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Cairns ANZAC Park pathway
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Cairns ANZAC Park

The present ANZAC Park is much reduced from the original and lies adjacent to, and north of, the Casino.

Author: Cairns Regional Council

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Babinda ANZAC Park - Cenotaph

Commemorative elements include a gate, dedicated on 11 Nov 2012, which incorporates 57 Second World War enlistments on the left arch post.

Author: Cairns Regional Council

Bundaberg North War Memorial
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Bundaberg North War Memorial

The North Bundaberg War Memorial and Park were dedicated in a ceremony held on Saturday 17 August 1946.

Author: Bundaberg Regional Council

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Statment by Minister Ward, 5 October 1945

Statement by Mr Ward - East Sydney - Minister for Transport and Minister for External Territories, In the House of Representatives, Canberra, On Friday 5 October 1945

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Bodangora - An unusual fact

This cemetery was closed for burials in 1938. However, a WWII veteran was determined to be buried, for some reason, in this cemetery.

Re-dedication Ceremony 13th April 2019
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Honour Roll Returns

The Edwardstown & District Roll of Honour was created in 1918 "to honour the memory of the men from Edwardstown who have enlisted with the A.I.F." Commissioned by the Edward

Author: Faithe Jones

The rotunda stands behind and between to the two Memorial obelisks
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The Rotunda too is a Memorial

The rotunda was built in 1931 as a bandstand and a war memorial and is a rare example that illustrates the efforts taken to provide work for the unemployed during the Depression

Author: Henry C Moulds

Lest We Foget
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Coorow RSL Memorial Hall

I think this memorial is important because even people in small towns have to remember the people who died and fought in wars. 

Written by Heidi Smyth - Year Two

Author: Coorow Primary School

What a nice corner!
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The Old RSL Hall by E.C. Hunter

I think this memorial is important because it teaches people about town kids with families who go to the war, and about people who go to the war from a town.

Author: Coorow Primary School

Hello world!
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RSL Coorow Memorial

I think this memorial is important because it helps children's education by providing a place to learn!

by Brayden Coughlan Year 3

Author: Coorow Primary School

This is a pretty building
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Remember Them

I think this memorial is important because animals might live here. It also makes us think about people who have died in the war.

 

Author: Coorow Primary School

Taking photos of the Memorial Hall
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Our Memorial on Yued Land

I think this memorial is important because it is old and rough. it was nice to clean it up. It made me happy .

Ceairra Morrison Year 3

Author: Coorow Primary School

This is important!
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Coorow

I think this memorial is important because it used to be a school and it helps us remember the people who fought in the war.

 

Joel Meyer - Year 2

Author: Coorow Primary School

School and Memorial
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Lest We Forget

I think this hall is important because it used to be a school as well as place to think about those who went to war.

 

Rory Cullen - Year 1

Author: Coorow Primary School

RSL Hall
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Coorow

I think this memorial is important because it teaches people about those who died and fought in war.

Thomas Ryan - Year 2

Author: Coorow Primary School

Coorow RSL Memorial Hall
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Remember the War

I think this memorial is important because people went here for kindy, and it's about people who went to the war.

 

Ava Parnham -Year 2

Author: Coorow Primary School

Look at the lovely pressed brick and the flat brick.
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Coorow RSL Memorial Hall

I think this memorial is important because it has also been a PrePrimary school for ten years.

Annabel Bronickis - Year 2

 

Author: Coorow Primary School