reg Kidd said. “This was at a time when Orange’s population was around 7,000 people.”

The brochure includes a walking trail map which begins at the Visitor Information Centre and is estimated to take about 45 minutes to walk to each of the sites located close to the city centre. In total there are nine key points of interest in the brochure: Sir Neville Howse Memorial, Cenotaph Robertson Park, Holy Trinity Church Steeple, Soldier’s Memorial Hall, Memorial Avenue - Bathurst Road, Lone Pine Memorial, Orange General Cemetery, Gateway Park and Newman Park.

The brochure is available from the Orange City Library and the Orange Visitor Information Centre.

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13/05/2014

Great story today in the Central Western Daily http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/2276620/slideshow-marches-to-the-beat-call-for-100-years-of-anzac-day-march-photos/?cs=103

23/04/2014

The Anzac day March on Orange is anticipated to be bigger this year.
Lest we forget.

29/11/2013

Delighted that this exhibition will be coming to Orange Regional Gallery in 2018.

Announcement that the 'Remember Me: The Lost Diggers of Vignacourt' exhibition will come to New South Wales.

NSW exhibition dates:

State Library of NSW
1 November 2014 - 18 January 2015

Albury Region LibraryMuseum
28 July - 24 September 2017

The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie
8 December 2017 - 28 January 2018

Orange Regional Gallery
7 September - 21 October 2018

21/11/2013

Members of the Centenary of World War I in Orange Working Party enjoyed the launch of Michael Caulfield's latest book 'The unknown ANZACs at Orange City Library last night.

03/09/2013

Mrs Wendy Thompson from the NSW Centenary of Anzac Advisory Council was a special guest at the Working Party meeting yesterday afternoon. She's pictured here with Working Party Chairman, Cr Reg Kidd. Mrs Thompson was in town to talk at a dinner oraganised by Orange Rotary. This followed a civic reception.