Two lectures via Zoom, Sunday, 19 July 2020, organised by the Australian Esperanto Association: “Monato – 40 jaroj”: The hisory of the world-famous Esperanto magazine – Paul Peeraerts (Belgium) https://youtu.be/vnZ7rgO_62M “La ĉefaj sociosciencaj kialoj kaj efikoj de KOVIM-19, kaj kiel Hungario sukcesis trakti la epidemion” (The main sociological reasons for and effects of COVID-19, and how Hungary has succeeded in dealing with the epidemic) – Dr Márkus Gábor (Hungary) youtu.be/6ezevwzw4LU YouTube channel of the Australian Esperanto Association (“Esperanto Australia”): www.youtube.com/channel/UCroGoFIlRT6nnni-hXve6ww
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Virtual One-day Congress
Sunday, 7 June 2020 Using Zoom UPDATE 11 June 2020: Watch videos We had the following overseas presenters: • Duncan Charters, USA • Katalin Kováts, Netherlands • jOmO, France • Renato Corsetti, UK • Keyhan Sayadpour, Iran We also organised a few language sessions for beginners. Participation was FREE. You could join for the whole day or chose some selected sessions only. PROGRAM [Eastern Australian time zone (UTC+10:00)] All lectures, and videos, are in Esperanto. 08:30 Opening “ceremony”: Welcome, clarification […]
Meetings online during the COVID-19 pandemic
Owing to restrictions on public gatherings related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all local club meetings are suspended until further notice. A number of local groups have organised online meetings instead, mostly using Zoom. Anyone – even if from another country – is welcome to register and attend. See the list of online meetings in Australia
2020 congress photos
The 2020 Congress and Summer school was held at St Francis Retreat Centre, 50 Hillsborough Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand.
2020 congress: comments & photos
Australia-New Zealand Congress and Summer school – Auckland, New Zealand (10 – 19 January 2020) The 2020 Congress and Summer school was held at St Francis Retreat Centre, 50 Hillsborough Road, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand. Our special guests were Duncan Charters, the new president of UEA, and Stefan MacGill, a famous author and ex-vice-president of UEA (2013–2019). Among the program items were a games evening, a whole-day excursion to beautiful natural locations close to the city, a guided tour […]
Congress & Summer School 2020
1 – 19 January 2020, in Auckland, New Zealand Information and registration on the Congress page
New UEA board elected
In its first session during the 104th World Congress, the Committee of UEA (Universala Esperanto-Asocio = World Esperanto Association) elected a new Board to lead the Association for the next three-year period. In the presence of 35 members of Committee A, representing the affiliated national and specialist associations, and 5 members of Committee B, elected by the individual members, the Committee firstly completed itself by the election of 9 members of Committee C: Duncan Charters, Andreas Diemel, Mark Fettes, Trezoro […]
Four full days in Esperantoland
By Terry Manley (Armidale, NSW) (English translation of an article originally published in Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco, vol. 26[2], no. 135, June 2019) I arrived at Esperanto House on Tuesday, 23 April, and met Franciska, who also came to help with the archive at Esperanto House. After a bit of a chat we went shopping and, returning to the club, had dinner. Dmitry had left a mattress and sheets for me on the upper floor where I slept. It […]
Three-day archive working bee
Between 24th and 26th April, Jonathan Cooper (Gosford, NSW), Heather Heldzingen (Melbourne), Sandor Horvath (Adelaide), Franciska Toubale (Melbourne) and Terry Manley (Armidale, NSW) participated in the archive working bee at Esperanto House, Sydney. Alan Turvey (Wyong, NSW) also participated on the 25th. We started ordering books, scanned about 800 photos and discussed at length how to organize our books, magazines and other things. Some results will hopefully appear soon on our website. Of course, there is much more to do, […]
Passing of Margaret Chaldecott
It is with great sadness that we announce that our dear friend Margaret Chaldecott passed away on 25 March 2019. Margaret was a member of the Sydney Esperanto Society for a long time and, from 1964, has been at various times secretary, president and board member of the Esperanto Federation of New South Wales (and the editor of the newsletter “Telopeo”) and a board member of the Australian Esperanto Association. She was a delegate of UEA for many years. Through dedicated members […]