EVENT:   Launch of ‘WHISPERS THROUGH THE SPINIFEX: Memories of Mount Isa in the Making’

 

VENUE: 
Lawns of the Mount Isa Civic Centre

 

DATE:    
Thursday 23 February 2017

 

TIME:    
6.30pm - 8.30pm

 

ENTERTAINMENT:    
 - Static display of 300 historical photographs of the making of Mount Isa

 - Old Cine Sound News reels and film clips of defining moments - Mount Isa

 - Country Music Madness
 - Emcee(s)  -  Terry Lees  OAM  (in Australia Day Honours) & Derek Barry
                    (Editor of North West Star newspaper)

 - Welcome to Country

 - Smoking Ceremony

 - Kalkadungu ‘Sundowners’ Dancers

 - Old Cinesound News reels

 - Bush poetry readings

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Hopefully???   Books arrive in town ……

 

A couple of bushies said they’ll “… pick the books up under the spinifex on the Cloncurry road and bring ‘em to town”.  Fingers crossed they don’t want to wet the whistle with the Bundy Barrel on the way they should get to town in time for the bun-fight.  The ol’ girl is booked to dance in the streets with her crazy mates. An’ we hear our Federal mate Katter is thingkin’ of comin’ and readin’ too!  Bloody good shindig for ev’one.  R ugh comin’ ???  

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 - Official Book Launch

 - Book Readings by Several local identities

 - Book Signings

 

And that's all folks...

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