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Queensland Anzac Centenary grant program Round one grantees 13 June 2014

Organisation name Anglican Diocese of Brisbane – Parish of St Mark’s Clayfield

Project title Protection of St Mark's War Memorial Windows - Stages 1A&1B (Main Window & Screen) & Stage 2 (Small Windows)

Project description The Parish is the custodian of a three panel stained glass window and two small windows (c.1919), which are memorials to soldiers from Clayfield, Albion and Wooloowin who fought and died in the Great War, including 111 on the Roll of Honour.

In 1963, the windows were surrounded by leadlight, stained glass Army, Navy, RAAF, and Red Cross crests, and shielded by a metal screen on their installation in the new church. The small windows were also enlarged with leadlight.

Hail and wind have battered and bent the screen, which endangers the window. Leadlight has been broken.

Stage 1A: attaching shatter-proof glass to large window;

Stage 1B: replacing louvres to reduce heat on glass and meet standards for wind forces (AS/NZS 1170.2): the screen may not reliably be re-erected;

Stage 2: attaching shatter-proof glass to small windows;

Stage 3: community awareness.

Grant amount $7,881

Project location CLAYFIELD


Organisation name Returned and Services League of Australia (Qld Branch) Beenleigh & District Sub Branch Inc

Project title Beenleigh RSL Commemorative Anzac Musical Play 2015

Project description This commemorative Anzac 2015 project will involve the Beenleigh RSL Sub branch presenting to the community of Beenleigh, a musical play that pays tribute to the 1st AIF diggers featuring Gallipoli, the Western Front and Palestine.

Numerous local choir groups will be used to present a host of excellent songs, both catchy and emotional, depicting the various military campaigns and experiences, with certain songs certain to attract spontaneous audience interaction.

The play will also highlight the story of a war-time family left to worry at home when three sons went to a war 'too good to miss'.

The Beenleigh Theatre Group will stage and manage the play on behalf of the RSL. 11 shows are scheduled to meet projected community demand.

Between actors, choir groups, stage hands, managers and audiences, approximately 3000 members of the community will participate in this project.

Grant amount $13,274

Project location Beenleigh


Organisation name Bribie Island Historical Society Inc

Project title Recognition Plaque for Bribie Island and Local servicemen who served WW1 and WW2.

Project description There are three persons identified as residing Bribie Island or nearby on WW1 Nominal Roll and there are 10 who are recorded "Residential Locality on Enlistment = Bribie Island QLD", 6 from Toorbul and 4 from Donnybrook in WW2.

There is little recognition given to these servicemen and women from Bribie Island and close by and this project will remember them.

We will need to get high-resolution copies of all service records of people listed from the Australian War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia.

We will then list the names on a bronze plaque (A3 size) showing Name, Service Number, Service (1 x RAAF) and the Bribie Island address given on enlistment, if they returned and the part of the service they served.

Grant amount $2,472

Project location Woorim


Organisation name Bundaberg & District Ex Servicewomen's Association Inc

Project title Centenary of Anzac - Remembering Our War Nurses and War Nurses Memorial Enhancements

Project description Centenary of Anzac Service and enhancements to War Nurses Memorial with:

- New Australian Service Nurses Memorial Wall.

- Commemorative gardens incorporating plaques/plants forBundaberg nurses who paid supreme sacrifice and WW1 plaquewhere those nurses not named in memorial pavilion can beacknowledged.

- Anzac Centenary Walk will link the new Australian Service NursesMemorial Wall to the Memorial Pavilion and commemorativegardens.

- Centenary of Anzac Avenue - Remembering Our War Nurses willfeature history storyboards and will provide access to the parkfacilities, and links the history storyboards with the MemorialPavilion and Anzac Centenary Walk areas and memorial wall

- Centenary of Anzac service, a WW1 display and morning teafollowing the dedication of the new memorial wall on 24 September2014. Laying of Centenary Red Cross plaque will follow.


Project location Bundaberg


Organisation name Fassifern District Historical Society Inc

Project title War Memorial Gallery

Project description This project will raise local community awareness of the Anzac Centenary through:

- Construction of permanent purpose-built cabinets and showcaseto display militaria owned/worn by enlistments from the local areaduring World War One conflicts (and to allow for future display ofartefacts from subsequent military conflicts)

- Conservation and preservation of WW1 artefacts and memorabilia

- Research provenance and record link from original owner ofartefact and memorabilia to descendants still living in the local area

- Label and accession artefacts and memorabilia

- Write interpretive labels for artefacts and memorabilia

- Develop displays from existing object collection that show howWW1 impacted on family and social life

- Develop displays that show the ingenuity of Australians at homewho were affected by supply shortages caused by WW1

- Undertake media awareness to promote engagement of localcommunity groups particularly school groups

- Launch with public opening ceremony.


Project location Boonah


Organisation name Mackay Regional Council

Project title Anzac Walk - Jubilee Park Centenary Project

Project description This project will establish an Anzac Walk within the historically significant Jubilee Park in Mackay. This project is included in the first stage of the refurbishment of Jubilee Park located in Mackay. Jubilee Park is home to heritage listed war memorials and plays host to annual Anzac Day celebrations and other memorial services held throughout the year. Works proposed for this project include the establishment of a new decorative Anzac Walk linking the war memorials and restoration of the heritage listed band rotunda to improve the usability of the park for the Anzac Day Centenary celebrations that are due to be held in April 2015. The project's design focus will be on constructing a commemorative Anzac Walk to embrace the existing park features and war memorials. The new walk and revised park layout will allow greater capacity for the community to be part of events of recognition such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day and also encourage greater participation.


