More than 60 people attended the opening night of the Narooma Historical Society’s exhibition at the SoART Gallery on Thursday.
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Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, ‘Narooma Remembers – Brave Hearts and Smiling Faces’ was put together by tjhe society’s members and volunteers, assisted by a ‘Saluting their Service’ grant from the Australian Government.
Foundation member Mina Watt opened the exhibition, commending all who worked to pull the show together, and the extensive research done. Her father Harry Mitchell was among the featured soldiers featured.
President Laurelle Pacey said it was appropriate the exhibition ran next door to Narooma’s WWI memorial –the School of Arts Hall, now operating as the Kinema.
“Part of the exhibition puts faces and stories to the names listed on the Hall’s Honour Rolls, often with assistance from their descendants,” Ms Pacey said.
“The rest of the exhibition is about what happened in this area during the War, including its impact on local industries, what the women did, recruitment drives, delays in bringing the soldiers home, as well as the aftermath including the influenza epidemic.”
She said students from the Narooma Public School s re-enacted the Tin Can Band of 100 years ago that left that erupted when news of the Armistice reached Narooma.
The exhibition runs from 10am to 4pm daily until noon on Tuesday, November 20, with a special tin button available for a gold coin donation and a book of ‘letters home’ by Narooma’s Arthur Davison, $25.