Since 2014, the Anzac Day Commemoration Fund has been providing funding to support initiatives that educate the South Australian community about the significance of Anzac Day or commemorate Australia’s military heritage.
Fifteen ex-service organisations and community groups from across South Australia have secured funding from the 2021-2022 grant round for projects ranging from commemorative events and memorials to oral histories and educational activities.
| Organisation | Grant Amount | Grant funding purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Foundation for Disability | $2,000 | Helping to keep the memory of our Anzacs in SA alive – Anzac education for people with disabilities at Afford’s Community Day Programs at Holden Hill and Morphett Vale |
| Port Pirie RSL | $3,085 | Installation of four podium style storyboards at the Merchant Navy and Mariners Memorial, Woodward Park Memorial, HMAS Tobruk Memorial and the Port Pirie United Nations Peacekeeping Memorial with QR code links to stories on the Places of Pride website |
| Largs Bay RSL | $1,800 | Fort to Fort Remembrance Walk – create 200 posters to line Remembrance Walk |
| Port Broughton RSL | $3,190 | Remembering our Fallen – placement of bronze plaques and park bench in Memorial Gardens |
| Enfield RSL | $4,300 | Upgrade security system at RSL premises to secure irreplaceable memorabilia and keep premises safe |
| Merchant Navy Association of SA | $2,712 | Remembering the Merchant Navy – placement of bronze plaques and merchant navy flags |
| Forest Range & Lenswood History Group | $1,670 | Memorial Signage at Lenswood WWI Monument – install information signs to explain significance of memorial |
| Vietnam Veterans’ Federation SA Branch | $3,094 | Quilts for Homeless Veterans – provide materials to VVF Quilting Group |
| Bute RSL | $6,375 | Bute Lone Pine Recognition – install lighting and interpretive signage at Lone Pine tree |
| Gladstone Community Development & Tourism Assoc | $1,315 | Interpretive Signage in Peace Garden and War Memorial |
| RSL SA & NT | $2,696 | Veterans Oral History Project – Part 5. Record oral histories of servicemen and women from deployments from late 90s to early 2000s |
| Army Museum of SA Foundation | $1,948 | Of Auburn Theatrical Production – the Untold Stories of Women in WWI including display of items from AMOSA museum |
| Kangaroo Island Council | $4,532 | Addition of flagpole at Memorial Park, expansion of memorabilia display at Kingscote Town Hall and preservation of Anzac Memorial Quilt. |
| Aboriginal Veterans SA | $4,230 | Grave Dedication for Private Lush Wilson – providing plaque and grave marking and material to support ceremony |
| The William Kibby VC Veterans Shed Assoc Inc | $40,789 | Extension to William Kibby VC Veterans Shed to allow more veterans and their families to participate in shed activities with an aim to improve the mental and physical health of all veterans and families using the facility |
