The Shire of Dardanup is acknowledging Remembrance Day 2022 by encouraging our community to create handmade poppies to honour the 61,513 lives lost in battle.
Whether you are a beginner or experienced knitter or crocheter, choose to make one or one hundred poppies; all contributions will be welcomed as they will help us create our unique pop-up poppy installations.
Scroll down to discover ways you can get involved in this significant project.
Get involved:
1 | Attend free community poppy craft session
Come along and work at your own pace to create knitted or crochet poppies. Resources including wool, buttons and a handful of hooks and needles will be available to use.
Saturday, 3 September
9.30am - 12.30pm
Eaton Community Library - 2 Sanford Way - Eaton
Hosted by RSLWA Vollies For Vets
Book here
Missed our free community session? Have your own group that could be interested in a poppy creation session? Consider hosting your own session.
Contact the Place and Community Officer on 9724 0323 to see what resources the Shire can supply to support you.
2 | Collect a poppy pack
The Shire of Dardanup has free poppy packs available for Shire of Dardanup residents. These packs are designed to help you with some resources to create two to three knitted or crocheted poppies.
Packs are free and can be collected from the below locations.
Please note: Packs will be available from Monday 15 August
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Administration Centre, Eaton
1 Council Drive, Eaton
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Eaton Community Library
2 Sanford Way, Eaton
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Dardanup Office
3 Little Street, Dardanup
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3 | Poppy drop off
Make your poppy/s count by dropping them to:
- Administration Centre, Eaton
- Dardanup Office
- Eaton Community Library
- or post to Shire Dardanup, PO BOX 7016, Eaton WA 6230.
Please note: poppy collection closes at 4.30pm on 1 November 2022.
4 | Visit Pop-up poppy installation
You can add your poppy/ies to one of 3 installations from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 November.
Pop-up installations can be found in the below locations:
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Dardanup
Dardanup War Memorial
3 Little Street, Dardanup
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Burekup
River Valley Primary School Memorial
51 Russell Road, Burekup
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Eaton
Bethanie Fields Entrance
111 Eaton Drive, Eaton
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Resources
Acknowledgements
The Shire of Dardanup would like to thank the following groups and people for being involved in this year's project:
Theresa Wilks - ECU Arts Student | Eaton Community College Students | RSLWA - Poppy Ladies | South Regional TAFE - Bunbury Visual Arts Students
Contributors
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River Valley Primary School - Year 2/3 Class
Dardanup Knits and Knots
Donnybrook RSL
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Australind Senior Citizens Centre - Tuesday Craft Group
Leschenault Heart Foundation - Walking Group
RSLWA Vollies for Vets ( fondly known as the Poppy Ladies)
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Eaton Craft Group
Bunbury Town Teams - Stitch Club
CWA River Valley Belles
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Contact
Place and Community Officers
events@dardanup.wa.gov.au
9724 0323