On the 7th of January 2018, Home Hill hosted the Inaugural Joseph and Enid Lyons Address. The event was held in a marquee on the grounds of Home Hill and afternoon tea was served in the garden.
Mary Pridmore a Granddaughter of Joseph and Enid was MC for the Address which was opened by the Deputy Premier of Tasmanian and local MP for Braddon Mr Jeremy Rockliff, the Address was given buy Tim and Merridie Costello and Lyons Biographer Anne Henderson.
Tim Costello Chief Advocate with World Vision Australia and is chair of the Community Council of Australia and spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform. Tim spoke about Joseph Lyons, his political affiliations, his personal convictions and his place in world politics in the 1930's. Merridie has been a secondary schoolteacher and Chaplain but is presently working as a carer and in Aged Care pastoral care. Merried spoke beautifully with about Dame Enid's legacy to the women of Australia not just in the form of Home Hill but also her role in parliament and beyond.
Anne Henderson, author and Deputy Director of Sydney Institute thanked the Costello's for the speeches, and added some additional emphasis to the important place Home Hill and the Lyons couple occupy in both Tasmanian's history and Australia's.
We say thank you the guest speakers, all those that attended the address and the volunteers that put in the work to make it happen.
Mary Pridmore a Granddaughter of Joseph and Enid was MC for the Address which was opened by the Deputy Premier of Tasmanian and local MP for Braddon Mr Jeremy Rockliff, the Address was given buy Tim and Merridie Costello and Lyons Biographer Anne Henderson.
Tim Costello Chief Advocate with World Vision Australia and is chair of the Community Council of Australia and spokesperson for the Alliance for Gambling Reform. Tim spoke about Joseph Lyons, his political affiliations, his personal convictions and his place in world politics in the 1930's. Merridie has been a secondary schoolteacher and Chaplain but is presently working as a carer and in Aged Care pastoral care. Merried spoke beautifully with about Dame Enid's legacy to the women of Australia not just in the form of Home Hill but also her role in parliament and beyond.
Anne Henderson, author and Deputy Director of Sydney Institute thanked the Costello's for the speeches, and added some additional emphasis to the important place Home Hill and the Lyons couple occupy in both Tasmanian's history and Australia's.
We say thank you the guest speakers, all those that attended the address and the volunteers that put in the work to make it happen.