Project location Mackay


Organisation name Winton District Historical Society and Museum Inc

Project title More than a Name

Project description Winton District Historical Society and Museum proposes to stage an exhibition in the Banjo Paterson Room, Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton, Queensland, focusing on the major battles involving Australians in World War One. Apart from highlighting these battles in which Queenslanders served with distinction, the exhibition will develop stories around some of the Winton men, developing the personal aspects of their experiences, the war's impact on them and their families both during and after. The exhibition, 'More Than a Name' will be displayed for three-and-a-half years in the Banjo Paterson Room, an air-conditioned, temporary display space within the Waltzing Matilda Centre. It is planned to open on Anzac Day, 25 April 2015 and close in November 2018.

Stories will be told using a variety of media including displays of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, professionally printed panels, service medals and other memorabilia, some of which the WDHS Museum already holds in its collection.

Additional research into stories and additional panels will take place.


Project location Winton


Organisation name Gladstone RSL Sub Branch

Project title 2015 ANZAC Troop Train Re-enactment Winton to Brisbane

Project description A Troop Train Re-enactment from Winton to Brisbane commencing Monday 20 April and concluding Friday 24 April 2015 at 4pm.

The train will have on board 225 people dressed in period costume. The train will make evening stops at Longreach, Emerald, Rockhampton, Maryborough and then on to Brisbane with all on board attending the Dawn Service in Anzac Square, Brisbane on 25 April 2015.

The Troop Train has support from all councils and tourism organisations from Winton to Nambour.


Project location Brisbane Central


Organisation name Greenslopes State School Parents and Citizens Association

Project title Artwork display of WW1 photographs

Project description A past student, Mr George Gee, has generously donated some photographs of his father's Gallipoli experience during World War One. Mr Gee would like the school to coordinate the framing and surrounding artwork to display these important photographs appropriately. Such a display would be available to the students, families and the general community of Greenslopes to learn about this important event in Australian history.

Grant amount $1,900

Project location Greenslopes


Organisation name Returned & Services League of Australia(Queensland Branch) Kilcoy Sub Branch Inc

Project title “FOR VALOUR” Memorial Walk

Project description The "FOR VALOUR” Memorial Walk is a walkway surrounding the Fred Greensill Lake at Yowie Park in Kilcoy.

The walkway will commence with a "FOR VALOUR” section with name plates of local WW1 and WW2 medal recipients for heroism during both wars.

The eight recipients all come from Kilcoy and resided here.

Plaques will also be placed after the "FOR VALOUR” section with the names of the units that were based at Kilcoy during WW2, as well as the units that served and was formed and paraded at Kilcoy during the time of peace between conflicts.

Each plaque will be surrounded by a hedge of rosemary or suitable foliage.


Project location Kilcoy


Organisation name Sunshine Coast Agricultural Show Society Inc

Project title Anzac Dawn

Project description The proposal is to stage a spectacular commemorative arena event combining music, massed choir, action and drama at the Sunshine Coast Annual Show in June 2015.

The centrepiece will be new musical work for choir and soloists 'Anzac Dawn' written by two talented local people, and supported by a cast from the Sunshine Coast community.

The event will tell the story of Australia in WW1 in a series of scenes, music, and song from the desert, to the trenches and at home, with stories from relatives of Sunshine Coast residents.


Project location Nambour


Organisation name Sandgate RSL Sub Branch Inc

Project title Sandgate RSL Sub Branch Inc Memorial Project

Project description This project is in two parts. Part one is the new Sandgate RSL Sub Branch Inc enhancement of WW1 aspects of a new memorial being built outside of the newly completed Sandgate RSL Sub Branch Inc building at Sandgate. Part two is the installation of an honour roll of WW1 soldiers from the district onto the outside pillars of the new sub branch building.

The grant will enable existing plans for the memorial to be enhanced in relation to WW1 activities of the 1st AIF thereby showing the involvement of the local district people in WW1. The honour roll being added onto the new building, showing names of soldiers killed in action in WW1, is a community obligation.


Project location SANDGATE


Organisation name The Boys' Brigade Queensland

Project title They Enlisted at My Age

Project description Boys enlisted in WW1 underage (i.e. under 18 years), some as young as 14 years.

In this project, boys who are members of the organisation will research boys who enlisted in the war at their age (14-17 years), through online research using the resources of the Australian War Memorial and National Archives of Australia, including accessing initial attestation / application papers, statement of age and physical details, consent from parents, war history, photographs, details of death (killed in action) or survival (return to Australia). Where able to be located, living relatives of these boys will be interviewed.

War service that exemplifies characteristics of courage, bravery, mateship, teamwork and national identity will be emphasised.

The documents, audio/video tapes generated will be located in an accessible form and location at the organisation's museum, allowing wider access both to members and other users of the organisations facilities (e.g. school and community groups).

Grant amount $5,000

Project location Eatons Hill


Organisation name Lions Club of Moore Park Beach

Project title Moore Park Beach Anzac Memorial Refurbishment

Project description Our Anzac memorial is a well-loved, respected and well-utilised community asset, constructed in 1990 by volunteers. Over the last 23 years, the memorial walls have deteriorated and are a potential hazard. The memorial is dated, lacks a focal point and cannot cater for the increased support from the community for events such as Anzac Day, Armistice Day, Vietnam Veterans Day etc.

Our project will revamp the gardens for the Anzac Centenary. We will replace the existing brick walls with rock walls, provide new commemorative name plates and plaques, stone benches for quiet contemplation, flagpole, extensive landscaping and a 1.8m bronze statue of an Anzac soldier.

