Australijos lietuvių bendruomenės veikla daugiausiai plėtojasi kultūros srityje. Išskirtiniu ir vienu iš didžiausių projektų galima laikyti Australijos Lietuvių Dienas. Jų programą sudaro Dainų šventė, Tautinių šokių šventė, teatro spektakliai, meno ir tautodailės parodos, įvairių atlikėjų koncertai.
Since 1949, Musu Pastoge has been delivering a weekly newsletter to Lithuanian Australians
As more of the older generation pass on, people are asking what to do with the Lithuanian books left in their care. These days more and more people are accessing books digitally and very few of those of Lithuanian descent born in Australia will read books in Lithuanian.
So what do you do with the books?
Scouting became a wonderful way of gathering our children and teaching the principals of respect for nature, our heritage and for each other.
The Australian/Lithuanianscouting movement bases its principles on the worldwide scouting organisation instituted by Sir Baden Powell in 1908.
The mission of Lithuanian scouting is to provide children of Lithuanian descent a framework in which to build character and grow into responsible citizens through the philosophy of scouting.
With a focus on Lithuanian culture, traditions, and language, using physical as well as intellectual activities, scouting has been an integral part of our youth growing into responsible adults.
Video, Scouts re-enact the era when Russia banned books in and of Lithuanian content
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With a foreign tongue and new set of eyes, how have Lithuanians contributed to our new land?
How have we integrated into society in Australia?
Who have been some of our leading lights?
Leading Lights, amalgamating into the broader community
Wedged in between Germany, Poland and Russia, Lithuania has a 99 km coastline along the South-Eastern elbow of the Baltic Sea.
Lithuania’s total land area is 65,200 sq km – not much different to that of Tasmania, yet is populated much more densely: its present population is about 3.2 million.
Lithuanians speak an ancient Indo-European tongue and is a cousin to modern Latvian. Viewed more broadly, Lithuanian is related to Ancient Greek, Latin and Sanskrit which is the oldest known member of the Indo-European family.
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We are third generation Australian Lithuanians and support both cultures with a passion,
Mano žmona, kuri yra lietuvė, o aš australas – bendruomenė padėjo užauginti mano vaikus
Dennis and Aldona, March 12-22, 2018
As a first generation Australian Lithuanian, I am proud to say that both countries are better off having the wonderful dialogue that we now share with both our cultures.
Algis, September 04-16, 2018
Her letter of interest follows:
Lauren is a mother of four and a professional artist with a studio/gallery in Port Elliot, just south of Adelaide. Lauren takes inspiration from the local area and mixes it with her imagination to create wondrous landscape paintings that draw you in for a closer look.
She believes her creative side came from her Lithuanian Nanna, an accomplished seamstress who embroidered beautiful designs
on to linen and clothes.
To see examples of Lauren’s work you can go to www.laurenweirart.com or @lauren.weir.art on instagram.
My sister Cea-Cea Bright sent me the details of the ALD logo competition asking me if I would be interested in entering. My gorgeous big sister is very connected to our Lithuanian heritage and with her our Lithuanian traditions are lovingly shared, she studies the Lithuanian language, sings in the Lithuanian choir, has catalogued the photos of the time before and the beginnings of our mum’s (the late Leokadia Pentakas) family’s journey to Australia, lived in Lithuania studying the language and culture, connected with our distant Lithuanian relatives and does a lot of caring for our elderly Lithuanian uncle (Romas Pentakas).
Leokadia’s three daughters Cea-Cea, Catherine and Lauren (myself), are very close and the first image that came to mind was the three of us in a single embrace. The image developed into a design of us supporting each other by placing our hands on each other’s shoulders. The design grew from our grandparents holding my mother’s shoulders, to my mother holding her daughter’s shoulders, to Cea-Cea, Catherine and myself holding our children’s shoulders. It was an image that could grow in many directions, in the direction of our Lithuanian heritage and in the direction of future generations of friends and family. One never ending chain of Lithuanian’s and their connections.
The logo design is simplified to represent three Lithuanian sisters who were born and currently live in the Adelaide area. We are all living interesting and abundant lives here in Adelaide and are proud of our Lithuanian heritage. We never feel separated from each other and we support each other in different ways every day.
The logo is where the Adelaide sisters’ unified chain begins. Each sister represented by a colour of the Lithuanian flag and the Sturt Desert Pea wild flower represents Adelaide. I enjoyed the process of designing this logo and feel very honoured that ‘The Three Sisters From Adelaide’ design has been chosen as ALD logo.
