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YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • JUNE/JULY 2015 PAGE
YOUR
Community
Port Festival theme is
‘Message in a Bottle’
The Port Festival is coming! The Port will come alive
on 10 & 11 October with a weekend of events, music,
theatre, visual arts, food, workshops, forums, tours, trails
and river activities.
Having received so many great ideas from the community,
the 2015 Festival team is delighted with the new Festival
theme suggested by renowned maritime artist John Ford -
‘Message in a Bottle’.
This follows on from the theme of the last Festival in 2013,
‘Every Suitcase Holds a Story’, where the humble suitcase
symbolised the arrival of immigrants and departures of
travellers at the Port.
“I was looking for something that continued on
from the very successful theme of the last festival two
years ago,” Ford says. “This is a theme that opens up
many possibilities.”
This year’s theme offers wonderful artistic, installation,
performance and visual art opportunities for the Festival
program, which has been demonstrated by a large number
of high quality event applications being received.
This year marks the 175th birthday of the Port, and the
October Festival will give everyone the opportunity to
celebrate the unique identity of this important region
during the year of the Port.
If you have an idea for an event, the deadline for
applications to be a part of the Port Festival program closes
on 1 June, so contact the Port Festival office on 8405 6701 if
you would like to be involved. Artist and Designers Markets
applications close on 29 June. To download an application
booklet visit
Honouring one of our own
A new interpretive historic sign was erected at Eric Sutton
Reserve in time for Anzac Day this year.
Eric Sutton was born on 16 July, 1900, in Rosewater,
married Winifried Grace Pocock at Rosewater in March
1930 and was a storekeeper before he enlisted for service in
the Second World War.
Eric died in July 1943 on the notorious Thai Burma railway
after he was captured following the fall of Singapore in
1942. He is buried at Thanbyzat War Cemetery in Burma.
The Port Adelaide City Council decided to name the reserve
after Eric Sutton at a Council meeting held on
4 September 1952.
The new sign shares more information about Eric’s life and
features his enlistment portrait.
Eric’s daughter Judith Heidenreich and two nephews, Phil
Heaton and Wes Saunders, visited the sign during April and
were thrilled at this fitting tribute to one of our local heroes.
Council is very proud of the local men and women who
have represented our country. Centenary of Anzac services
and events were extremely well attended across Council
this year, continuing the memory of those who made the
ultimate sacrifice.
Wes Saunders, Phil Heaton and Judith Heidenreich