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.