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Thursday April 11th, 2019Thursday April 11th, 2019

Eunice Graham 6 Dec 1918 – 9 Apr 2019

Eunice Graham

It is with great sadness that we announce that our dear friend Eunice Graham passed away on 9 April 2019.

Eunice learnt Esperanto at Manly Esperanto Club in the 1960s and supported that club, the Sydney Esperanto Society (now the Esperanto Federation of NSW) and the Esperanto movement, for the rest of her life. She also attended many World Esperanto Congresses.

Esperanto speakers who knew Eunice are invited to the funeral, which will take place at Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium (South Chapel), 199 Delhi Road, North Ryde, on Monday 15 April at 10am.

Monday April 1st, 2019

Passing of Margaret Chaldecott

It is with great sadness that we announce that our dear friend Margaret Chaldecott passed away on 25 March 2019.

Margaret was a member of the Sydney Esperanto Society for a long time and, from 1964, has been at various times secretary, president and board member of the Esperanto Federation of New South Wales (and the editor of our newsletter “Telopeo”) and a board member of the Australian Esperanto Association. She was a delegate of UEA for many years.

Through dedicated members like Margaret, the movement has survived and prospered for many years and for this we are very grateful to her.

Esperanto speakers who knew Margaret are invited to the funeral, which will take place at Gregory & Carr, 850 Pacific Highway Gordon, on 4 April at 11am.

Wednesday May 10th, 2017Thursday June 8th, 2017

Esperanto House on Wednesdays

Updated 09 June 2017

Esperanto House is normally open every Wednesday, 2 – 4 pm. To check that it will be open on a particular day, please revisit this page beforehand.

Here are the details for June:
• 07 June: open
• 14 June: open
• 21 June: open
• 28 June: (to be advised)

Wednesday November 30th, 2016Wednesday May 10th, 2017

Free Language Festival in Erina (Central Coast)

30 November 2017

The Language Festival Association is hosting a free language festival on Saturday, 3 December, at Erina Fair.

greg-cooper The purpose of this language festival is to promote awareness of language diversity, by providing “tasters” of multiple languages and cultures in a fun environment.

A highlight will be a fascinating presentation by Australian linguist, Dr Gregory Cooper. In the early 1980s Dr Cooper travelled to remote north-western Pakistan to study an as-yet unwritten language. Just by interacting directly with the native speakers, he was able to learn the language (Kalashamondr), create a system of writing for it and teach it to the Kalasha people, who are now recording and publishing their own stories and songs.

Also presented will be Esperanto, the world’s most successful international language. Apart from its role in neutral and equitable communication, Esperanto can also be useful as a “springboard language”: Because its simple rules have virtually no exceptions, and because its grammatical structure is always clear, starting with Esperanto can give one the confidence and solid grounding that are so important in language learning.

Some other languages to be presented at the festival include: Korean, Japanese, Farsi, German, French, Dutch, Lithuanian and Hindi.

The festival will be held at the Erina Centre, Erina Fair, from 12 noon to 5.30 pm.

For more information, visit languagefestival.org/cc.

Image: Dr Gregory Cooper, linguist