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MHA Newsletter June 2016 MHA Newsletter No. 5/2016 www.mha.org.au June 2016 Merħba! Welcome, members and friends of the membership or $15 for a family. Payments can be June 2014 MHA. How quickly winter has set in! made at the next lecture or by cheque to: June 2014 Last month on Tuesday 17th May the MHA and Mario Bonnici 59 Binnak Drive, MCCV hosted the Melbourne book launch of Professor Claudia Sagona’s latest book, The Watsonia 3087 Archaeology of Malta from the Neolithic through Keep warm! Hoping to see you on the 21st, to the Roman Period. About 55 people attended an Charles Gatt excellent evening. A summary of Prof Sagona’s Phone: 0425 708 830 talk can be found on page 2. Email: [email protected] Our president, Joe Borg will give our next talk on Tuesday 21 June about Earthquakes and Tsunamis JUNE EVENT in Malta. Our little rock may not be as solid as we The President of the MHA would like to believe! The recent earthquake was not an isolated event. Earthquakes and Tsunamis Joseph Borg have happened in the past and will no doubt will speak on the topic: happen again. I hope you can brave the mid winter st Earthquakes and Tsunamis night on 21 June for an excellent talk and some in Malta warm company. For more information, see page 3. 7:30 pm Tuesday 21 June Apart from Rita Camilleri’s delightful reflections, Maltese Community Centre which were printed with permission in last month’s Royal Parade, Parkville, newsletter, we have received little information on (Enter from Ievers St) the Maltese involvement in the early days with Star Free. All welcome. of the Sea, West Melbourne. It would seem that Bring family and friends. the early involvement of Maltese with Star of the Sea will soon be forgotten ... forever. Please, if you have anything you would like to share, send COMING EVENTS me an email or even give me a phone call, so I can 21 June: MHA Lecture: Earthquakes and record it for posterity and pass it on to the authors Tsunamis in Malta by Joseph Borg 7:30 pm. of the book. 10 July: Midyear Dinner Dance – 6:00 pm I did have a long phone conversation with Paul Maltese Assoc. Northern Suburbs, Inc @ Paris, who informed me that when the Scouts Hadfield Hall division started by Benny Soler’s father closed, its property was donated to Star of the Sea. Paul has 17 July: Christmas in July Diner 6:00pm been a long-time supporter of the MHA, MCCV, Newport Seniors and a number of other groups. Talking with him, I 19 July: MHA Lecture 7:30 pm Maltese realised how little I know about the Maltese in Community Centre, Parkville Melbourne, especially in the early days. Am I 23 July: The Malta Community Chest Fund alone in this? Would our readers be interested in Maltese Charity Dinner Dance: 6:30 -11:00 newsletter articles on Maltese citizens in pm Grand Star Receptions, Altona North. Melbourne? Let me know if you would like this. Bookings: See p4 As we approach the end of June, our membership Also, Please refer to the MCCV Calendar: subscriptions for the coming financial year become due. They remain unchanged at $10 for a single 160608_MHA_Newsletter_June_2016.docx Page 1 of 8 MHA in May Melbourne Book Launch of Dr Claudia Sagona’s latest book, The Archaeology of Malta from the Neolithic through the Roman Period. Last month on Tuesday 17th May the MHA and Ancient Cisterns MCCV hosted the Melbourne book launch of Project little remote- Professor Claudia Sagona’s latest book, The controlled robotic Archaeology of Malta from the Neolithic through machines are placed the Roman Period. About 55 people attended an into wells and excellent lecture and social gathering afterwards. cisterns to perform laser scans and map underground water storages. Some date back to the Dr Sagona speaking at the MHA Bronze Age and Photo: Lewis Zammit may have had multiple uses over time. After the talk, Mr Joseph Borg, MHA President, officially launched Dr Sagona’s Audience at Dr Sagona’s talk Photo: Lewis Zammit book. She then Dr Sagona spoke on current and future directions presented a copy to of Maltese Archaeology. She outlined the vast Mr Victor Borg, number of ancient archaeological sites in Malta. MCCV President who For example, 8 megalithic temples are well known donated it to the but 34 megalithic sites have been identified on the Council’s Library. Maltese islands! New archaeological finds are Dr Sagona’s book, The Archaeology of Malta from continually being discovered but many are the Neolithic through threatened by urban growth and developments. the Roman Period The archaeology of Malta is being re-interpreted in describes the initial the light of recent findings. Rather than the sudden settlers, the megalithic collapse of different civilisations, as previously period, the Bronze thought, evidence suggests a gradual assimilation Age, Phoenician of new arrivals into the existing culture. Stone settlements, and