The Estonian Society of Sydney invites you back to Eesti Maja to celebrate Mothers’ Day with a concert and afternoon tea. 

On sale will be black bread and kringel. Pre-order HERE.

Everyone is welcome to come and bring their family and friends along! Please note registrations are necessary due to current COVID-19 restrictions. Register HERE.

EVENT DETAILS 

Date: Saturday, 8th May Time: 12:00 pm
Location: Estonian House
Address: 141 Campbell St,
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
Entry: free***

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Kallis sõbrad!

Sydney Eesti Selts kutsub teid Eesti Majja emadepäeva kontserdile.

Pakume suupisteid, teed ja kohvi. 

Kaasa saab osta kringlit ja kooki. Eeltellimine SIIT.

Tule ise ja võta oma pere ning sõbrad ka kaasa! Seoses COVID-19 piirangutega, palume kõigil külastajatel eelnevalt registreerida. 
Eelregistreerimine SIIT.

 LISATEAVE 

Kuupäev: laupäev, 8. mai
Kell: 12:00
Asukoht: Eesti Maja
Aadress: 141 Campbell St,
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010
Sissepääs: tasuta

EELMÜÜK | PRE-ORDER KRINGEL & BLACK BREAD

Join us at Sydney Estonian House on May 16 at 1pm for a fundraising & felt-making workshop where we’ll be making our own DIY unofficial 2021 Sõrve flags. The workshop will go for 2 hours and will supply all materials needed to produce your own mini-felt flag.

This workshop is designed for all ages and we encourage parents to bring their children for a fun afternoon activity. The event is ticketed at $20 pp (and $10 for anyone under 18), and please register attendance via the following link:

Attendees are advised to wear clothes they don’t mind getting wet and potentially any ink/paint on. A jacket or lab coat is ideal for this situation! Please also bring a towel and a water bottle and we recommend wearing a mask if possible.

Please note that capacity is limited by the space and social distancing will be used to help protect the safety of everyone. See you there!

DIY unofficial 2021 Sõrve flags

Date: 16th May 2021
Time: 2pm
Place: Sydney Estonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hils NSW 2010
Tickets: $20 Adults | $10 Under 18s
https://www.trybooking.com/BQVTQ

This session is part of the EACCI new peer-to-peer series that focuses on sharing the expertise of their members

Since 2015, the University of Adelaide and the Tallinn University of Technology have collaborated in mutual study tours in cyber security. In this talk, Dr Matthew Sorell will explain how the collaboration got started, what the study tours do in Tallinn and Adelaide, and why this program is so valuable for both Australian and Estonian students.

Dr Matthew Sorell is senior lecturer in telecommunications, multimedia and digital forensic science at the University of Adelaide, and Adjunct Professor of Digital Forensics at the Tallinn University of Technology. A true Eestiphile, he would normally be in Tallinn three times a year. Dr Sorell is also a member of the INTERPOL Digital Forensics Experts Group, Scientific Adviser to FORMOBILE, an EU-funded research project on mobile phone forensics standardisation, an early e-Resident and, despite no known Estonian heritage, an active supporter of the South Australian Estonian community.

Thursday, April 29, 2021
12 PM UTC+10
Online

Finnish Society of Sydney and Sydney Eesti Selts present:

Traditional Vappu at the Estonian House is back for 2021!

Please join us on Friday the 30th April to celebrate at Sydney Estonian House.

141 Campbell St, Surry Hills NSW 2010

Doors open from 6pm.

Tickets:
Online $10 or $15 at the door

• Enjoy a welcome Sima drink at the door
• Finnish and Estonian food and drinks will be available to purchase
• EuroDrinks will be providing the bar with all your favourites

Notice of Annual General Meeting

The 2019 & 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Estonian Society of Sydney Inc. will be held on Sunday, 2nd May 2021 at 2:00pm, at Sydney Estonian House, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills

Meeting Agenda

1. Meeting opening & quorum check
2. Ratification of 2018 AGM minutes
3. Activity Reports for 2019-2020
4. Audit Committee Reports
5. Ratification of Reports
6. Election of new Committee members
7. Election of Audit Committee
8. Other business
9. Closing of meeting

2019-2020 Estonian Society Committee

The 2019 & 2020 AGM will be held sequentially, with all (9) committee positions becoming vacant

1. Tiina Tamm (candidate)
2. Maria Lille (will stand for election, having replaced Karin Kapsi)
3. Peeter Muttik (will stand provided no new candidates)
4. Jaak Sildnik (will stand provided no new candidates)
5. Tiina Alvre (resigned)
6. Aet Madison (will not stand for re-election)
7. Arne Rahnel (candidate)
8. Lachlan Bell (candidate)
9. Marju Tõnisson (candidate)
10. Mai Bell (will stand having replaced Tiina Alvre) 

Can’t make it to the AGM?

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please appoint a member of the Society as proxy to vote on your behalf. To appoint a proxy, please complete a Proxy form and submit in accordance with the instructions on the form.

The forms are available on our website: http://www.sydneyeestiselts.org.au/membership/

The meeting will also be broadcast through “Zoom”, more details will be sent later

New candidates

New candidates are welcome to fulfil vacancies. To stand for election, please complete the nomination form and return by email by 9:00 pm, 25 April 2020, to info@sydneyeestiselts.org.au

On behalf of the Estonian Society of Sydney, thank you for your support during the past year. See you at the AGM!

Tiina Tamm – Chairwoman, Estonian Society of Sydney Inc. 