The project has many community benefits. Many veterans and other memorial attendees are aged with some infirmity. The memorial gardens will be more accessible, safer and will allow marquees to be erected for shade and seating.

The community will have a memorial that is safe, accessible and functional for the ever-increasing crowds attending memorial days such as Anzac Day.


Project location Moore Park Beach


Organisation name St Augustine's War Memorial Church

Project title St Augustine's War Memorial Church Hamilton - Completion of the Eastern Sanctuary Stained Glass Windows

Project description St Augustine’s War Memorial Church was built and dedicated as a thanksgiving for victory and a monument for fallen soldiers in the Great War. After WW2, the Church organ was dedicated to Royal Australian Navy and Merchant Marine personal who perished. In 1964 a Memorial Bell Tower was constructed and dedicated to the Royal Australian Air Force fallen.

In 1925 the Church ordered war memorial stained glass windows to be installed in the Sanctuary as a mark of thanksgiving and reconciliation. These windows were manufactured in Germany. When the local and national community became aware of this, serious objections were raised and the order was cancelled.

The Sanctuary East Window remains as opaque glass. All other Church windows were filled with stained glass in the subsequent decades.

This proposal seeks funding to complete the final (and first) window of St Augustine’s and will reflect the century of service and sacrifice.


Project location Hamilton


Organisation name Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Project title Buderim Anzac Day Services and Anzac Centenary Tree

Project description This project was initiated by Buderim War Memorial Community Association (BWMCA) Anzac Day sub-committee. To commemorate the Anzac Centenary, the committee approached council to host the dawn service in Buderim Village Park, which is located adjacent to the BWMCA hall.

The committee wishes to utilise the park’s new village green for the 2015 service and ongoing years, as they have outgrown their existing facilities. The park will accommodate the large crowd and create a new dawn service experience for the community.

The project comprises planting an Aleppo Pine, a decedent of the Gallipoli Lone Pine, at the new service location. The Lone Pine planting will present an enduring, tangible link to Anzac Cove, while enhancing the ceremony by being a focal point and legacy of the centenary commemorations. The project will provide essential components, such as power connection and flag poles, in order for the commemorative event to take place.


Project location Buderim


Organisation name Nudgee College Foundation

Project title Embroidering History: A Community's Contribution to the Great War

Project description This project will produce a commemorative embroidery documenting a school community's experience between 1914 and 1919. Inspired by other commemorative embroideries such as the Bayeux Tapestry, the Overlord Embroidery, and the Parliament House Embroidery, this artwork will make use of the medium of textiles which have traditionally been used throughout history to commemorate important events.

The embroidery will measure 10 m x 70cm and will be divided into six panels, one for each year of the war and a panel for demobilisation in 1919. Each panel will incorporate images that communicate the story of the school's experience of war and the immediate aftermath. The experience of specific members of this community will be contextualised within the broader narrative of Queenslanders at war. It will be exhibited in a specially built case in a heritage listed building that houses the school museum and is accessible to the public.


Project location Boondall


Organisation name Dayboro War Memorial Association Inc.

Project title 2015 Anzac Centenary Memorial project

Project description The project is to erect around our WW1 Cenotaph, 3 granite columns each with the names and known history of the men who enlisted from our district and were killed during WW1. 15 in all. The columns are 1.8 metres high and each is made up of 6 triangular shaped black granite blocks 300mm high and weighing 80kgs, sitting on top of and slightly rotated on the block below. Each will have a face with the history and a photo of the soldier if a photo is available, etched into the granite. These memorials will honour these men with the dignity and respect they deserve and will be there for many many generations to come. We plan to have other displays and events on Anzac Day 2015, such as a model trenches and an re-enactment with "soldiers" dressed in uniform of the day and mounted light horse troopers and various other displays etc.

Grant amount $7,535

Project location Dayboro


Organisation name Rathdowney Area Development & Historical Association Inc.

Project title Rathdowney Anzac Centenary War Display Cabinet

Project description The acquisition of a suitable display cabinet to preserve and display memorabilia and artefacts relevant to the local Rathdowney community’s involvement in the First World War. The display will be housed at the Rathdowney Museum for the local community and Museum visitors to view.

Grant amount $5,000

Project location Rathdowney


Organisation name Queensland Wind and Brass

Project title Anzac Music Commission

Project description Queensland Wind and Brass is a community band, based in the Brisbane Central area and provides a high standard of music to the public of Brisbane at an affordable price through concerts and mall performances.

The project we are undertaking for the Anzac Centenary involves commissioning a piece (musical composition) from a recognised Australian composer to perform at a concert in April 2015. This concert will be themed and in memory of our Anzacs, in particular the Queensland 9th Battalion. In World War One, this battalion was comprised of volunteers from Queensland and were among the first ashore in Gallipoli. This musical composition will be the centrepiece of our concert among a number of other classic battle / war time pieces. The composer Graham Lloyd is a well-respected member of the Army Musical Society, having previously been a musical director for the Defence Force.

Grant amount $1,125

Project location Bowen Hills


Organisation name Maryborough State High School P&C Association

Project title Maryborough State High School (A Block) Anzac Memorial

Project description Maryborough State High School, formerly Maryborough Boys Grammar School’s honour board from 1918 has 168 names of students who served in the First World War. The A Block Anzac Memorial Project will establish an ongoing tribute to former students who lost their lives in military campaigns from WW1 to present day, refurbishment of the nationally heritage registered Maryborough Girls Grammar School “A Block Hall” to accommodate the relocation of the honour board and development of a pictorial history of the school’s military involvement. Students, with support from Maryborough RSL, Maryborough Historical Society & Maryborough Military Museum, will research names on the honour board (18 killed in action) and continue with research of former students killed in other military campaigns to create a Roll of Honour then develop an electronic presentation recognising the school’s unique military history with a link to the school website for maximum exposure to a worldwide digital audience.


