Welcome to Emerald RSL
The Community Club
Open Thursdays from 5pm
All Welcome!
Whats Happening at the Emerald RSL
ANZAC DAY 2021
Dawn Service only in Emerald this year - a ticketed event for 500 people; tickets (free) available on the link to the booking site below.
If you can't get to the service, it will be LIVE STREAMED HERE on this website and on Facebook and Youtube starting at 5.15am on April 25th; so everyone in Emerald and beyond can witness the dawn service Emerald is renowned for.
Our theme this year is "Animals in War". A special video to remember our animal friends has been produced and will be shown after the live stream both in the club rooms and on line.
After the service the traditional 1st Emerald Scout Group
breakfast will be on offer and the Club will be open for refreshments afterwards.
All are welcome.
In addition, the Emerald RSL is collaborating with the
who are hosting the local derby football match against
Gembrook Cockatoo Football Netball Club the day prior - April 24th at Chandler Reserve.
There will be a flyover of 9 warbirds, 100 pigeons, a cannon to start the game and the 5/6RVR Pipes and Drums to march the players onto the ground.
A big and memorable day that will be attended by
Brad Battin MP Brett Owen andJason Wood MP
.
BOOKINGS FOR THE DAWN SERVICE ARE NOW OPEN
LIVE STREAMING OF DAWN SERVICE
Remembrance Day 2020
Remembrance Day 2020 was indeed different to previous years due to the Corona virus. We were only allowed to have 10 people at the service but were relieved that about 50 more locals happened to be passing by and joined us. We also noted the relevance of Remembrance Day to the current major issue of suicide of servicemen returning from modern conflicts. Hence the yellow ribbons adorning the trees surrounding Anzac Place.
Refer Gallery for photos and video of Remembrance Day
WE CAN'T STAND TOGETHER - BUT WE STOOD AS ONE
Anzac Day 2020
Anzac Day 2020 in Emerald
And so it was
Not the same - BUT still the same
While all of Emerald commemorated their Anzac Day privately at home at the end of their driveway,
a few of us attended Anzac Place.
We lit the large Anzac fire, I delivered The Ode and the Last Post was played by our traditional bugler - Tom Saar. I then laid a wreath on behalf of the RSL. Then the kookaburras saluted in the traditional manner.
We missed Puffing Billy.
And then it was over - not the same, BUT still the same. We still "remembered".
After the service our local Ambos sent one of their members over to play the bagpipes. Ronan was amazing and he will be back next year. Check out his recital on the link to our videos below.
During the day many residents and community groups came to Anzac Place to place their wreath on our memorial or pin a poppy on the WW1 plaque.
Thanks to Matt Cocks and Daz Tidey for assisting on the day - at a safe distance!
Peter Maloney.
Lest We Forget
Remembrance Day 2019
Remembrance Day 2019 in Emerald. We were blessed with sunshine, we heard Jai Thoolen read his poem "Heroes", we listened to Fiona and her story of the Ladd brothers, we heard the EPS students read the Ode, we heard Jules Vines with Greg Hunt sing Jai's poem, we welcomed Neil and his amazing 3RAR Vietnam car, we heard Suzanne Frisk sing the national anthem with Paul on the Didge. And Emerald came to share the service and lay a wreath or a poppy. And stop for a minutes silence.
Lest we Forget.
Vietnam Vets Daryl Bristowe, Neil Aldred and Bill Black, all served in 3RAR in 1968.
Seen here standing in front of Neil's decorated Holden.
Anzac Day 2019
WW1 Plaque unveiled by Graeme Legge, Jan Shaw and Russ Nielsen
Photo taken by Annie Beach - Go to Gallery for all photos of the day
Emerald’s Anzac Day dawn service gave a packed crowd the chance to stop and gain some much-needed perspective about just what it means to live in such a privileged, free country. Gembrook MP Brad Battin and interim CEO of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board, Steve O’Brien, were among those in attendance.
And after The Last Post, kookaburras burst into song in the trees surrounding the now iconic Anzac Place, while the Puffing Billy whistle echoed throughout the town centre.
What Emerald’s dawn service has become, and what it means to its people, is the legacy of the town’s RSL branch, and in particular its tireless members – including the likes of Matt Cocks, and former president Peter Maloney.
“We’re very proud of our dawn service,” Mr Maloney said in his opening comments.
“It’s become part of Emerald now.”
Russell Bennett, Ranges Trader Mail
Remembrance Day 2018
Remembrance Day was certainly a day to "REMEMBER" - those 100 Emerald men who went to war in 1914 - 34 never to return and at least 66 who returned to their small home town to their families - their names listed on the Honour Boards carried from Puffing Billy to Anzac Place by two locals whose descendants were in WW1.
We "planted" 20,000 poppies around Emerald and also covered Puffing Billy as seen in the photo here.
Check out our photo album in our gallery.
We have set up a Facebook page where you can monitor developments of this community project.
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ANZAC WALK
On July 1st the documentary of the Anzac Walk project was shown at the Gemco Playhouse in Emerald. See gallery.
The feature of the night was the guest appearance of famed singer songwriter Eric Bogle. Eric is featured in the film and graciously accepted our invitation to travel from Adelaide to perform his famous song - "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and a bunch of other songs that were related to the night's theme of remembering our 32 diggers who never returned from WW1.
It was a great magical night attended by over 100 locals who participated in the project plus many of the descendants of the 32. The film was produced by local film maker Christine Weller.
You can read the report of the night in the local Pakenham Gazette.
The video is available for purchase at the Emerald Village Newsagency or by emailing the Club at president@emeraldrsl.com.au. Cost $10 plus postage $3. Email how many and we will post to you.
To view the video online CLICK HERE
