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Australian Light Horse Memorial Park

Locality: Seymour, Victoria

Address: Gouburn Valley Hwy 3660 Seymour, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.lighthorsepark.org.au

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25.01.2022 The Seymour Camp Post Office. Courtesy of Trove

25.01.2022 It seems that the memories of the landing at Gallipoli in 1915 are still fresh in our minds after 105 years. Australian soldiers fought at Gallipoli, then through the long ordeal in Palestine, before taking part in the bloodbath that was the Western Front, in France and Belgium. Many young men from our district enlisted and set off for their great adventure. Many never returned. Seymour was the site for the Seymour Camp, the largest training facility in Victoria at that time. A part of that army camp is now preserved in the Australian Light Horse Memorial Park, and you can explore the park, discover the relics, and imagine the scene with thousands of young men camping in tents as they trained prior to embarkation. This Anzac day, remember them.

25.01.2022 Thanks to Mat Tennant and his crew the last known light horse carriage (built in the 19th century) is moving from Puckapunyal to the Australian Lighthorse Memorial Park ( eventually). There is a lot of restoration work to do to save this priceless bit of Australian history for future generations to appreciate.

23.01.2022 https://www.facebook.com/shrineofremembrance/videos/241571653787006/?vh=e

22.01.2022 Sunset at Christmas, with park friends

21.01.2022 The beauty of the morning light. Thanks to RS for picture

20.01.2022 Not park related but I thought this was an interesting bit of WW2 history

18.01.2022 You don't have to walk all the way up the hill to enjoy what the park has to offer. Find a seat and sit a while or find the remains of a building. There's lots to explore and hidden treasures to find. Or just say hi to the locals!

17.01.2022 Hello. I hope this is ok to share here from another page. Lest We Forget.

13.01.2022 I SPOKE TO YOU IN WHISPERS By Neil Andrew I spoke to you in whispers... As shells made the ground beneath us quake We both trembled in that crater A toxic muddy bloody lake I spoke to you and pulled your ears To try and quell your fearful eye As bullets whizzed through the raindrops And we watched the men around us die I spoke to you in stable tones A quiet tranquil voice At least I volunteered to fight You didn't get to make the choice I spoke to you of old times Perhaps you went before the plough And pulled the haycart from the meadow Far from where we're dying now I spoke to you of grooming Of when the ploughman made you shine Not the shrapnel wounds and bleeding flanks Mane filled with mud and wire and grime I spoke to you of courage As gas filled the Flanders air Watched you struggle in the mud Harness acting like a snare I spoke to you of peaceful fields Grazing beneath a setting sun Time to rest your torn and tired body Your working day is done I spoke to you of promises If from this maelstrom I survive By pen and prose and poetry I'll keep your sacrifice alive I spoke to you of legacy For when this hellish time is through All those who hauled or charged or carried Will be regarded heroes too I spoke to you in dulcet tones Your eye told me you understood As I squeezed my trigger to bring you peace The the only way I could And I spoke to you in whispers...... See more

11.01.2022 Some lovely photos of the park in its Spring glory (though it is not quite Spring....) Thanks to photographer, Robyn S.

11.01.2022 TODAY IN HISTORY 75 Years since VJ Day Emperor Hirohito's announced in the Jewel Voice Broadcast, or Gyokuon-hoso, the surrender of Japan in World War II and the nation's acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration. The speech was recorded on August 14, 1945, at the Imperial Palace.... Citizens of Japan listen to their Emperor's voice for the first time 2 of 1008Attribution: Atomic Heritage Foundation Citizens of Japan listen to their Emperor's voice for the first time The Jewel Voice Broadcast was the first time an emperor had ever addressed the nation by radio. It marked the first time most Japanese citizens heard their emperor's voice. However, the announcement was not well received by all, with as many as 1000 Japanese soldiers raiding the Imperial Palace in an attempt to find the recording and prevent its distribution to the Allies. Famous VJ Day kiss 3 of 1008Attribution: Alfred Eisenstaedt via Getty Images Famous VJ Day kiss In New York City celebrations took place in Times Square after President Harry Truman's official announcement marked the end of World War II. Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured 'The Kiss', which has since become an iconic image and somewhat synonymous with the war's end. Mystery surrounded the identities of the two captured in the photograph for decades, with many falsely claiming to be them. After years of investigation it's believed Greta Friedman and George Mendonsa are the strangers who shared this kiss in a moment of utter elation. Mr Mendonsa was on a date with his then-girlfriend at the time, but she did not mind him kissing another woman. They would later marry and spend the rest of their lives together, until his death last year.

