‘The Last Goodbye’ Photo Gallery

In 1914 Australia went to war. Thousands of young recruits passed through Ballarat on their way to the front, to prepare for battle and to say a last goodbye.

This documentary film explores the meaning of remembrance and looks at the way the Great War changed us, through the eyes of young people of Ballarat today.

The film was launched on Sunday the 8th November at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka.

Click here to read a full report of the event.

Photographs by Aldona Kmiec and Lucinda Horrocks.

: Katy Nethercote and Casey Binks during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Nick Murphy, Kayla Hamill, Alisha Eddy and Grace Pyone Pernar in rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Nathan Gilkes and Laura Telford during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Laura Telford, Casey Binks, Katy Nethercote and Isabel Mulrooney during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Bryce Ives during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Nick Rijs in the rehearsal session. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Isabel Mulrooney at rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Bryce Ives, music and stage director, and Jary Nemo, creative director, make grand plans during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Luke and Liam, the show’s technical engineers. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: Setting up the tech during rehearsal. Photograph by Lucinda Horrocks.

: The audience waits for the film to begin. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Jary Nemo watching the audience filter in. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Opening titles. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Robert Lewis on the big screen. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Alex Tascas. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Alex Tascas at the Last Goodbye film screening. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: The Last Goodbye film screening

: Casey Binks. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

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: Casey Binks begins to sing. JPhotograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Oliver Cowen, Nathan Gilkes and Nick Rijs accompany the song. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Amber Sinclair. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Amber Sinclair. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Amber Sinclair on the bagpipes. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Amber Sinclair plays the bagpipes. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: The Last Goodbye film screening. Jary Nemo with Oliver Cowen in the background.

: Casey Binks. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Casey Binks and Katy Nethercote. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Nick Murphy. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: The Last Goodbye film screening

: The Last Goodbye film screening credit roll. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Grace Pyone Pernar. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Kayla Hamill, Mark Simmonds and Nick Murphy. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Kayla Hamill and Alisha Eddy (foreground). Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Kayla Hamill and Casey Binks.Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Alisha Eddy, Isabel Mulrooney and Katy Nethercote sing the last number. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Mark Simmonds, Nick Murphy and David Gallagher singing the last number. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Actors give it their all in the last song of the show. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Pianist Nathan Gilkes plays the final chord in the show. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: The audience applauds the film. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: Bryce Ives relaxing in the green room. Photograph by Aldona Kmiec.

: The Last Goodbye film screening

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: David Gallagher, Laura Telford and Nathan Gilkes in the green room before the performance, with Jary Nemo and Bryce Ives in the background. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Jary Nemo in the Green room. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Lucinda Horrocks. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: The Last Goodbye film screening

: Nathan Gilkes, Angela Campbell and Lucinda Horrocks. Jary Nemo in the Green Room. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Bryce Ives and Kim Durban. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Nathan Gilkes. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

: Project cast and crew mingle with the audience in a relaxed afternoon at the George Hotel. Photograph by Aldona Kmeic.

The film ‘The Last Goodbye’ is screening every day in the week of 9-14 November 2015 at 12:30pm at M.A.D.E Ballarat. Entry is free for Ballarat residents.

The Memories of War Film and Research Project was a collaboration between the RSL Ballarat, Federation University Australia, the Gold Museum, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka and Wind & Sky Productions.

As part of the project community members were invited to produce content for the Gold Museum on the topic of ‘Memories of War’. Publication of content began in September 2015 and continues to be published.