Project location Maryborough


Organisation name Logan City Council

Project title Black Diggers of Logan

Project description The 'Black Diggers of Logan' project will create digital stories of Black Diggers and recollections of life 'on the homefront' for Indigenous peoples of Logan during World War One. Photographs, letters, and other memorabilia will be collected during the project for inclusion in the documentaries and addition to the library service's collections.

The project will enable: the capture and creation of significant oral histories, collection of and access to lasting information resources, building of community cohesion through sharing of oral histories during multi-generational forums, skills development of residents and staff in interviewing, recording and editing digital content, and enhancement of community awareness of the role of Black Diggers and their families in the Logan community during World War One.

This project aims to bring understanding - for all ages and cultures - of the lasting impacts of the First World War at the community level.


Project location Logan Central


Organisation name Anzac Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland) Incorporated

Project title Centenary Troop Project

Project description ADCC (Qld) proposes the raising of a Centenary Troop of 100 soldiers for ceremonial duties associated with Anzac Day 2015. Activities in which the Troop will participate are the Students’ Anzac Commemoration Service prior to Anzac Day, the Dawn Service and the Brisbane City March. Each soldier is to be dressed in replica WW1 uniforms of Australia or New Zealand (50 soldiers of each nationality), each soldier carrying a national flag mounted on a pike.

For Anzac Square activities, the Troop will lead the Veterans' March and then be formally mounted around the Shrine of Remembrance. It is proposed that the Troop lead the Brisbane City March. After saluting the Vice Regal dais, the Troop will then line both sides of the road up to Anzac Square for all marchers to pass in between.

ADCC (Qld) will source the 100 replica Infantry uniforms, flags and pikes. The authenticity and quality of uniforms and embellishments are assured.


Project location Brisbane


Organisation name Maryborough and Hervey Bay Show Society Ltd trading as Fraser Coast Show Society

Project title Fraser Coast Show Salutes the Anzacs

Project description This project will stage a discrete event within the 2015 Fraser Coast Show celebrating the varied roles played by the Fraser Coast communities in supporting the WWI and later war efforts.

The program will demonstrate to the visiting public, not only the facts of wartime as experienced by our regional community, but also the bravery of our servicemen and the resilience and support of those left at home.

The combination of:

- displays - static displays focusing on local stories, militarymemorabilia, a Lighthorse bivouac display and horse lines;

- daily re-enactments - Lighthorse Middle East charge re-enactment;

- military equipment and vehicle displays and daily parades; and

- the opportunity to speak with elder locals of their war-timeexperiences and family stories

The program will provide a well-rounded look at the scope of the Anzac values through the role of the Fraser Coast communities in war time Australia as well as the action abroad.


Project location Maryborough


Organisation name Hervey Bay Sub-Branch Returned Services League of Australia

Project title Anzac Centenary 2015

Project description The focal point of an extended and enhanced Hervey Bay Freedom Park Memorial precinct will be a prominent and unique bronze statue of a Queensland Light Horseman on his trusted mount charging the enemy trench lines during the battle of Beersheba, Egypt. This action against Turkish troops took place prior to the landing at Anzac Cove. The ever-increasing community participation at Anzac Day and other memorial services held in Hervey Bay has outstripped the capacity of the current facility. To overcome significant safety concerns associated with the overcrowding, and to allow as many as possible of the veteran community and resident of the Bay to be involved in these nationally significant events the Hervey Bay RSL Sub-Branch, in conjunction with the local community, through the Fraser Coast Regional Council, has initiated a project to expand the facility incorporating a centrepiece of historic relevance to the city and Queensland.


Project location Pialba


Organisation name Noosa Institute for Socio-Economic and Environmental Research

Project title Greater Sunshine Coast Anzac Equestrian History Project

Project description The Anzac Equestrian Cultural Project is centred on recounting and recording the local Anzac Equestrian History about those who served in WW1 and the contribution made by the light horsemen from the Greater Sunshine Coast region including the hinterland areas. Many of the light horseman and their horses came from this region and it is intended to interview and film the descendants and record the history and memories of those family members. In addition, the equestrian history will be recounted via additional filmed interviews and footage of local equestrian and re-enactment troops from Maleny and Gympie.

By focusing on the substantially untold story of the local Anzac equestrian history we will be able to present the great Anzac story, and enhance local cultural and historical education via new digital media DVD and footage for social media.


Project location Cooroy


Organisation name Friends of the Cobb & Co Museum Incorporated

Project title Horse In War exhibition

Project description The Horse in War Exhibition will draw on photographic and written records to complement large, original World War One objects such as the rare Army General Service Wagon. Visitors will see the faces of the young soldiers as well as hear the stories of them in action, and their lives away from the fighting. The exhibition will encompass the bravery, mateship and humour of the Queensland soldier and his horse in a portrait inevitably tinged with both colour and sadness. The exhibition will be developed with the community including families with a WWI/Light Horse connection and local veteran groups. The exhibition will feature Darling Downs soldiers from the well-known General Sir Harry Chauvel and Brigadier William Grant to lesser known Queensland troopers. A small version of the exhibition will be produced to tour regional libraries with both exhibitions prompting visitors to share memories that may be added to State records.


