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The annual festivals have been indefinitely suspended
HOWEVER
Stay tuned for significant date festivals such as
2012 which is the 110th disaster anniversary.
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FOR THIS YEAR
2011
Sunday 31st July
Mt Kembla ‘Heritage Miners Picnic Day’
9am to 4pm - Mt Kembla School
Step back a century – join the Mt Kembla community to experience the fun and celebration of a 1900’s style Heritage Miners’ Picnic Day.
Feel free to dress in period costume and bring your own hamper or take advantage of the great variety of food stalls.
Held in the grounds of the historic Mt Kembla School and commencing at 9am Poetry – Music – Picnic Games and events featuring the popular
Dendrobium Mining Display.
Along with the traditional ‘Heritage Displays’ in the School building featuring ‘Pioneer Families’ - old Mt Kembla School photos and sporting displays.
Fun for all the Family
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Sunday 31st July
2:00pm – Soldiers and Miners Memorial Church
Join the congregation in the 109th continuous annual service - honouring the 96 men and boys who died in the 1902 Mt Kembla Mine disaster.
Mt Kembla Heritage Centre - Opposite the Church
Open all day – the award winning display ‘Thunder in a Cloudless Sky’.
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Sunday 31st July
The traditional ’96 Candles Ceremony’
6:30pm – Windy Gully Cemetery
Join the community and descendents of the Mt Kembla Mine disaster victims and survivors to commemorate the 96 men and boys killed in the 1902 disaster. This remains the largest loss of life in an industrial accident in Australia’s history.
Please note: There is no vehicular access to the area; so please take advantage of the FREE Premier Illawarra shuttle busses operating from the Mt Kembla Hotel and Kembla Hts Bowling Club from 5:30pm.
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