the objects not found on the island have been matched Romans. Available to those in other countries, indicating trade and through Cambridge interaction with neighbours, not only Sicily but as University Press, it is a far away as the Levant. The megalithic ‘temples’ thorough and unique may have interpretation of the been used for vast archaeological everyday evidence from the early activities, later days of human settlement in the Maltese islands. as burial sites. Light refreshments were then served. The pastizzi Some were in particular were enjoyed by our visitors from the deliberately University. The MHA thanks the MCCV and all filled in or those individuals who provided food and drink, Mnajdra interior room demolished. especially Desiree Blythe (Laurie Spiteri’s Photo: Dr Sagona daughter and Robert’s mother) for her excellent Dr Sagona sandwiches. An extra special thank you goes to mentioned two projects. FRAGSUS examines Frances Bonnici and those who took time out to fragility and sustainability of human societies serve our guests. It was a most interesting and within the restricted environment of Malta. In the informative evening and thoroughly enjoyed by all. 160608_MHA_Newsletter_June_2016.docx Page 2 of 8 MHA JUNE EVENT Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Malta By Joseph Borg 7.30pm Tuesday, 21st June Maltese Community Centre, Parkville Over the last thousand years, there are records These phenomena are as a direct result of plate indicating that Malta has had a considerable tectonic movements. number of earthquakes, including some very severe Our next speaker, Joseph Borg will discuss these ones that have resulted in loss of life and topics via a power-point presentation. He will also destruction of buildings. These quakes are touch on the subject of possible damage to new frequently associated with those that occur on the construction that is taking place in Malta at the east coast of Sicily, but others that take place in present time, especially high rise buildings, as well areas such as the Greek peninsula have also as damage to building that are over three-hundred affected the island. years old (which includes large tracts of the Apart from earthquakes there are also records of island.) tsunamis hitting Malta, some in recent times, but The speaker will also touch on the subject of sea others may have also hit the island in much earlier rise and its effect on Malta due to global warming. times based on geological studies carried out by an English University. We invite all members and friends to attend. 160608_MHA_Newsletter_June_2016.docx Page 3 of 8 All things Wignacourt A roundabout with a fountain was built on the site, with some arches of the aqueduct demolished to widen the road. The original marble plaques were retained. The surviving arches of the Wignacourt Aqueduct were restored between 2004 and 2005. An exact replica of the original arch was constructed in 2015 and inaugurated on 28 April 2016 by Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and the mayor of Birkirkara Joanne Debono Grech. The cost of €280,000 was donated by the Birkirkara Local Council, the Bank of Valletta, and the Good Causes Fund. A disagreement between the Birkirkara and Santa Photo: Benny Scerri (facebook) Venera Local Councils regarding its name led to the This photograph of a newly renovated rather cumbersome official title mentioned above. ornamental arch prompted quite an investigation. The Wignacourt Aqueduct had been constructed to Located on the boundary between Fleur-de-Lys (a secure Valletta’s water supply and functioned into suburb of Birkirkara) and Santa Venera, Malta, it is the twentieth century. After a couple of false starts, called The Wignacourt Arch known as the Fleur- dating back to 1596, Grandmaster Wignacourt De-Lys Gate or, in Maltese, L-Arkata ta' funded it, and it was built between 1610 and 1615. Wignacourt magħrufa bħala l-Bieb ta' Fleur-De- Lys. The arch was originally built in 1615 as part of the Wignacourt Aqueduct, where it crossed the road between Mdina and Valletta. It was decorated with the Fleur-de-Lys from Grandmaster Wignacourt’s coat of arms and two marble plaques with Latin inscriptions. The plaque facing Birkirkara translates to: Fra Alof de Wignacourt, Grand Master. Valletta city and citadel, the sweetest waters revive eternal salvation. Renovated in 1739. The inscription facing Santa Venera means: So far Valletta lay as a corpse. Today the spirit of water has brought life to Wignacourt_Aqueduct_Birkirkara her. The primordial spirit floated on water. Now Photo: JialiangGao water has been drawn to her and that spirit reappears. The Bolognese hydraulic expert, Bontadino de Bontadini, designed the system so water would The arch was badly damaged when hit by an RAF flow downhill, from springs in Dingli and Rabat all truck in 1943.
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