History Month Festival
Thursday 27 May 2021 at 6.30 pm (approx 60 mins)
Burnside Library, 401 Greenhill Road, Tusmore
Per Person: $5.00.
Bookings required – Event capacity 70
Contact Burnside Library, Phone: 8366 4280, e-mail: library@burnside.sa.gov.au
It’s February 1942. With Japanese planes bombing Darwin, Adelaide fears an invasion. Amid this tension a teenager, her life up-ended, begins a diary to store memories for her missing father. Join Elizabeth Hutchins, author of ‘Troop Train’, to explore how war change the lives of a diverse range of women. Extensive research underpins this novel. Elizabeth will share material amassed from books, newspapers, a war bride’s memoir, the National War Memorial, ex-service personnel, a train aficionado, parents of ‘rubella babies’ – and a retired farmer. Anecdotes from family and friends enhance her earliest memories, while photographs and memorabilia are also treasured. Bookings essential
Presented by Burnside Library