Newport Maltese Association welcomes 2019 in style
Newport Maltese Association & Seniors Group Inc. welcomed the New Year in style with their traditional New Year's Eve function at the Emerald Receptions Room in ;It was a great night with 250 members and friends attending the evening. The night started at with a 5-course meal being ;The night was full of music and laughter and at midnight following the Newport Anthem the New Year was welcomed. The Association's President and Executive Committee extend their best wishes for happiness,…
MCCV Social Support Group holds 2018 Christmas function
Christmas Function 2018 The Christmas function of the MCCV Social Support Group was held at the Maltese Community Centre in Parkville on Tuesday 4 December. 130 people attended the function. Among those in attendance were staff and clients from the MCCV Social Support Group from Sunshine and Parkville, residents from Arcare, Estia Health, Marina Aged Care, Monterey and Rosary Home, a number of volunteers from the Newport Maltese Seniors and the Ladies Auxiliary, and members of the MCCV Executive Committee.…
APPRECIATION: Lewis Stafrace (1931-2018)
Lewis Stafrace (1931-2018) BLOG By Paul Vella On Tuesday 17 April 2018 a prominent member of the Maltese community in Victoria, Lewis Stafrace, passed away aged ;Lewis was a broadcaster and Convenor of the Maltese language programmes on Melbourne community Radio 3ZZZ. He also held a number of important executive positions in various Maltese associations, typically in the role of president, and was much loved as a Maltese community ; Lewis Stafrace was born in Valletta, Malta, on 3…
ANZAC Day 2018: Maltese Contribution to ANZAC Spirit
A Tribute to the fallen Maltese-Australian ANZACs killed in action BLOG Today 25 April we commemorate the 103rd anniversary of ANZAC Day. It is a fitting occasion to pay a special tribute to seven brave, young Maltese soldiers, who joined the ranks of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, better known as ANZAC, and gave up their life on the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western Front in Europe during the First World War. Six were immigrants from Malta…
APPRECIATION: John Zammit (1926-2017)
John Zammit was born on 20 May 1926 in the town of Paola, Malta. His was a very happy life until the age of 14, when war broke out and Malta became a country under siege. From 1940 to1942 it was under constant bombardment. John witnessed the loss of many lives − none more sad than that of his grandparents, whose house was flattened in one of the many attacks. These painful memories of war lived with John for the…