10.01.2022 Light Horse Memorial Park - Seymour VIC

10.01.2022 War Horses. Highly trained, and against all their instincts these Horses will lay still during a battle. This is an example of an incredible trust and bond between Man and animal. THANK YOU to our Veterans, 2 and 4 legged for your service!!!

10.01.2022 More unthinkable choices by councils. They probably didn't even think about the diversity of the inhabitants. Turtles are suffering and dying, along with the other creatures of lake king https://www.facebook.com/2123614417651083/posts/2424956084183580/

10.01.2022 Armistice Day The Armistice, an agreement to end the fighting of the First World War as a prelude to peace negotiations, began at 11am on 11 November 1918. Armistice is Latin for to stand (still) arms. To this day we mark Armistice Day with a Two Minute Silence at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month.

10.01.2022 Puckapunyal personnel visit the Light Horse Park to learn about the history of our area as it relates to the Army. A terrific day

09.01.2022 Reg Saunders a wonderful man, is seen receiving his commission as the first Aboriginal officer in the Army at Seymour Camp, now the Light Horse Park. With him you will see Tom Diver Derrick VC also receiving his commission. So proud of our small part in these great mens lives.

09.01.2022 Join us to commemorate Vietnam Veterans Day, marking the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan (1966), where D Company 6 Royal Australian Regiment (6RAR) fought... a fierce battle against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops close to the village of Long Tan. In 1969, 6RAR veterans held a memorial service there and, over time, the date became synonymous with all those who served in Vietnam, until 1987 when Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially declared Long Tan Day as Vietnam Veterans Day. The Shrine is a living monument, a building with a soul. Throughout our closure period, we will continue to honour the service and sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Victorians. See more

08.01.2022 Remembering the forgotten: these men are unknown to us. Of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, who were their families at home while they were away? How did they... feel on the first Armistice Day? How did their loved ones feel remembering them? Help us remember the forgotten this Remembrance Day. Our installation LEST WE FORGET on the lower forecourt features images of unidentified service men and women. We hope you can stroll by. See more

08.01.2022 This sand sculpture is amazing

07.01.2022 While getting the gravel for the pad for the P1 hut we found it little wet at the park

06.01.2022 Park members may remember Honor Aucinlick Who spoke at the Centenary of Beersheba celebration in Seymour. On this day, 30th December 1913, her mother author Sybil Elyne Keith Mitchell (Elyne Mitchell) OAM is born. Elyne Mitchell was an Australian author noted for the Silver Brumby series of children's novels. Her nonfiction works draw on family history and culture.... Elyne Mitchell was the daughter of General Sir Henry George (Harry) Chauvel, who was the commander of the ANZAC Mounted Division Light Horse and Desert Mounted Corps in World War I famous for the charge at Beersheba. She was educated at St Catherine's School, Toorak. She married lawyer, and later parliamentarian, Thomas Walter Mitchell in 1935 and moved with him to the Snowy Mountains. He taught her to ski, and they had four children - Indi, Walter Harry, Honor and John. Elyne Mitchell was a keen skier and horsewoman - in 1938 she won the Canadian downhill skiing championship, and according to Tom Wright, in 1941 she became the first woman to descend on skis the entire western face of the Snowy Mountains. During World War II Thomas enlisted in the 2nd A.I.F. and was posted to the 8th Division in Singapore where was captured by the Japanese. Elyne ran the property by herself until her husband's return at the end of the war. Her novels describe eastern Australian terrain and wildlife in considerable detail. She was part of a wave of nationalist Australian writing that gathered strength in the late 1930s and 1940s and her work is generally described as having a landscape aesthetic. Although the horses and other animals in her books speak to each other, they are not anthropomorphic and particularly in the first two Silver Brumby books, otherwise, behave naturally. According to an interview with Tom Wright, the "Silver Brumby" series arose from Mrs Mitchell's difficulties in finding suitable reading material for her daughter Indi, then 10 and being raised in some isolation on the Mitchell family property Towong Hill, a remote cattle station in the Snowy Mountains. Set in the Snowy Mountains area of the Australian Alps around Mount Kosciuszko in southern New South Wales and northern Victoria, the Snowy Brumby books recount the life of the pale palomino brumby stallion Thowra from his birth in The Silver Brumby (first published 1958) to Silver Brumby Whirlwind. Elyne Mitchell's other works of fiction are also set in the Snowy Mountains around Thredbo and the Cascade Hut and are populated by brumbies and other animals, native and feral. The brumby stories generally intersect geographically or thematically with the Silver Brumby books and various characters from the Silver Brumby books may appear in the others. Pictured: Elyne Mitchell with husband Tom. Photo courtesy Mitchell family