EVENT DETAILS 

Date: Sunday, 2nd May Meeting starts: 2:00 pm
Location: Estonian House
Address: 141 Campbell St,
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

Kutse Sydney Eesti Selts Peakoosolekule

Sydney Eesti Seltsi “Eesti Kodu Linda” (Selts) korraline 2019 ja 2020 aastapeakoosolekud toimub pühapäeval 2. mai 2021, kell 14:00 Sydney Eesti Majas, 141 Campbell St, Surry Hills

Koosoleku päevakord

1. Koosoleku avamine ja kvoorumi kontroll
2. 2018.a peakoosoleku protokolli kinnitamine
3. Ülevaade 2019-2020.a tegevustest
4. Revisjonikomisjoni aruanded
5. Aastaaruannete kinnitamine
6. Uute liikmete valimine juhatusse
7. Revisjonikomisjoni valimine
8. Muud küsimused
9. Koosoleku lõpetamine

Sydney Eesti Seltsi Juhatus 2019-2020

2019/2020 korralise aasta peakoosoleku ühendamise tõttu vabanevad kõik (9) komisjoni kohad

1. Tiina Tamm (kandideerib)
2. Maria Lille (kandideerib, asendas Karin Kapsit)
3. Peeter Muttik (kandideerib uuesti juhul kui uusi kandidaate ei esitata)
4. Jaak Sildnik (kandideerib uuesti juhul kui uusi kandidaate ei esitata)
5. Tiina Alvre (lahkub)
6. Aet Madison (ei kandideeri uuesti)
7. Arne Rahnel (kandideerib)
8. Lachlan Bell (kandideerib)
9. Marju Tõnisson (kandideerib)
10. Mai Bell (kandideerib, asendas Tiina Alvret) 

Ei saa koosolekule tulla?

Kui te ise ei saa koosolekul osaleda, palun volitage keegi Seltsi liige enda eest hääletama. Selleks on vaja täita asendus- ehk “Proxy” avaldus ja tagastada vastavalt sealtoodud juhistele.

Need vormid on kättesaadaval meie veebilehel: http://www.sydneyeestiselts.org.au/membership/

Koosolek edastatakse ka “Zoomi” kaudu, täpsem teave saadetakse hiljem

Uued kandidaadid

Uued kandidaadid on teretulnud. Selleks täitke palun kandidaadi-vorm ja tagastage meili teel hiljemalt 25. aprill 2020, kell 21:00, aadressil info@sydneyeestiselts.org.au

Tänan Teid Seltsi juhatuse nimel toetuse eest lõppenud aastal.
Kohtumiseni üldkoosolekul!

Tiina Tamm – Sydney Eesti Seltsi Juhatuse esinaine

 LISATEAVE 

Kuupäev: pühapäev, 2. mai
Koosolek algab kell: 14:00
Asukoht: Eesti Maja
Aadress: 141 Campbell St,
Surry Hills, NSW, 2010

A home for mind-breakers, trend-setters, trailblazers, and envelope-pushers, Fantastic Film Festival Australia returns with a program of weird and wonderful cinema to challenge and delight audiences from April 16^th at the Lido Cinemas in Hawthorn and Ritz Cinemas in Randwick.

A highlight of the festival is Estonian animated feature

The Old Man Movie

This zany, animated film follows a small town and the chaos that ensues when their prized cow goes missing.  A stop-motion, crazed Shaun the Sheep-style spirit fuels the absurdity that directors Oskar Lehemaa and Mikk Mägi have been refining for the last decade. This is their epic first feature, and its lowbrow surrealism takes animated comedy on a wonderfully insane journey: jump on board for a laugh-filled ride and jaw-dropping madness.

Sessions

Monday, 19th April 6.30pm @ RITZ CINEMA, RANDWICK

Thursday, 22nd April 8.40pm @ LIDO CINEMAS, HAWTHORN

Saturday, 24th April 8.45pm @ LIDO CINEMAS, HAWTHORN

Trailer

Full Program

For tickets and the full program head to https://www.fantasticfilmfestival.com.au/

From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On 13 April, the very first virtual forum for Estonians around the world will be held, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will present its activities and plans concerning the diaspora. Hille Hanso and Ellen Valter, Estonians living abroad, will also speak at the forum, talking about how global Estonians could participate in Estonia’s development.

The virtual forum for global Estonians is a continuation of the survey conducted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs among the diaspora last year and is the next step in strengthening co-operation between Estonia and Estonians living abroad.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will present its current activities and plans concerning the global Estonian community at the virtual forum and will reveal in more detail the results of the survey conducted last year among Estonians living abroad. The forum will also discuss how the new focus topics of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, business and cyber diplomacy, help to shape Estonia’s reputation in the world. Consular services and news for Estonians living abroad will also be introduced.

The virtual forum will be attended by Hille Hanso, a political scientist and journalist living in Turkey, and Ellen Valter, a lawyer living in Canada.

The virtual forum will take place on Tuesday, 13 April from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Worksup: https://worksup.com/app#id=DIASPORAA2021

Australia Times (not so friendly!)

• Sydney – 3am, Wednesday 14th April
• Adelaide – 2.30am, Wednesday 14th April
• Perth – 1am, Wednesday 14th April

More Information

For the official announcement see The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organising a virtual forum for global Estonians

The Estonian Archives in Australia oral history collection was inscribed into the Australian Memory of the World Register on February 26th, 2021

A virtual ceremony held online with over 80 participants witnessed the inscription of 10 groups of records on the Australian Memory of the World register on Friday, 26 February 2021.

The Memory of the World Register is maintained by UNESCO as a record of documents, books and other records of enduring worth for the world. It is a parallel register to the World Heritage Register of Places. The Estonian oral history collection was one group of records added at that event.