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 […]
Esperanto on SBS radio
On 6 June 2018 a journalist (Amelia Dunn) and videographer from the Australian radio and television station SBS spent an hour and a half interviewing several Esperantists at Esperanto House, Sydney. The result (so far) is a short radio program/podcast: Universal but obscure language making a comeback with internet.
Interviews with East Timorese at the 2nd tri-nation congress
East Timorese talk about some experiences they had during the second tri-nation congress in Bekasi, Indonesia. Interviewed by Heidi Goes, just before the closing of the congress.
Esperanto Winter School 2018, Adelaide
9, 10 June 2018, 10am–3pm The Box Factory, 59 Regent St, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 (Google maps) Contact: (08) 8297 6125 or 0422 221 824 Email: esperantosouthaus@gmail.com
Ilia Sumilfia Dewi’s Bekasi report
Report on the Second Three-country Congress in Bekasi, Indonesia From 28 March to 2 April 2018 the second three-country congress took place in the city of Bekasi, which is located 55.6 km from the international airport in Jakarta. Most congress participants from other countries have never heard of the city and have no idea what it is like. However, I proposed the city to the other organisations from Australia and New Zealand because there are young people in this second […]