More Community Commemorative Grants awarded
Local communities are set to receive almost $200,000 in Saluting Their Service grants which deliver projects commemorating Australia’s wartime history and reflect our gratitude to all those who have served our country.
Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Darren Chester described the 85 community projects as thoughtful and moving, ranging from memorial gardens, exhibitions and sculptures, to repairs to cenotaphs, reunions and services.
“I congratulate these communities, this funding will deliver meaningful projects which commemorate Australia’s role in wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations and recognise the sacrifice of Australians who have served and continue to serve our nation,” Mr Chester said.
“In my own electorate of Gippsland, Saluting Their Service grants have supported a range of projects over the years including a Boer War honour board at the Morwell Historical Society to recognise service personnel from the local area.
“It’s a permanent tribute to those who served more than 100 years ago and it includes each person’s rank, their service number and their unit.”
Community Commemorative Grants for the Saluting Their Service program provides up to $4000 for each project and applications can now be made through the Community Grants Hub.
Applicants requiring support in submitting their application are encouraged to phone 1800 020 283 or email support@communitygrants.gov.au
A list of the 85 projects receiving the most recent funding allocations follows.
All funding listed is GST exclusive.
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Saluting Their Service Grants
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
RAASC Vietnam Supply Platoons Association Inc | Fenner | Install a plaque and hold a dedication ceremony at Glenorchy to commemorate members of the Royal Australian Army Service Corps who served in the Vietnam War | 571 |
Total Grants – ACT – 1 | Total $571 |
NEW SOUTH WALES
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Riverwood Punchbowl Anglican Church | Banks | Install a flagpole at the Riverwood Punchbowl Anglican Church to fly the Australian National Flag on days of commemoration | 1,364 |
St Alban’s Anglican Church | Bennelong | Publish a book to commemorate the First World War soldiers of the Epping area | 2,727 |
The 7th Australian Division AIF Association | Blaxland | Install a plaque on the Bass Hill Remembrance Wall to commemorate the Battle for Australia and hold a dedication service | 1,453 |
Stuarts Point Workers Recreation and Bowls Club Ltd | Cowper | Replace a deteriorated flagpole located at the Stuart Point Workers Club | 909 |
Tumbarumba RSL Sub-branch | Eden-Monaro | Upgrade the Cenotaph in Tumbarumba and install a plaque in memory of Vietnam Veterans | 3,500 |
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council | Eden-Monaro | Install a plaque and hold an unveiling ceremony in Queanbeyan to commemorate the service and sacrifice of all members of the Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps | 1,555 |
Narooma Historical Society Inc | Eden-Monaro | Hold an exhibition in Narooma, NSW to commemorate the Centenary of Armistice | 2,775 |
Wattle Grove Public School | Hughes | Create a memorial garden at the Wattle Grove Public School to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian servicemen and women | 2,924 |
Colo Vale Community Association Inc | Hume | Install a stainless steel Anzac sculpture at the Colo Vale War Memorial | 4,000 |
Lake Macquarie City Council | Hunter | Conserve the Killingworth War Memorial | 3,636 |
Lake Macquarie City Council | Hunter | Conserve the West Wallsend War Memorial. | 3,636 |
Museum of Fire | Lindsay | Upgrade the interpretive panels regarding firefighters during the Second World War at the Museum of Fire in Penrith NSW | 1,720 |
City of Penrith RSL Sub-branch | Lindsay | Repair display cases exhibiting wartime memorabilia at the Penrith RSL Club | 2,727 |
Gloucester RSL Sub-branch | Lyne | Upgrade the War Memorial located at the Gloucester cemetery | 3,636 |
Dungog Shire Council (Vacy Sportsground Management Committee) | Lyne | Install plaques at the Gresford School of Arts War Memorial depicting all theatres of operation and those who served since 1975 | 3,636 |
Gloucester RSL Sub-branch | Lyne | Install a plaque at the Memorial Clock Tower in Gloucester, NSW to commemorate the Vietnam War and the Battle of Coral/Balmoral | 3,636 |
Australian Christian Nation Association Inc | Macarthur | Hold a memorial service at the Anzac War Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Light Horse Charge on Beersheba | 3,000 |
National Trust of Australia (NSW) / Saumarez Homestead | New England | Install a plaque to commemorate the 33rd Battalion AIF and a flagpole to fly the Australian National Flag on days of commemoration | 1,943 |
Walcha & District Historical Society Inc | New England | Purchase a glass fronted cabinet for the display of wartime memorabilia at the Pioneer Cottage and Museum Complex in Walcha | 2,727 |
National Trust of Australia (NSW) / Saumarez Homestead | New England | Hold a memorial service at Saumarez Homestead, Armidale, NSW to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux | 245 |
