Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemorations

Events around Australia commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Upcoming Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day events are listed below. Please contact organisers for further information.

Sydney NSW

Public Meeting: Peace and AUKUS Don’t Mix

Tuesday 6 August at 6:30 – 8:30 pm

Teachers Federation Auditorium, 37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills (near central Station), 6.30—8.30pm

Speakers: Dr Sue Wareham (Medical Association for the Prevention of War)

Daryl Le Cornu (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Australia)

Prof. Wanning Sun (Media and Communications Studies, UTS)

Paul Keating (Secretary, Sydney Branch Maritime Union of Australia)

Chair: Dr Michael Walker (Social Justice Facilitator, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, and IPAN). 

Organised by Mobilise Against AUKUS and War (MAAW).

 

Sydney NSW

Sydney Remembers – Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1963 – 2023 – An Exhibition ‘Hiroshima Candlelight Procession’

Thursday 8 August at 5:00 pm

Atrium of Trades Hall, 377 Sussex Street, Sydney.

Organised by Hiroshima Committee Sydney

Contact: [email protected] 

 

Naarm Melbourne VIC

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Vigil

Friday August 9, 5:00 – 6:00 pm

St Pauls Cathedral – opposite Flinders Street Station, Naarm/Melbourne.

Light a candle to commemorate the 79th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Organised by Friends of the Earth Melbourne.  

 

Alice Springs, NT

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance: 5th Yami Lester Memorial Address

Saturday 10 August at 12:00pm – 3:30pm

The Roastery, 10 Hele Crescent, Mparntwe/Alice Springs.

$15 per person ($10 Concession) and Lunch available by donation
Contact Details: Jonathan Pilbrow (Convener, Alice Springs Peace Action Think Tank (ASPATT)) [email protected]

Family friendly event with Arrernte healing ceremony, music, stories, crane making, children’s activities and guest speaker Sue Haseldine.

 

Nipaluna Hobart TAS

Saturday August 10th, on the Parliament House lawns from 11-12.

 

Adelaide SA

Hiroshima Day Peace Commemoration

Tuesday 6 August, 8 – 8:20 am

Peace Park, Sir Edwin Smith Ave, opposite Memorial Hospital, Adelaide.

This year our commemoration will feature:

Special guest speaker Adelaide City Council Deputy Lord Mayor, Keiran Snape

Music by violinist Amanda Ruler, Medical Association for Prevention of War National Vice President.
Organised by the Graham F Smith Peace Foundation with the Romero Community in association with the Medical Association for the Prevention of War SA and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. “Let there be peace and may it begin with me.” 

 

Meanjin Brisbane QLD

Brisbane Hiroshima Day 2024 public meeting

Tuesday 6 August at 5 pm for a 5:30 pm start

Qld Nurses and Midwives’ Union building, 106 Victoria St, West End QLD. Speakers include Arthur Rorris – South Coast Labor Council Secretary campaigning against East Coast nuclear submarine base.
Elliot D’arcy – Labor Against War
Clare Silcock – Qld Conservation Council’s energy strategists campaigner Janet Baillie – Qld Nurses and Midwives’ Union, Health impacts of nuclear war Andrew Irvine- Electrical Trade Union, long time anti-uranium and nuclear free campaigners


Combined Unions Choir to open the forum. Light refreshments will be available. *Organised by No AUKUS Queensland. For more information call Annette on 0431 597 256. Say No to Nuclear!

Perth WA

Hiroshima – Nagasaki: Never again

Tuesday 6 August, 5:30 pm 

Cnr Hay & William Streets, Perth WA.
Join us for a vigil commemorating the devastating consequences of the nuclear weapons detonated by the US at Hiroshima and then Nagasaki. Be part of the important call for Australia to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Hosted by Stop AUKUS – WA, Nuclear Free WA, Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, Medical Association for the Prevention of War.

 

 

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