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TALK with PRESENTATION and AFTERNOON TEA – Sunday 25th October at ELLIS COTTAGE – Bullecourt The Forgotten Battle

October 15, 2026

Nillumbik Historical Society would like to welcome you to our home at Ellis Cottage on Ellis Cottage Reserve Diamond Creek for

a TALK and PRESENTATION by Terry Phillips, Military Historian

about the First Battle of Bullecourt and the many local men who served on that battlefield

Sunday 25th October at 1 pm

$10 per person (children free)

access to Ellis Cottage Reserve is via Main Hurstbridge Road, Diamond Creek

After the talk which will run for approximately an hour, we welcome questions and discussion with our Society members.

We provide a delicious home-made afternoon tea with our talks, so we would like you to stay and enjoy that too

We would appreciate an RSVP by Friday 23rd October to nillumbikhs.sec@gmail.com (for catering)

Pay in advance to (Bendigo Bank 633-000 – 122948409 Nillumbik Historical Society) or in cash or by card on the day

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