06.01.2022 Sharing these wonderful photos sent to us by Garry McCluskey, regular park user and friend. You can see where they are, Site 17, where the Industrial Estate now is. Garry's great uncle Fred is on the left. Do you know any of the others?

06.01.2022 Rail and Ballest put in place by TENEX , just awaiting the Light Horse Carriage in the next couple of weeks.

05.01.2022 There's a little school in a little French town with a big sign out the front. It says "Do not forget Australia". It was Australian troops who liberated Villers...-Bretonneux from the Germans in 1918. And it was the generosity of Victorians that made sure their school was rebuilt after the war hence its name. L'Ecole Victoria. The Australian connection runs deep here. So when the bushfires hit the news in France, the town's 4,500 residents jumped in to help. They've raised over $25,000 for the bushfire relief effort so far and they're planning a solidarity march too. I'm sure I speak for all of us here in Victoria when I say: Merci, Villers-Bretonneux.

05.01.2022 The team from Cameo Memorials installed The Australian Light Horse Memorial in the Waler Paddock yesterday.

04.01.2022 Saw this article on another page thought it was worth reprinting here Wartime rationing ends 1950 Five years after the end of WWII, food rationing finally ended. ... While sugar and meat had been freely available for some years, butter was rationed until June 1950. The last restrictions on the sale of tea were removed in July 1950 the end of wartime rationing. Under the wartime rationing regulations, Australians had to exchange coupons for tea, sugar, butter and meat and other commodities like eggs and milk were restricted from time to time. Many popular foods, including chocolate and Vegemite, were in short supply as stocks went to feed the military. Petrol and clothing were also rationed. When the war ended in 1945, it took some time for food supplies to return to normal. Sugar was the first commodity to have restrictions lifted, in July 1947. In June the following year, wartime rationing of meat ended. It was another year before butter, which had been restricted to 1lb (453g) per week per adult, was removed from the list of rationed commodities. Tea followed soon after. Between 1939 and 1948 price control had been introduced by the Commonwealth as part of its defence responsibilities, to help prevent inflation created through wartime profiteering. Positions of Deputy Price Commissioner were created in each state to report to the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner. One of the Australian Government’s fears was that the return of peace would be accompanied by soaring inflation, as demand outstripped supply. Although wartime rationing ended, price controls continued for many years. In 1948 legislation transferred responsibility for controlling prices to the States. While consumers were happy, farmers protested that the political imperative to guarantee cheap food, as well as low contracted prices for exports to Britain, meant they were producing at a loss.

04.01.2022 For everyone who likes a good walk around the park, the track around the outside has just been graded. So bring your dog, your friends and your family. Challenge your fitness partners to run or walk or cycle with you. Explore the park; enjoy the walk and hit the like and share buttons!

03.01.2022 Thank you to Gavin Waite for sharing these photos of the park.

03.01.2022 Waler statue Tanya Bartlett Horse sculptor , Tamworth

02.01.2022 Not park related but a massive event in Seymour in 1974

02.01.2022 Another member of the 37th Battalion Sir John Gladstone Black (Jack) McDonald (1898-1977), orchardist and premier, was born on 6 December 1898 at Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, second child of Donald Macdonald, licensed grocer, and his wife Ann Elizabeth, née Henry. Educated locally at Carmuirs School, Jack emigrated to Australia in 1912 with his widowed mother, brother and two sisters. The family began farming at Shepparton East, Victoria, but lost their entire dairy her...Continue reading

01.01.2022 Australian Light Horse Memorial Park commemorated Armistice Day yesterday Have you visited this hidden gem in Seymour? #exploreseymour

01.01.2022 How beautiful is our Australian Light Horse Memorial Park #exploreseymour