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For more information about including Red Cross in .................................................................................... your Will call us now on 1800 649 685, email [email protected] or fill out the P/code...................................................................... attached2 THE form. LAST POST SUMMER 2011 ................................................................ ! Telephone LP Wills InclChairty_Last Post_Layout 1 14/11/11 11:45 AM Page 1 MEDIA FEATURE Support a charity in your Will Red Cross is encouraging us all to prepare a Will and to consider leaving a gift to charity. 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Telephone LP From the PublisherGreg T Ross ravelling around this country and The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, In this holiday issue we also take a look at meeting great Australians who honour Dr. Philip Freir gives an important Christmas Urrbrae Agricultural High School that is living Tthe legacy that has been left to us is message for readers to contemplate and there’s the Anzac spirit with it’s agricultural and the sunny side of this job. Giving Australians the magazine’s summer foreword, provided by environmental work. A good read. from all walks of life a feeling of community Federal Minister Warren Snowdon. As far as tennis goes, The Australian Open is another benefit that comes from producing Actress and counsellor Anne Lambert and it’s history is part of Australia’s summer ‘The Last Post Magazine’. Every day we see speaks with us about growing up, acting and and we take a look at that through the eye’s of acts of generosity and compassion that reflect ways that we can help ourselves. Australian Australian tennis great, Neale Fraser. the ANZAC spirit. Whether it’s as simple as writer, commentator and former sporting great, In ‘Whatever Happened To ... ? we look at giving someone a second chance or enacting Peter FitzSimons also took time out to speak a great Australian group from the sixties, The positive action, these things are all around us, with ‘The Last Post Magazine’ about what it Town Criers. benefitting both individuals and community’s. means to be Australian. We also include a chat There’s other stuff too but I won’t hold up Summer is a very important part of the I had with legendary Australian sculptor, Peter things any longer but to wish you all a Merry Australian culture and in this issue we speak Corlett. Peter’s ‘Cobbers’ is on the cover of Christmas and Happy 2012. with Tony Bonner about the Manly Life Saving the summer edition, photographed by great It is with great respect that ‘The Last Post Club, it’s history and plans for the future. Australian photographer, Susan Gordon-Brown. Magazine’ pays homage and gives thanks to The club has been an important part of the Another great young Australian photographer, all those that gave their lives and time and Australian ethos and community culture now Ashleigh Jackson has captured some beautiful continue to do so to maintain what we have, the for 100 years and we help celebrate the club’s images of Greece in our Greek food and culture freedom to dream and power to enact. milestone with this great article. During the article. chat, Tony also let’s us in on what he’s been up Stories from Michael Short, Murray Walding, to of late. Martin Flanagan, Deborah Smith, Henriette As we get very close to Christmas, The van Praag and Bridie Smith make good holiday Last Post also sat down with well known reading and there’s a poem from award-winning Chef and star of televisions Conviction Australian poet, David Campbell. There’s a Kitchen, Ian Curley. In the chat, Ian shares his look at Prof Fiona Stanley and Alex Tillack who Greg T RossG r eg passion for cooking and for helping others helped to build the Great Ocean Road during and for why he came to Australia. It is an the Depression. Publisher, ‘The Last Post’ inspirational interview. Myer Family Company Brigadier Chris Appleton has written a great [email protected] philanthropist, Peter Winneke also took time piece about the preparing for Anzac Day 2012 out to share his view on how Australians that in France, cartoonist Ron Tandberg has been can afford it, might best help others and how entertaining us for years by making us think travelling as a student opened up his mind to and laugh at the same time. Ron’s take on Black life outside Australia. Caviar is also part of this issues reading. Thanks to the following for their help with