Project location Toowoomba


Organisation name Friends of John Flynn Place Association Inc.

Project title Honouring Outback heroes

Project description The project will honour Australians who served in the First World War and made outstanding contributions to the Outback, notably:

• Clifford Peel, a young airman of the Australian Flying Corps, whoin 1917 wrote to John Flynn proposing that aviation be used to bringmedical help to the Inland. Killed in action, he was never to knowthat his visionary scheme would become a blueprint for the FlyingDoctor Service;

• Eric Donaldson, a pioneer Flying Doctor pilot in westernQueensland, who served in the Royal Flying Corps, being awardeda Distinguished Flying Cross;

• Sister Grace Francis, a pioneer of Flynn’s outback hospitals, whoserved in the Australian Army Nursing Service; and

• Rev. Jim Stevens, a pioneer of Flynn’s outback ministry andveteran of the Boer War, who lost his life while serving again as achaplain.


Project location CLONCURRY


Organisation name Cardwell and District Historical Society Incorporated

Project title re-Honouring Cardwell

Project description The re-Honouring Cardwell project is a multifaceted project that develops a new exhibition space at the Cardwell and District Historical Society Museum and presents new research in a digital format detailing the individuals on the Honour Board. The exhibition will include objects such as photographs, personal letters, medals, uniforms, weapons and other military paraphernalia. The Museum also has personal, domestic and industry objects that were part of the everyday life in Cardwell during the period of the Great War. This will be used to tell the story of the home front. Two new display cases and associated exhibition costs are sought through this grant. The development of a digital display will showcase the individuals who are listed on the Honour Board through research and digital presentation. This research will link to objects and stories within Cardwell, Queensland and the war itself.


Project location Cardwell


Organisation name Historical Society of Mareeba

Project title Portraits from the North: Preservation, digitisation and display of WWI portraits and memorabilia

Project description The "Portraits from the North" project aims to preserve, protect, present and promote the legacy and stories surrounding a significant collection of glass plate portraits of soldiers from the Mareeba District, and associated WW1 artefacts held by the Historical Society of Mareeba. The project will be broken into four key stages:

1. Preserve: Assess the condition of the glass negative collectionand undertake conservation work as required.

2. Protect: Digitise the glass negatives, rehouse collection inappropriate storage, and provide advice as to storage of other WW1material.

3. Present: Include the glass negatives and associated stories intwo related projects - Mareeba Historical Society's exhibitions andthe cross Tablelands Regional Council exhibition, "Anzac Treasuresof the Tablelands."

4. Promote: Create a page on the Society's website promoting theproject and the collection.


Project location Mareeba


Organisation name North Stradbroke Island Historical Museum Assn. Inc.

Project title Stradbroke 100: Remembering North Stradbroke Islanders Overseas and at Home During the First World War

Project description Stradbroke 100 will research the WWI history of North Stradbroke Island, both overseas and at home. At least 13 Islanders - Indigenous and non-Indigenous - went overseas to fight. Their war records will be thoroughly researched, their personal stories will be documented, and their family stories of recruitment, embarkation, war service, repatriation and resettlement will be explored.

The people living on North Stradbroke Island in the war years consisted of a significant population of Quandamooka people, some European pioneer families and the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum inmates and staff. The impact of the servicemen leaving a small, isolated and close knit community will be researched, and oral histories conducted to learn about the experience of living on North Stradbroke Island during the war years.

Outcomes for the Stradbroke 100 project will include creating an archive of historical material, the digitisation of "at-risk" material, an exhibition, a publication and the development of educational programs for visiting schools and groups. Stradbroke 100 content will be included in a Queensland Museum exhibition.


Project location Dunwich


Organisation name Blackall-Tambo Regional Council

Project title We Answered the Call – Blackall and Tambo Commemorates their Hundred Years of Anzacs

Project description In 2015, three days of Anzac Centenary commemorative activites will be centred on Blackall and Tambo’s war memorial precincts. Blackall’s focus will be a 'pop-up' outdoor museum adjacent to Memorial Park, with heritage military vehicles, artefacts and a memorabilia display. In Tambo, the Anzac Day March and Service will be extended with military, horse and memorabilia displays.

To promote and extend the 'museum' and displays, reproductions of pre-war posters will be placed around town reflecting the 'excitement' of the pending war, supported by local media articles. Two days of small vignettes re-enacting aspects leading up to the war including enlistment; and reflections on the consequences of this sacrifice will prelude Anzac Day.

A precursory, collaborative research project between the RSL, historical/heritage groups, students of all schools and interested locals will underpin these activities and their promotion, providing stories, details, imagery and display items; whilst simultaneously growing community awareness, involvement and contributions.


Project location BLACKALL


Organisation name Cherbourg Historical Precinct Group Inc

Project title The Boys from Barambah: Cherbourg's ANZACS

Project description It is little-known fact that the streets of the Aboriginal town of Cherbourg are named after the local men who fought in the First World War. Twenty-nine men from Barambah, as the settlement was then called, enlisted to fight. Although the Defence Act, 1909 banned non-Europeans from serving, some men were deemed ‘white enough’ or recruiting officers turned a blind eye, so long as a man was willing to put his life on the line, as these men certainly were.

This project will uncover the hidden history of Queensland’s Black Diggers, ensuring their rightful place in the Anzac Centenary commemorations. The project will bring to light the men’s individual stories, with multiple outcomes: an exhibition at the Ration Shed Museum, a commemorative plaque, a family reunion, an educational publication for schools and an online film.


