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.
Matthew Stewart (born February 1960), age 53, died unexpectedly yesterday, July 13, 2013, after experiencing a heart attack, at the closure of a special family gathering in honour of his mother, Aunty Rae Solomon-Stewart. The family was celebrating Aunty Rae’s 80th birthday at La Perouse in Sydney.…
The former patron of Kosciuszko Heritage, Lech Paszkowski (1919 – 2013), has been remembered in tributes as a great writer and member of the Polish community in Australia.
“He gave us Poles in Australia our identity, and identity does not come about without a long chain of generations,” said the President of Kosciuszko Heritage, Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek.…
The Patron of Kosciuszko Heritage, Lech Paszkowski, passed away yesterday. Lech was officially appointed Patron in October 2011.
He was an esteemed member of the Polish community in Australia. A writer, historian, community worker and journalist, he was the author of many highly regarded works about migrant life in Australia and famous Polish individuals.…
Felix Molski, a committee member, made a discovery while conducting some research recently. He shares his “Eureka!” moment in this entertaining anecdote that shows some of the work that Kosciuszko Heritage is doing.
(Felix’s most recent publication was the book The Best of Human Nature: Strzelecki’s Humanitarian Work in Ireland; find out more about it by clicking here.)…
Kosciuszko Heritage has been awarded a Medal of Recognition.
The honour was given by the Polish Community Council of Australia and was presented by its Vice-President, Leszek Wikarjusz, on the first day of Dream Lights, this year’s Kosciuszko Festival.
In its citation justifying the award, the Polish Community Council of Australia acknowledged Kosciuszko Heritage for its “dissemination of knowledge about Poland and its outstanding sons, Thaddeus Kosciuszko and Paul Edmund Strzelecki, promoting their humanitarian ideals, and for many other initiatives that reinforce the arguments for maintaining the Polish name of Mt Kosciuszko”.
The annual Kosciuszko Festivals have ended on a high note, with the seventh festival drawing together a range of cultures for two days of historic events in the Snowy Mountains.
Dream Lights, the final Kosciuszko festival organised by Kosciuszko Heritage, held from February 23 to 24, celebrated the best of Aboriginal, Australian, Irish and Polish cultures.