National Trust of Australia (NSW) / Saumarez Homestead | New England | Hold an exhibition of First World War memorabilia at Saumarez Homestead, Armidale, NSW to commemorate the contribution of the people of the New England district | 523 |
Maclean RSL Sub-branch | Page | Install a sandstone block to display a plaque gifted by the Greek consulate at the front of the Maclean Cenotaph | 945 |
Port Stephens Naval Association | Paterson | Install a plaque displaying the Naval Ode on the memorial to HMAS Psyche at Salamander Bay | 300 |
Breakfast Point Community Association DP270347 | Reid | Restore the immediate surrounds of the Breakfast Point War Memorial | 3,636 |
Mullumbimby RSL Sub-branch | Richmond | Restore the Mullumbimby Cenotaph | 3,636 |
Garema Public Hall & Recreation Reserve Trust | Riverina | Install a replica honour board at the Garema Hall | 1,200 |
Parkes Shire Council | Riverina | Update honour roll plaques on the Vietnam War Memorial and the Cenotaph in Parkes | 3,636 |
Parkes Shire Council | Riverina | Update the immediate surrounds of the Parkes Cenotaph | 1,475 |
Parkes Shire Council | Riverina | Install a flagpole | 1,364 |
The Rock RSL Sub-branch | Riverina | Install three interpretive plaques to identify memorabilia at The Rock Avenue of Honour | 1,754 |
Murringo Community Association Inc | Riverina | Install a flagpole at the Murringo Cenotaph | 1,000 |
Parkes Shire Council | Riverina | Install security lighting at the Vietnam War Memorial in Parkes to deter vandalism | 3,636 |
Murringo Community Association Inc | Riverina | Publish a hardcover book for the community with information of men who enlisted in the First World War from Murringo, NSW. | 3,000 |
Art Studios Co-operative Ltd | Robertson | To support the 2018 Australian Spirit Exhibition | 3,000 |
Peats Ridge Public School | Robertson | Install a flagpole at Peats Ridge Public School to fly the Australian National Flag on days of commemoration | 1,500 |
Belmont RSL Sub-branch | Shortland | Install lighting at the Belmont War Memorial to deter vandalism | 2,479 |
Lake Macquarie City Council | Shortland | Restore the First World War German trench mortar in Speers Point Park | 3,636 |
Mittagong RSL Sub-branch | Whitlam | Install a Centenary Commemoration Stone at the Mittagong and District War Memorial to acknowledge the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the Australian Defence Force | 2,000 |
C Company 2 RAR Reunion | Whitlam | Hold a reunion to commemorate 50 years since the Battle of Coral and Balmoral | 600 |
Total Grants – NSW – 39 | Total $91,069 |
QUEENSLAND
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Home Hill RSL Sub-branch | Dawson | Install service emblems, inscriptions and soldier silhouettes on the Remembrance Wall at the Home Hill War Memorial | 4,000 |
Emerald State High School | Flynn | Upgrade the Emerald State High School Centennial Memorial to include battles from the First World War to Afghanistan | 3,636 |
Toowoomba United RSL Sub-branch Inc | Groom | Remount and frame historical military photographs for public display at the Soldiers Memorial Hall | 2,689 |
Royal Australian Air Force Association Townsville Branch | Herbert | Install a plaque at St Benedict’s Catholic School dedicated to the men and women who served at the RAAF Bohle River Airfield during the Second World War | 392 |
Chillagoe Alliance Incorporated | Kennedy | Install a flagpole, honour board and interpretive signage at the Chillagoe railway precinct to depict the town’s contribution to the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts | 2,403 |
Burpengary State School P&C Association | Longman | Install a monument of honour at Burpengary State School to honour past students who served in conflicts since the First World War | 2,395 |
No 38 Squadron (RAAF) Association | Longman | Purchase three 38 Squadron (RAAF) Association Battle Honour banners | 1,582 |
3rd Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Corporation | Petrie | Purchase and install a plaque in Regimental Square, Sydney, commemorating all those who served in 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment | 921 |
Sixth Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Association | Petrie | Install a plaque at Regimental Square, Sydney, to commemorate all those who have served with 6th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment | 1,163 |
Tramways RSL Sub-branch | Ryan | Install a plaque at the Tramways RSL in memory of the First and Second World War Veterans who worked in the Transport Department of the Brisbane City Council in Taringa | 696 |
Beechmont Anzac Committee | Wright | Install 19 plaques on the Beechmont Memorial Wall commemorating local service men | 1,936 |
Total Grants – QLD – 11 | Total $21,813 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Mannum RSL Sub-branch | Barker | Restore the “Garden of Memory” monument at the Mannum Cemetery | 847 |
Purnong District Hall Incorporated | Barker | Upgrade the surrounds of the Anzac Arch at the Purnong District Hall | 3,837 |
Burra RSL Sub-branch | Grey | Restore a Krupp Cannon for display at the Burra War Memorial | 3,000 |