Project location Cherbourg


Organisation name Lions Club of Lowood Incorporated

Project title Coominya Soldier Settler Commemoration

Project description Properties surrounding the Coominya township in the Brisbane River valley were subdivided into over 100 30-acre blocks and allocated to discharged servicemen from the British and Australian Armies following WW1. Legislation was passed in 1917 and the first recruits signed up in 1920. They were paid to clear the land and were provided with a house, ploughing equipment and fruit trees and grape vines. When the scheme closed in 1929, only 2 farms were still operating; all the other farmers had walked off or been allocated farms in other areas. This research project will seek to determine who were the ex-servicemen who came to Coominya, what was their war record, which block were they on, where did they go, do their descendents have any memorabilia and photographs of that era, can they be found and would they allow their name to be used on commemorative plaques on the properties and on an commemorative honour board?


Project location Coominya


Organisation name Tinana State School Parents and Citizen's Association

Project title Tinana State School ANZAC Centenary Memorial

Project description Tinana State School proposes to build a memorial wall to commemorate the service and sacrifice of men and women during WW1. Our memorial wall will be made of bricks inscribed with the names of past students who have fought and/or died for our country in WW1. A Lone Pine sapling will be sourced from a descendent tree through our local Legacy office and a WWI timeline will be added to the wall. We will have a dedication to WW1 soldiers in the form of a brass plaque and a rising sun emblem. We feel that having a permanent reminder will personally connect the school community with the past students who fought for their country. With this, they will have a better understanding of the significance of WW1 in Australian history. This project will enhance elements for research and educate future generations of our forebears’ sacrifice.

Grant amount $7,500

Project location Tinana, Maryborough


Organisation name Stanthorpe & District Historical Society Inc.

Project title Book titled: Soldier Settlers of the Granite Belt: The Pikedale Soldier Settlement Scheme

Project description Constant enquiries at the Museum from descendants of soldier from the region shows the need to tell the true story of one of the earliest soldier settler schemes operated in Queensland.

After WW1 in 1919, Granite Belt soldiers returned home as heroes but they, along with their families had a new battle to fight. This book will outline the difficulties faced by these soldiers during repatriation.


Project location Stanthorpe


Organisation name Tablelands Regional Council

Project title Tablelands Anzac Trail

Project description Within the Tablelands region there are links to the beginning and end of the First World War. Padre White, buried at the Herberton Cemetery, came up with the concept of the dawn service as a commemoration in 1918. Also volunteers from local rifle clubs joined the contingent that departed from Cairns and took part in the first deployment to Thursday Island. We have a wealth of sites, stories and memorabilia relating to WW1.

The project will involve:

- a commemorative dawn service at Herberton Cemetery on AnzacDay 2015 (also official of the launch Tablelands Anzac Trail (TAT))

- research, development, design and publication of TAT

- liaison with community groups including historical societies andReturned Services Leagues to create an accurate compilation ofcommunity planned events, historical memorabilia and keysites/stories for inclusion in the TAT

- print and online formats of the TAT which will be valid throughoutthe 2014-18 commemorative period and beyond.


Project location Herberton


Organisation name Redcliffe & District Family History Group Incorporated.

Project title World War One Family History Project

Project description This application is in regard to one aspect of an overall project through which we are identifying persons from the Redcliffe area who served in the First World War and researching their military records and other public records to compile individual family histories. We will trace as many of their living descendants as possible and interview them to obtain their family reminiscences, together with copies of photographs, and other memorabilia. We will then publish our results, including the audio interviews. These audio interviews will have to be conducted according to the strict protocols laid down by the Oral History Association of Australia (OHAA) from whom we need to obtain training. This application will fund a one-day workshop conducted by a member of the OHAA Queensland for our members engaged on the project.

Grant amount $1,000

Project location Clontarf


Organisation name Warra Public Memorial Hall Inc

Project title Restoration of Existing War Memorial

Project description The project will involve the removal and replacement of name plates of all people from the Warra area that enlisted and served in World War 1 on the centre sandstone memorial which is the centre piece in the front of the Warra Memorial Hall facing the Warrego Highway. This plaque was completed and erected before the end of WW1 in 1917, complete with 134 names. These name tags have been cleaned previously but they have become pitted. We have replaced the original stand with the sandstone and added additional names connected with ensuing Wars.

Grant amount $2,617

Project location Warra


Organisation name Greenbank RSL Sub-Branch

Project title Anzac Centenary Commemoration

Project description The project will commemorate the centenary of the landing at Gallipoli with an Anzac Day march.

Part of the commemoration will involve exhibitions of artefacts and memorabilia from both the battlefront and civilian life in Australia in this period. A noted local amateur historian is to be tasked with researching, collecting and preparing interpretive displays of the scenes at the front and contrasting this with home life.

A re-enactment of the landing by a local theatre group is planned. This will bring to the community’s attention the sacrifice of those who volunteered and the sorrow of those family who had to come to terms with the loss of their young men and women.

This project is specifically targeted at commemorating the landing at Gallipoli in 1915. We are looking to increase public awareness and appreciation of the sacrifices that were made to ensure the freedom of our nation


Project location HILLCREST


Organisation name Aurukun Shire Council

Project title The Brave Soldiers of Aurukun

Project description Enhancement of an existing memorial which is currently the rectangular honour roll on a concrete wall. This will add two bas-relief plaques which are three-dimensional, placed on either side of the honour roll. They will depict a local soldier in uniform on one side and an appropriate Australian military crest on the other side.

