Media Release

KAP Federal Member for Kennedy Bob Katter said today that he was proud to announce the Anzac Centenary Local Grants awarded to the Kennedy electorate.

$125,000 in grants was shared amongst 15 successful applicants to fund local Anzac Centenary projects that commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australian servicemen and women during WWI. Seven of the grants were awarded to projects in the Atherton Tablelands area, where many communities were soldier settlements following WWI.

“We want to thank all of the people that worked hard in putting in these applications,” Mr Katter said.

“These things don’t just drop out of the sky, people work very hard to get them.

“They bring money and improvement into our towns and commemorate this very important Anzac centenary event.”

A full list of grant recipients and their projects are detailed below:

Hinchinbrook Shire Library – To create displays within the Kennedy Mini Museum – commemorating members of the various Battalions of the Kennedy Regiment in WWI ($10,997).

Charters Towers RSL sub-branch – The construction and supply of two commemorative WWI memorials at the Cenotaph ($17,400).

Mount Isa RSL sub-branch – Refurbishment and restoration of the WWI Roll of Honour Board located in the historical Camooweal Town Hall ($7,500).

McKinlay Shire Council – To create a new public war memorial in McKinlay township to honour the sacrifice of service people from the area ($4,720).

Friends of the Atherton Chinese Temple – A collaborative exhibition from the various small museums titled “Anzac Treasures from the Tablelands” ($16,527).

Herberton Lions Club – Interpretive WWI panels for the Padre White Memorial Chapel in the Herberton Cemetery ($1,537).

Mareeba Historic Society – “Honouring Their Sacrifice” – A year-long display of photographs and memorabilia to commemorate Indigenous personnel, nursing and non-combatants from the area ($10,146).

Mount Malloy RSL Sub-branch – To establish a ‘Remembrance Corner 1914-1918’ in the Mount Molloy RSL Memorial Hall ($3,493).

Ravenshoe State School – To produce a book titled “Our Local Heroes” – re-discovering the Anzacs of Ravenshoe, Mount Garnet, Evelyn and Tumoulin and create associated commemorative displays ($5,270).

Malanda Theatre Company – To conduct the historical theatrical production – “Gallipoli - The Musical” in the Atherton Tablelands ($8,350).

St. Anthony’s Parish School, Dimbula – Creating an Anzac memorial garden ($1,201).

El Arish Community Sports & Recreational Assoc. – Project: “El Arish Salutes Its Generals”. The manufacture and setting of decorative steel street sign-posts, for the historical district, bearing the names of six WWI Generals: Ryrie, Wilson, Royston, Monash, Glasgow and Chauvel ($24,394).

Zara Clark Museum Group, Charters Towers/National Trust of Qld – To research, conserve, interpret and display WWI memorabilia with various exhibitions over 3 years ($13,650).

Innisfail RSL sub-branch – A re-enactment of the Gallipoli landing at the Innisfail Dawn Service on Anzac Day 2015 ($4,045).

Pentland Progress Association – To replace the plaque on the memorial rock outside the Pentland Soldiers Memorial Hall ($186).