Spirit of Service round one grant recipients announced December 2016
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Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch) Wide
Bay & Burnett Branch Inc.
Rosedale Remembers
The Rosedale Remembers project will see the restoration and
rejuvenation of the Rosedale and Tottenham War Memorial in the
township of Rosedale, Central Queensland. Currently the war memorial
is in disrepair with peeling paint, broken mouldings, chipped sides and
worn lettering that is illegible. This initiative will include reparation works
to the existing cenotaph and the inclusion of additional wall space for
honour rolls on either side of the obelisk.
$11,599.00
Burnett
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Construct and dedicate a war memorial at the QUT Creative Industries
Faculty, Kelvin Grove
Queensland University of Technology plans to construct a war memorial
at its Creative Industries Faculty, Kelvin Grove with a dedication service
on Remembrance Day 2017. The memorial is a tribute to media workers,
who are increasingly present among casualties.
$7,000.00
Brisbane Central
Rotary Club of Brisbane High Rise Inc.
Hospital ship Maheno informative plaque
The project is to raise the awareness and knowledge of the role played
by the NZHS Maheno in assisting Australian soldiers during the First
World War through the installation of an informative one metre square
bronze plaque near the wreck of the ship now resting on Fraser Island.
$18,206.30*
Hervey Bay
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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Logan City Council
Logan's Anzacs
Logan's Anzacs aims to research and uncover the stories of soldiers
from the City of Logan who served between 1914 and 1918, using the
skills of a professional researcher. A comprehensive database will be
compiled based on service records and archival material, and a series of
stories will be developed that tell of specific contributions to the First
World War. The research will also find out what happened to them on
their return, if they returned, and trace any of their descendants who may
be living in Logan and seek out memorabilia to flesh out their stories.
The project will produce new commemorative content, through oral
stories, photographs, news cuttings and memorabilia, which will be
digitised to become a permanent record in Logan City Council’s growing
Local Studies collection of images and stories. Key stories from the
research will form the basis of a small travelling exhibition of pull-up
banners that will be available for loan to libraries, schools and RSLs in
the City of Logan, and be uploaded to Historypin.
$10,625.00*
Woodridge
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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Milne Bay Military Museum
Display of First World War history
Provision of display cabinets to house mannequins dressed in uniforms
of the First World War, specifically a nurse and a soldier.
$3,636.00
Toowoomba North
Boonah Show Society Inc.
Fassifern Anzacs
The Fassifern Anzacs will honour the significant contribution of the
communities in this district to the allied victory in the First World War
through the men and women who enlisted and the fundraisingsupport
efforts of local organisations and families. The project will include the
creation of storyboards, short stories and the printing of these
storyboards onto metal panels. This will be presented at the Clydesdale
Spectacular at the Boonah Showgrounds in June 2017.
$13,100.00
Beaudesert
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Playlab Inc. as auspice for Ms Elaine Acworth
My Father's Wars
My Father’s Wars will be developed from the 2015-16 Q ANZAC 100
Fellowship researching the experience of a young lieutenant on the
Western Front in the First World War, William Acworth, the recipient's
father. This project is to record podcasts with actors and a sound
designer. The podcasts would be freely available for download through
State Library of Queensland, and Legacy, and also available through the
Q ANZAC 100 Inquiring Minds Program as a resource for history
teachers.
$8,575.00
Yeerongpilly
University of Southern Queensland
In the heart of the land they loved: Queensland during the First World
War
This project developed by the University of Southern Queensland (USQ)
will link regional communities, through the evocative power of the arts, to
the stories of their servicemen and women. The creation and animation
of a children's picture book detailing the experiences of two Queensland
servicemen, one on the Western Front and the other on Gallipoli and
later in Palestine will be at the core of the project. An original music score
will be commissioned to accompany the work which will be interspersed
with narrated extracts from letters and diaries of servicemen and women.
$17,000.00
Toowoomba South
Rockhampton Regional Council as auspice for Alton Downs &
Combined District Anzac Day Memorial Committee
Remembering Alton Downs and District Veterans
The objective of this project is to assist the Rockhampton region in
commemorating the Australian centenary of the First World War and the
outstanding service and sacrifices of servicemen of Alton Downs and
district in both the First and Second World Wars.
The project will research the 130 Second World War servicemen from
Alton Downs and district in order to establish a photographic display and
an accompanying biographical record booklet.
$7,555.00
Mirani
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Noosa Shire Council - Noosa Library Service
Noosa Remembers
Noosa Remembers will commemorate the First World War by
documenting the stories in a commemorative book. The book will provide
a concise history of the memorials which were so important to the
residents who instigated them and which continue to be significant to the
Noosa community today. The book will be launched at a community
event to coincide with the 100 year anniversary of the dedication of the
Council's Noosa Shire First World War Honour Board.
$20,000.00*
Noosa
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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Rotary Club of Atherton Inc.
Commemorating Anzac Day Inside The Igloo - Tablelands Anzacs serve
their country again
This project focuses on the importance of documenting our military
history to educate and engage our local communities in knowing how the
past links to today and encouraging the respectful story telling of wartime
service and sacrifice. Specifically it involves the use of a local researcher
and videographer to document the service and sacrifices of three local
families who served in the First World War and then further served in the
Second World War. The showcase of their stories will be in three short
(8-10min) video documentaries. These documentaries would be
launched/released to commemorate Anzac Day 2017.
$14,317.00*
Dalrymple
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses
Nurses Memorial Candlelight Vigil
This project commemorates the centenary anniversary of the sacrifice
undertaken by the Anzac nurses.
$3,400.00
Brisbane Central
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JUTE Theatre Company
Mr Takahashi (and other falling secrets)
A play about the bombing of northern Australia, as part of the 75th
anniversary of that event. The play engages around seven professional
Cairns theatre practitioners and twelve young, non-professional actors.
The inclusion of these young people will widen the project’s community
reach while ensuring the next generation becomes more aware of this
Anzac story.
$20,000.00
Cairns
Hervey Bay RSL Sub Branch Inc.
First World War 9th Battalion Re-Enactment Group
This project will enable the purchase of an additional five First World War
military uniforms, three nurses' uniforms, together with rifles, scabbards
and bayonets.
$12,178.00*
Hervey Bay
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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Returned & Services League of Australia (Queensland Branch)
Sandgate Sub Branch
Protection of service memorial
The memorial project will erect an awning over the granite memorial to
protect it and the etched military pictures from damage. It is centrally
located within the precinct and outside of the RSL Sub Branch Military
Museum.
$10,200.00
Sandgate
Burdekin Shire Council
Burdekin Remembers the Great War
Publication of a booklet including names, enrolment number, birth place,
occupation, address, where enlisted, and area of war service of over 400
soldiers from the Burdekin area who enlisted for service in the First
World War including photographs. Historical display of First World War
memorabilia as well as framed prints.
$4,713.00*
Burdekin
*This support is subject to further conditions.
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