Beltana Progress Association | Grey | Hold a service and install a flagpole at the Beltana Hall | 1,938 |
District Council of Mount Remarkable | Grey | Publish a book about the men and women who enlisted for service in both World Wars from Willowie Township and district of South Australia | 2,727 |
Port Elliot RSL Sub-branch | Mayo | Restore and upgrade the Port Elliot War Memorial | 4,000 |
Hillsview Village Residents Association Inc | Mayo | Install a flagpole and plaque at the Hillsview Retirement Village in Happy Valley, SA. | 2,564 |
Riverton RSL Sub-branch | Wakefield | Install a First World War Honour Board and replace the deteriorated flagpole at the Riverton RSL | 1,784 |
Town of Gawler | Wakefield | Install paving around the immediate surrounds of a new war memorial in Pioneer Park, Gawler | 3,636 |
Australian Air Defence Artillery Association Inc | Wakefield | Purchase a banner for the Australian Air Defence Artillery Association to be used during annual Anzac Day Marches | 259 |
Total Grants – SA – 10 | Total $24,592 |
VICTORIA
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Dandenong/ Cranbourne RSL Sub-branch | Bruce | Hold an event to commemorate the 20th Anniversary Reunion of International Force East Timor | 273 |
Australian Special Air Service Association | Deakin | Produce a booklet commemorating the service of 2 Squadron Special Air Service Regiment in the Vietnam War | 3,000 |
Morwell Historical Society Inc | Gippsland | Publish a book about Morwell District Soldiers who served in the Boer War | 3,000 |
Windsor Community Children’s Centre | Higgins | Install a flagpole at the Windsor Community Children’s Centre to fly the Australian National Flag | 850 |
Swanpool Memorial Hall & Recreation Reserve Committee Inc | Indi | Relocate and restore the Swanpool War Memorial | 4,000 |
Sherbrooke Community School | La Trobe | Install a plaque about the Aleppo Pine at the Sherbrooke Community School | 286 |
St Peter’s Eastern Hill Anglican Church | Melbourne | Restore the Wayside Cross War Memorial at St Peter’s Eastern Hill Anglican Church which commemorates 241 parishioners who died during the First World War | 3,636 |
Alfred Health – Caulfield Hospital | Melbourne Ports | Hold an exhibition at Caulfield Hospital, VIC to commemorate 100 years since its establishment as a military hospital | 2,727 |
39th Australian Infantry Battalion (1941-43) Association Inc | McEwen | Establish a walk of honour at One Tree Hill National Park, VIC to commemorate the Kokoda Campaign | 4,000 |
Portland Bay School | Wannon | Create a commemorative garden at the Portland Bay Special Development School | 2,727 |
Nelson Cemetery Trust | Wannon | Install a tree guard around a Lone Pine and install a plaque to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Armistice at the Nelson War Memorial Gates | 1,814 |
Cavendish RSL Sub-branch | Wannon | Install a flagpole at the John Thomson Memorial Gates in Mooralla to fly the Australian National Flag | 1,500 |
Cavendish RSL Sub-branch | Wannon | Install a fence around a Lone Pine tree at the John Thomson Memorial Gates in Mooralla | 820 |
Total Grants – VIC – 13 | Total $28,633 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Shire of Shark Bay | Durack | Install security lighting at the Anzac Memorial in Pioneer Park, Denham | 3,636 |
Shire of Morawa | Durack | Restore the remembrance wall at the RSL Memorial Park in Morawa | 2,727 |
Nannup RSL Sub-branch | Forrest | Restore the Nannup War Memorial | 4,000 |
2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion AIF Association Inc | Perth | To restore a plaque dedicated to the 16th Battalion AIF located in Kings Park | 935 |
Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Western Australia Branch | Perth | Hold a memorial service in Kings Park, WA to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Coral/Balmoral | 2,178 |
Total Grants – WA – 5 | Total $13,476 |
TASMANIA
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
St Patricks River Valley Progress Association Inc | Bass | Restore the Cenotaph and create a portable replica cenotaph in Nunamara | 3,943 |
Vietnam Veterans Association of Australia Greater Hobart Branch | Franklin | Hold a memorial service at the Hobart Cenotaph to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battles of Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral | 1,145 |
Central Highlands Council | Lyons | Restore the First World War Memorial in Gretna | 3,636 |
Total Grants – TAS – 3 | Total $8,724 |
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Recipient | Electorate | Funding description | Amount $ |
Back to the Track 2020 Inc | Solomon | Produce a promotional brochure for Back to the Track 2020 | 1,605 |
Darwin Military Museum | Solomon | Upgrade the First World War Furphy display at the Darwin Military Museum | 318 |
Total Grants – NT – 2 | Total $1,923 |
Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service (VVCS) can be reached 24 hours a day across Australia for support and free and confidential counselling. Phone 1800 011 046 (international: +61 8 8241 4546). VVCS is a service founded by Vietnam veterans.
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