Special effort will be made to engage the youth in the community so that they are properly educated about Aurukun's efforts in WW1 and WW2 for Australia. The local school will be invited for their participation as well as NGO's and all other organisations with representation in Aurukun e.g. police, RFDS, HACC etc.


Project location Aurukun


Organisation name Barcaldine Regional Council

Project title Paving the Glory - the Centenary of Anzac

Project description Paving the Glory - the Centenary of Anzac is a project that will be completed by all schools in the Barcaldine Regional Council area. Following the Anzac and Remembrance Day components of their 2014 curriculum, each student will provide a single sentence on what Anzac Day means to them. The school will then choose 12 sentences and provide them to the Barcaldine Regional Council who will, in consultation with the school and local town, arrange to have these sentences etched into pavers to be laid into an existing footpath to form a commemorative walkway. The authors will be acknowledged and a heritage style sign (consistent in style with others in the towns) will be placed to explain the project.


Project location Aramac


Organisation name Tallebudgera Pony Club Inc.

Project title Anzac Memorial Garden

Project description Anzac Memorial Garden Project is to establish a landscaped garden to commemorate the memory of the Anzacs and the part played by horses in the war. The garden will incorporate an area of approximately 30m2 and include a flagpole and a memorial plaque on a sandstone plinth.


Project location Tallebudgera


Organisation name McKinlay Shire Council

Project title McKinlay Shire WW1 Diggers Tribute

Project description The proposed project involves research into 25 soldiers on a WW1 honour roll to develop a profile on each of the diggers. From the research we hope to discover photos relating to the soldiers and uncover some interesting facts about the battles they encountered and develop this into story form. From the imagery we will create life size cut outs of the soldiers printed in black and white. Over the body of the soldiers, some of the highlights of the soldiers' careers indicating significant battles and medals will be printed. These will be mounted outdoors in the grounds of the Julia Creek RSL in a memorial walk. We will put together a framed profile to display inside the RSL and also at the McKinlay Centenary Museum, where the original honour roll will be hung. To our knowledge there is no acknowledgement of these soldiers on any public war memorials.


Project location Julia Creek


Organisation name Toowoomba Regional Council

Project title Toowoomba Mothers Memorial Centenary Wall

Project description The Centenary (of Anzac) Wall is proposed to hold all future plaques required to be placed in the Mothers Memorial Gardens precinct. The Mothers Memorial itself was constructed in 1922 and dedicated by the mothers of Toowoomba to "the Memory of the Gallant Men who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 to 1918 for the sake of Freedom and Justice". It was relocated to its current location in 1985.

The intent of this new wall is to ensure that the Mothers Memorial remains the dominant memorial in this war memorial precinct, by providing a location for new plaques. The Memorial Gardens Master Plan has indicated that this is the preferred direction for the community and stakeholders to ensure the precinct remains un-cluttered. The Centenary Wall will also provide a gateway entrance to the Mothers Memorial precinct from the Toowoomba CBD.


Project location Toowoomba


Organisation name Douglas Shire Historical Society

Project title Douglas Shire's Diggers in WWI - where to and what then?

Project description The project will highlight contributions by 145 residents from Douglas Shire who served in World War I campaigns via portable touch-screen devices designed for use in tourist centres, community hubs and by schools. Mobile devices will provide access to biographies about the region’s WW1 Diggers, where they served and the relevant military campaigns (using maps, records and background campaign information). Some stories will be told via narrated videos – these will provide deeper insights into Diggers’ lives and service. Users will be able to search information by names or on the basis of the campaign.

Venues for the devices will include (but are not limited to): the 2015 Mossman Show, which will feature an Anzac Centenary display by the RSL, the Port Douglas Court House Museum, Mossman Library, Port Douglas Community Hub, schools. A link to the information will also be provided via the Society’s website,allowing broader web-based access.


Project location Port Douglas


Organisation name Maleny District Sport and Recreation Club Inc

Project title Beersheba Living Museum and Anzac Centenary War Memorial

Project description Our project shall:

• Promote inspiration from, and pride in, the Australian Light Horse,especially in relation to the great personal sacrifices made on thebattlefield, which enable us to enjoy the freedom we have today;

• Preserve, for historical purposes, the uniforms, weapons andequipment used by the Australian Light Horse Regiments,particularly the Fifth Light Horse Regiment;

• Foster an awareness in the whole community of the AustralianLight Horse's achievements and traditions in our country's history;

• Encourage Light Horse activities, to keep alive the Horsemanshipand Skill at Arms of the Light Horse Regiments;

• Preserve the memorabilia, photographs, records and documentsof those who served in Australian Light Horse units for futuregenerations;

• Enable the troop to train for, and participate in, competitions withother Light Horse Troops, on traditional inter-troop contests and re-enactment rides;

• Facilitate the troop taking part in Public Displays, Street Paradesand other ceremonial activities.


Project location Maleny


Organisation name Charters Towers Regional Council

Project title Ghosts of our Military Past

Project description Through an interactive web app and mobile technology (landscape guides), the project proposes installation of bar code technology onto bollards that are URL linked to a web page and interactive mapping which can be used to access Charters Towers’ WW1 historical content and contribution .

Visitors to the location/s will use their mobile phones and tablets to access unique and innovative user-friendly technology that is content specific to a bollard. They will then be encouraged to explore further by venturing to ‘other’ connected places and spaces throughout Charters Towers to discover the city's significant contribution to a young Queensland's place in the First World War. For example the origins of the 31st Infantry Battalion unit in 1881 in Charters Towers, the establishment of the Kennedy Regiment through to this region's Australian Imperial Force (AIF) enlistments both from an ‘on the front and at home' perspective.


