Aussie News
Issue 22 - August 2006
It is with sadness that the First Secretary Stuart Shaw and his family have left Mauritius at the end of their 3 year posting on the 28th August 2006…MORE
It is a pleasure to once again issue our quarterly newsletter – as well as to introduce you to our new revamped website – which I encourage you to access…MORE
The Australian High Commission will be organising the following events in the coming months and looks forward to seeing you all there…MORE
The Australian day for commemorating Australia’s first foray as a country into a military conflict and remembering the soldiers who have served with such distinction in all conflicts since the First World War – ANZAC Day – was marked by the Australian High Commissioner and his wife at a small ceremony held at their residence in Floreal on 25 April. ...MORE
The High Commission has been fortunate this last week to welcome Greg Hastings and Linda Gillian to Mauritius. Greg and Linda are entertainers who have spent the week performing their “Wandering in The Bush Show” to excitable primary school groups ...MORE
The Australian and British High Commissions have jointly funded the publication of an English version of the Mauritian best-selling recipe book 'Si le goût m'etait conté'. Now titled A Taste in Time, sales of the recipe book will help fund Craft Academy's 'Out of School Youth Project'. ...MORE
An increasing number of Mauritian students are choosing Australia for further studies at post-secondary level...MORE
The 2004 Miss Universe, Australian Jennifer Hawkins, paid a brief visit to Mauritius with her team from Australian television show The Great Outdoors during the first week of June. ...MORE
As a final sporting swan song, Captain Shaw was the Captain and Coach of the Diplomatic Dream Team in a final football match on Friday 18 August against a Ministry of Foreign Affairs team led by Ambassador Patrice Cure…MORE
Just when we had allowed a modicum of realism to enter our sporting fantasy world and we had admitted to ourselves that we were never going to be sport stars, Mauritius managed to throw us a lifeline…MORE
Seychelles dancer Emma Mothee has been awarded a Seychelles Government Scholarship to pursue her study of dancing in Australia. Emma is now at the Victorian College of the Arts undertaking a Bachelor of Dance degree. Following are some reflections from Emma after a month in the course. ...MORE
We had an early opportunity to congratulate the new President of the Union of Comoros, President Ahmad Abdallah Sambi, following his success in the Presidential elections in May…MORE
We have continued to build up some very useful links in Madagascar over the recent year…MORE
