Our gathering to mark the festive season and the end of another busy year will be held at The Last Jar on the corner of Queensberry and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, on Saturday 13 December. ESU members, family and friends are all welcome. Please arrive around 12.00 noon so that we can be seated for lunch at about 12:30 pm.
DECEMBER
End-of-year celebration at The Last Jar - Saturday 13 December.
That concludes our events calendar for 2024. Thank you to all who participated and we look forward to seeing you at our events in 2025. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Our office will be closed between Christmas and New Year (i.e. on 27, 30, and 31 December 2024) and also from 9 January until 31 January 2025.
Our program of activities in 2023 has concluded. We wish all readers a wonderful festive season and a safe and happy start to the new year.
Our office will be closed between Christmas and New Year, re-opening on 2 January 2024.
We'll announce the 2024 Events calendar in February 2024.
Our program for 2022 has now concluded. See below for a record of the events we hosted during the year.
Best wishes to all members and readers for the festive season, and for a wonderful new year. We plan to announce our 2023 program by the end of February.
Communication and bookings
Events held (or planned) during 2021 were:
Saturday 27 February from 6:30 pm - BBQ hosted by the ESU.
Friday 9 April - Social Night
Sunday 25 April from 5:00 pm - ANZAC Day Dusk Service and BBQ hosted by the ESU.
Friday 21 May - Social Night
Due to the global pandemic, our planned activities for 2020 have had to be cancelled. We look forward to being able to announce future events via this page when health restrictions permit.
BRITFEST 2019 - Saturday 4th May 2019
Britfest is happening again on Saturday 4th of May, 2019 from 10am to 4pm at the Moonee Ponds Bowling Club, 776 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds.
Entry is FREE.
This event features Morris Dancers, Scottish dancers, food stalls and much more.
You’ll be able to buy cooked British specialty meats and a wide selection of British beers will be available from the bar.
Come and join us to celebrate British Heritage and Culture and to have a great time.
On Wednesday 4th September, Australia officially celebrates the Battle for Australia, a series of victories in the Coral Sea, at Milne Bay and on the Kokoda Track which stemmed the tide of Japanese conquest. Those heroic Australians and our allies who fought in these battles and particularly those who sacrificed their lives in these campaigns to stop a Japanese invasion deserve our eternal gratitude and recognition.
ESU Victorian Branch members together with members of the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Melbourne Shakespeare Society performed excerpts of historic speeches by Australia’s Governors-General from the early 1930s to the 1970s in October 2018. The Royal Commonwealth Society hosted this event at their heritage property, “The Gables” and the theatre restaurant style proved a great success. Due to its popularity, a future performance is planned in 2019 - this time, featuring Governors-General from the 1970s to the end of the twentieth century.