Six Local Groups share in Anzac Centenary community grants

Member for Nanango, Deb Frecklington has announced that six local projects in the Nanango Electorate have been successful in receiving funding through the second round of the State Government’s Anzac Centenary Community Grants.

Mrs Frecklington said the groups will share in more than $100,000, enabling local communities to commemorate what the First World war meant to their community and she was pleased that four local projects had received support.

The local projects to receive funding are:

• RSL Crows Nest Sub-Branch - $55,148 to restore the Crows Nest Memorial in Centennial Park
• Australian Army Flying Museum - $14,000 to build a WWI full size replica aircraft (Sopwith Camel)
• Yarraman RSL Sub Branch - $5,836 to build a permanent display in the Yarraman Soldiers Memorial Hall to commemorate local WWI soldiers
• Wild Horse FM (Yarraman) - $3550 to deliver Anzac Day programming on Wild Horse FM
• South Burnett Regional Council - $12,000 to stage the theatrical production ‘Gallipoli’ for students and the community
• Maidenwell Community Group - $10,450 to repair and refurbish the Maidenwell Cenotaph.

“I’d really like to congratulate these local groups on their successful applications. The First World War had a dramatic international impact, but the effects were also felt in local communities like Yarraman and Crows Nest and all around Queensland,” Mrs Frecklington said.

“This program acknowledges the sacrifice made and loss suffered by the many communities whose residents contributed to the war effort either on the battlefield or on the home front.”

“I urge everyone to support these Anzac commemorations as a way of acknowledging our community’s special place in Queensland’s military history,” she said.

For more information about the grants program and how Queensland is commemorating the First World War centenary visit: www.qld.gov.au/anzac100.

Photo: Deb and her daughters at the Yarraman Anzac Day Dawn Service. The Yarraman RSL have secured an Anzac Centenary Community Grant to build a display to WWI soldiers from the region.