A Western Falun Gong practitioner who works for a duty free shop in Surfers Paradise saw a notice about a traditional Chinese New Year parade on his way to work. He realized that this would be a good opportunity to display the beauty of Falun Dafa to the public.
From February 7 to 9 2003, the annual traditional Vietnamese New Year Celebration was held at the Warwick Farm Horse Racing Field west of Sydney. The event was organized by Vietnamese Community of New South Wales province and it has nearly 100,000 people came to the event.
In pre-war Nazi Germany, the attempted extermination of Jews and others Hitler considered to be “undesirable” was already underway. Millions of people lost their jobs, their homes, their possessions and their families as they were sent to concentration camps.
On January 26, Australia National Day, local Falun Gong practitioners participated in a grand celebration parade in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland.
Wollongong’s Falun Dafa group was invited to celebrate Australia Day on January 26th with other community groups for the third consecutive year by the Australia Day committee.
At 4:00am, on Saturday January 18th, practitioners of Falun Dafa from Sydney departed for Orange to offer the first introduction class in Orange in 2003. The regional newspaper, Central Western Daily had publicized the event in the Saturday edition.
From Monday (January 13) to Wednesday (January 15), Canberra Falun Gong practitioners held a three-day candlelight vigil in front of the Chinese Embassy in Canberra to mourn for more than 40 practitioners who were recently killed in China due to the persecution
Melbourne Falun Gong practitioners entered Day 3 of their peaceful appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate.
Sydney Falun Dafa practitioners continue to appeal in front of the Chinese Consulate to call for an end of killing Falun Dafa practitioners in China.
In response to escalating reports of death by persecution in China, practitioners in Sydney held a candle light vigil in front of the Chinese Consulate on Monday night calling for an end to the killing.
At 7pm on January 12, 2003, practitioners in Melbourne gathered in front of the Chinese Consulate to hold a press conference and appealed for an end of the killing of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Local media such as 3CR Radio, NDT TV and Epochtimes attended the activity.
In order to enrich Chinese culture in Australia, and to celebrate the onset of 2003 with people of Chinese extraction, volunteer Falun Dafa practitioners and Tongsong Music & Culture Promotions Inc. hosted a free variety performance. Entitled “Music of the Spring”, the event was successfully held at Marana auditorium, Hurstville entertainment centre, on the evening…