Peter FitzSimmons will present the 56th Ward and Olive Memorial Lecture
The City of Liverpool and District Historical Society is privileged to host Peter Fitzsimmons, Australia’s bestselling non-fiction author and journalist, as the Keynote Speaker for the 56th Ward and Olive Havard Memorial History Lecture.
Peter will discuss his latest book, The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse. The 12th Light Horse was formed in Liverpool. The lecture will be followed by a book signing, light lunch, tea and coffee, and a look at the Liverpool Historical Society Centre.
On 31st October 1917, as the day’s light faded, the Australian Light Horse charged against their enemy. Eight hundred men and horses galloped four miles across open country, towards the artillery, rifles and machine guns of the Turks occupying the seemingly unassailable town of Beersheba. What happened in the next hour changed the course of history.
This brave battle and the extraordinary adventures that led to it are brought vividly to life by Peter FitzSimons. It is an epic tale of farm boys, drovers, bank clerks, dentists, poets and scoundrels transported to fight a war half a world away and is full of incredible characters: from Major Banjo Paterson to Lawrence of Arabia; the brilliant writer Trooper Ion Idriess and the humble General Harry Chauvel; the tearaway Test fast bowler ‘Tibby’ Cotter and the infamous warhorse, Bill the Bastard. All have their part to play in the enthralling, sprawling drama of the Australian Light Horse.
When: Saturday, 31 August at 11 am.
Where: Hilda M. Davis Senior Citizens Centre, 185 Bigge St, Liverpool NSW.
RSVP: Gailrobyn54@hotmail.com by Friday, 23 August 2024.
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