The new film produced by Kosciuszko Heritage, P. E. de Strzelecki’s Humanitarian Deeds in Ireland, has been officially publicly released.
Produced by Felix Molski, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, John Molski, Andrzej Kozek and Lukasz Swiatek, the film was distributed on Saturday the 24th and Sunday the 25th of August, at the 2013 International Commemoration of the Irish Hunger held at the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney.
Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, the president of Kosciuszko Heritage, has described the challenging journey of creating the film P. E. de Strzelecki’s Humanitarian Deeds in Ireland.
In an article for Puls Polonii, Ernestyna described the effort as an “ordeal”. She recounted the process of planning and developing the DVD, co-created with Felix Molski, a Kosciuszko Heritage committee member.
This website showcases the work of Dr Perry McIntyre, particularly in relation to Irish-Australian immigration in the 19th century.
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Paul Edmund de Strzelecki got an international recognition and fame as a discoverer and researcher who also named the highest peak of Australia after an international Democracy, Equal Rights and Freedom fighter, Gen.…
A website dedicated to publishing information about international commemorations of the Famine.
Lukasz Swiatek, a Kosciuszko Heritage committee member, has presented Kultura Connect magazine to a group of young people at the Community Relations Commission Youth Leaders Day Symposium.
The all-day event, held at the Novotel Hotel in Parramatta on August 6, was designed to give young people under 25 the chance to explore social and multicultural issues and hear from speakers working in various community and ethnic organisations.…
Four members of Kosciuszko Heritage – the President, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek, and three committee members, Ursula Lang, Andrzej Kozek and Felix Molski – attended the 80th birthday party of Aunty Rae on July 13 at the Yarra Bay Sailing Club.
Aunty Rae is one of the Elders of the Ngarigo people, the traditional custodians of Mt.…
The Polish Consul-General, Daniel Gromann, his wife, Malgorzata Gromann, as well as two staff members of the Polish Consulate in Sydney, Ewa Krajewska and Dominika Mosek, along with the First Counsellor/Deputy Head of Mission of the Polish Embassy in Canberra, Witold Krzesinski, have ended their diplomatic postings in Australia.…
Committee member Felix Molski has been interviewed by the Irish filmmaker Russ Ryan.
Russ contacted Kosciuszko Heritage at the end of June to find out more about Sir Paul Edmund Strzelecki, whose life-story had captivated him. He was particularly intrigued by Strzelecki’s humanitarian activities during the Great Famine in Ireland, including in the filmmaker’s home town of Ballina.
