Welcome Thea!
Thea Shiye Jin joined our Data Analytics Team as a volunteer, whilst she studies her Masters at University beginning with the team this year on the 26 July 2023.
 
She has attended for ~4 hours a week onsite at the Connecting Up Office joining several other students from the course and from related university subjects in the SAcommunity program, and has now retired from the program as she focusses on her career. 

The Merchant Navy Association of SA
Merchant Navy Day is held on the 3 September, in recognition of the first attack on an allied merchant ship in World War II to commemorate the service and sacrifice merchant navy crews (commercial shipping crews) make during both peace and war time. The SAcommunity Team had the opportunity to speak to President, Philip Mason of the Merchant Navy Association of SA to find out more about the Association, their role, and their annual memorial activities, including Merchant Navy Day and Sea Sunday held on the 2nd Sunday in July, to remember, pray and celebrate seafarers’ across the world.

What: Avon Sunday School Hall & Local Railway Line Centenary Celebrations
Who: Avon Art & Craft Guild Inc.
Where: Avon District Hall, 1883 Avon Rd Avon SA 5501
How: Information & Bookings Phone Jill 08 8867 1127 or Helen 0419 819 420

If you have ever lived or worked in Avon perhaps on the railway or have an interest in the history of the town, railways, model trains (O scale model trains) and memorabilia. - Including a static display recreating the Bowman's Refreshment rooms in the main hall. - Come to Avon and celebrate this '100 years in the making' event.

Image: Adelaide Botanic Gardens courtesy of Intern Sarthak Jain

2 - 3 September 2023
What: Avon Sunday School Hall & Local Railway Line Centenary Celebrations
Who: Avon Art & Craft Guild Inc.
Where: Avon District Hall, 1883 Avon Rd Avon SA 5501
When: 2 - 3 September 2023
How: Information & Bookings Phone Jill 08 8867 1127 or Helen 0419 819 420