ANZAC Day Commemoration Fund Grants focus on regional and digital projects
Sixteen community groups across South Australia have secured funding for a variety of engaging projects as part of the 2020-21 Anzac Day Commemoration Fund Grant program.
Successful grants totalling almost $73,000 were awarded for projects during the latest round. Projects funded include the creation of signs and storyboards, a digital interactive kiosk, an art mural and more.
The annual state government grant program is managed under the Anzac Day Commemoration Act 2005 and administered through Veterans SA.
Applicant |
Project Title |
Project Description |
Funding |
| Port Pirie RSL Sub Branch | Memorials Signage & Storyboards | Establishment of signs & storyboards with QR codes to link Port Pirie memorials on Places of Pride homepage. | $2,933.00 |
| Cradock Heritage Group | Signage – WWI & WWII Military History of Cradock District | Provision of information sign in Cradock Memorial Garden shelter with history of Cradock District wartime enlistees and relevant theatres of war. | $8,755.00 |
| Mylor History Group | Rejuvenation of WWI Avenue of Honour Mylor | Placement of plaques & interpretive signage on Avenue of Honour commemorating Mylor men who served | $3,500.00 |
| Macclesfield RSL Sub Branch | Macclesfield ANZAC History Kiosk | Establishment of digital kiosk with links to Virtual War Memorial website for presentation & interaction of SA Anzac history to Macclesfield visitors | $2,082.00 |
| Mt Barker RSL Sub Branch | WWI Sculpture for Avenue of Honour | Powder coating of laser cut-outs of soldiers in Keith Stephenson Park, Mt Barker to honour those killed in WWI. | $399.00 |
| Royal Australian Air Force (SA Division) Inc | Printing of South Australian Eagles Booklet | Production of digital version of ‘SA Eagles’ by GPCAPT Weller – history of SA RAAF service as part of 2021 RAAF Centenary | $2,750.00 |
| South Australian Aviation Museum | RAAF 2021 Centenary Display | Production & display of scale models representing RAAF aircraft historically based in SA | $1,000.00 |
| Defence Shed Port Adelaide | Workshop Improvements | Updating of tools & safety equipment | $6,000.00 |
| National Servicemen’s Association SA Branch | Memorial identification sign | Design & construction of signage for memorial gardens and walkway | $5,000.00 |
| Prospect Local History Group | WWII Prospect Panels | Installation of final panel of WWII honour board commemorating 3,340 local Prospect men and women who served. | $3,415.45 |
| Golden Grove High School | Defence Mural – Golden Grove High School | Installation of mural in school quadrangle to highlight strong connection to Defence families. | $5,000.00 |
| Vietnam Veterans Federation/RSL SA/Vietnam Veterans Association | Veterans’ Oral History Project – Stage 5 | Recording of oral histories of servicemen & women who served in peacekeeping and peacemaking duties. | $3,600.00 |
| Clarendon Historic Hall Ltd | Anzac Day Projection | Purchase of a projector to display a light memorial onto the Clarendon Historic Hall in the week leading up to Anzac Day. | $9,998.00 |
| Waikerie RSL Sub Branch | Digital Honour Roll | Provision of computer hardware to publish information displayed in the museum for general access by the wider community. | $1,923.00 |
| Barossa Light Horse Historical Assoc Inc | Boer War Mounted Equipment Memorial Troop | Outfit a section of four mounted troopers in the uniform of the SA Mounted Rifles for attendance at regular South African War memorial events. | $3,260.00 |
| District Council of Karoonda East Murray | At the Going Down of the Sun – digital storytelling | Development of a creative digital story to be projected onto silo exhibition space leading up to Anzac Day. | $13,382.00 |
