Pre-planning your funeral or planning a loved one's funeral, can be exceptionally challenging. When you are distressed, you are also vulnerable, emotionally and financially. This seminar will review all the mandatory components of funeral planning plus the services offered by the funeral industry & on-line service providers. Differing charges, for similar services, common pitfalls, your rights. This is a frank review of the funeral and disposition industries, in which there is a Duty of Care. This is must-know information for those planning a funeral. Don't die until you have been to this session!

Got a great idea for a podcast? Seems like everyone else does, too. Just pressing record and speaking into a microphone doesn'’t make it a podcast, though. There'’s a lot more to it than that. If you want your concept to truly stand out, you'’ll need to know the insights, formula and strategies to make it unique, marketable and engaging to your potential audience. Learn from the creators of the multi award-winning podcast, Just Lawful,Sean Fewster & Daniel Panozzo, how to take your brainwave and craft it into a bespoke, ready-to-record pilot episode.

Meet popular WEA Travel tour guides in an informal atmosphere and learn about exciting destinations. All sessions are one hour. Limited spaces available and enrolments are essential.

An historical overnight tour exploring the plains each side of the picturesque Barossa Valley. Overnight in SA's premier resort, the Barossa Novotel, with dinner, bed and breakfast included. Sunday, begin at Virginia Nursery, drive around Riverlea (on the former Buckland Park) and have time in Two Wells and Mallala. See the Gallipoli rail bridge across the Light River. Stop at the charming Kangaroo Flat old church and cemetery before having an historical walk in the part of Gawler planned by William Light. After lunch break you will stop at the Lutheran settlement of Gomersal before arrival at the Barossa Novotel. Saturday you will explore Keyneton, Sedan, Cambrai, Black Hill, Shell Hill, and Walker Flat and Caurnamont on the Murray River. Extensive history notes provided. Depart WEA 9 am Sunday and return approximately 5:45 pm Monday. Single Price $509 per person, Twin Share $384 per person. Twin Share will need to be booked by phone on 8223 1979.

Step back in time and into the fascinating world of the Ancient Maya. Together we will explore their major cities, including Tikal and Palenque, and their major achievements in writing, astronomy and agriculture. You will also gain insight into their daily life, beliefs and practices, including the importance of cacao, a treasured drink in a form of Currency. We will use stories and images to guide us on our armchair travel adventure through Central America.

Have you ever wondered how the Italian language evolved from the various Italian dialects (which were themselves derived from Latin and Greek)? This course will discuss the various languages that existed prior to the creation of standard Italian. The various dialects that are still in existence to this day will be discussed including the particular dialect that was chosen as the official Italian language. We will also discuss the various cultures that prevailed at the time and the separate (but related) unification of the Italian state from the various dukedoms and kingdoms that existed in the 1800s.

A course for absolute beginners (or those who want to revisit the basics) on how to plan, research, record and share genealogical discoveries. Included are handouts, practical examples, how to access records and the pitfalls to avoid.

The Russia-Ukraine War is the biggest armed conflict in Europe since WWII. This course examines the origins of the war, the evolving course of the conflict, and its possible consequences. It begins with an overview of the problematic history between Russia and Ukraine from the emergence of the Russian state in the late 1400s to the collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917. It then focusses on the Russian-Ukrainian relationship over the last 100 years. This includes the impact of the Russian Revolution and civil war; the creation of the Soviet Union; Stalin and the Ukrainian famine in the 1930s; Ukraine and the Soviet-German conflict in WWII; the Cold War; the collapse of the USSR and Ukrainian independence; Ukrainian-Russian relations, 1991-2022. It then examines the nature of the war thus far, and the possible repercussions of the conflict for Ukraine, Russia and the world.

An entertaining and engaging presentation on the origin and history of well-known Nursery Rhymes. Example Baa Baa Black Sheep is about a 200 year old taxation system. This eye-opening journey dives deep into the origins, meanings and historical contexts of classic rhymes like Ring Around the Rosie, Baa Baa Black Sheep and Humpty Dumpty. We will uncover how these seemingly innocent verses reflect the political intrigue, social commentary, and cultural traditions of their time. Perfect for educators, parents, literature lovers, and the simply curious. This course combines rich storytelling with academic insight to reveal the fascinating world behind the rhymes we thought we knew. See nursery rhymes in a whole new light!

Russia has always seen itself as under siege from the west. In 1853 Tsar Nicholas I noted that 'We can expect nothing from the West but blind hatred and malice'. He was reacting to what he saw as the double standards of the west, that anything Russia did in terms of militarily defending itself was seen as 'disturbing the balance of power'. One hundred years later, in 1952, Vladimir Putin was born and now as the President of Russia expresses this same opinion by his actions, by his own written history of Russia and by his speeches. This course examines Putin’s history, his childhood, his behaviour as a young adult and then his time leading up to becoming the President in 1999. It then covers his behaviour in the time leading up to the Ukraine war and his refusal to cease his invasion of territory which was no longer a part of Russia. In this way this course is a profile of how Putin thinks about his role as the President of Russia, his impact on his people, the deterioration in his relationship with the west and his authoritarian control of Russia. His war has resulted in the death of an estimated million soldiers. How will his country recover even if he were to win the war? Will he ever come to a cessation of this war and if so what would influence him to do this?”