Project location CHARTERS TOWERS


Organisation name Queensland Maritime Museum Association

Project title They went by ship to foreign shores - ANZAC 100

Project description This exhibition tells the little known maritime story of Australia's participation in WW1. The first servicemen to engage the enemy were naval personnel at Rabaul (New Britain). Able Seaman J. Walker RANR of Townsville was killed in action that day 11 September 1914. A couple of days later the Australian submarine AE1 was lost near Rabaul. The exhibition will draw on artefacts and an eye-witness account from the Museum's collection of the Sydney - Emden battle. The story of the contribution of merchant ships andseaman to WW1 will be told. For example, the steamer Southportthat escaped from German capture to reach Brisbane and the BurnsPhilp steamer Matunga captured, after she left Brisbane, by themerchant raider Wolf and the remarkable story of the prisoners.Archival footage from the Australian War Memorial will show theexperience at sea supported by never before displayed images ofWW1 from our collection.


Project location South Brisbane


Organisation name Bundaberg & District Historical & Museum Society Inc.

Project title "Honouring our Servicemen and Women"

Project description The project aims to have conservation work applied to the "Spitfire Scroll" which had been found rolled up on top of a family home cupboard to prevent further deterioration and preserve / display it.

Three museum quality display case units will display our artefacts honouring our war heroes who gave up so much in the protection of our country. The present cabinets are made of veneer which are breaking down and could be harmful to the artefacts if left.

The project will preserve by reproduction an album of photographs taken by one of our local soldiers while serving in Egypt during WW1. This display will be pulled together with information panels highlighting the war service of our local heroes.


Project location North Bundaberg


Organisation name Holland Park Mt Gravatt Sub Branch RSL

Project title Anzacs Remembered

Project description This project involves a Remembrance Day 2015 Service and dedication of new plaques on a memorial wall honouring those enlisted, killed and wounded in WW1, WW2, Vietnam, East Timor and Afghanistan. The wall is in a public park adjacent to the memorial hall and is easily accessible by all in the community.

Invited guests are to include relatives of Anzacs listed on our WW1 Memorial Brass Wall Hanging in the Memorial Hall, listing those from the Holland Park Mt Gravatt area who served in WW1; representatives from local ex-service and community groups; and students and teachers from some of the 23 schools in the area.

Educational material which we have previously purchased will be presented to the local schools.

Grant amount $7,500

Project location HOLLAND PARK


Organisation name Corporation of the Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane

Project title Restoration of Memorial Church for Poppy Commemoration Service

Project description To restore and enhance a Heritage Listed War Memorial Church built in 1923, which hosts an annual Community Poppy Service to acknowledge the sacrifice made by the Service Men and Women of the Amien's Soldier Settlement Area.


Project location Amiens


Organisation name Bell Memorial Public Hall Inc.

Project title Commemorative Breakfast, Brunch & Concert

Project description Following the Anzac Day Dawn Service at the Bell War Memorial, the Bell Memorial Public Hall committee would like to host an activity to commemorate the Anzac Centenary on Saturday, 25 April 2015 at the Bell Memorial Public Hall. It is envisaged that this is a great opportunity to remember and honour all those who have served in all wars. The programme, including breakfast and brunch, will be themed around the war years with music, songs, audience sing-a-longs and a one act play. To encourage community participation, we will be inviting community members to bring along their own memorabilia for display on the day.

Grant amount $5,205

Project location Bell


Organisation name Bulloo Shire Council

Project title Thargomindah Anzac Centenary Commemoration

Project description A ceremony will be held recognising the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landing of Australia and Allied forces. Thargomindah holds a street march each year for Anzac Day, however this year will be enhanced with the inclusion of a Military Marching Band and Soldiers.

The day will be recorded through photographs and stories shared, this will be compiled and promoted through Council's web-based media.

Grant amount $9,000

Project location Thargomindah


Organisation name SunnyKids Inc

Project title Read 2 Remember (R2R) Anzac Centenary Programme

Project description In preparation for the Anzac Centenary, SunnyKids has developed Read2Remember. Whilst the programme has already attracted a national audience as an organisation operating only in Queensland, our goals are to engage every school and every Queensland student 2014-2018 as well as embed an Anzac legacy for many years to come.

We will commission Rupert McCall to write a poem specifically marking Anzac Day 2014. Schools will be encouraged to study the poem in the lead up to Anzac Day as well as read it on the day. This poem will then become part of a larger anthology of poetry to be launched on Remembrance Day 2014. In partnership with the University of the Sunshine Coast and Indigenous artist Lloyd Hornsby curriculum based activities and teaching guides will also be developed to assist teachers to integrate the Anzac legacy into the curriculum throughout the Centenary and beyond.


Project location Nambour


Organisation name Emmaus College Parents and Friends Association

Project title “History In A Box”

Project description The project involves creating an educational website based around newly discovered World War One primary sources. It will involve the preservation of the primary sources for presentation, a documentary following the research and creation of the website, a short musical drawn from the primary data looking at life on the home front and an official launch of the website.


Project location North Rockhampton


Organisation name Albany Creek State School P&C Association

Project title Albany Creek State School Commemorates the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day

Project description Construction of an illuminated Anzac mosaic mural memorial adjacent to and enhancing the existing remembrance plaque located at the front of the school hall. The mosaic wall will be located in a garden to be established as part of the project. As part of this project an Australian flag that is currently flying in Afghanistan will be mounted and framed. The mount will include details of Albany Creek State School students who served in the ADF. These details are being researched and will also be included in a special section of the school's yearbook.


Project location Albany Creek

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