Published Friday, 26 March, 2010 at 03:18 PM
Minister for Public Works and Information and Communication Technology
The Honourable Robert Schwarten
New life for Ingham community memorial
Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten has congratulated the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland on receiving funding in the latest and final round of the Queensland Government’s Community Memorials Restoration Program.
Mr Schwarten said the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland had been granted more than $9000.
“The Community Memorials Restoration Program plays an instrumental role helping to restore local history and the Queensland Government is pleased to be able to assist with this project,” Mr Schwarten said.
“This funding will go towards repairing and restoring All Souls War Memorial Church which was built in 1922 in memory of fallen soldiers from Victoria Estate in Ingham,” he said.
Mr Schwarten said in 2009-10, Community Memorials Restoration Program grants totalling more than $598,000 had been allocated to 53 restoration projects across Queensland.
“Of those more than half involve work on war memorials, 19 have been allocated to cemetery related projects with the remaining 9 being undertaken on community icons.
“Since the program commenced in 2004-05 more than $3 million has been committed towards restoring and repairing more than 290 memorials or icons, restoring historical grave sites and digitising historical cemetery records,” he said.
“It has been vital that we have kept the ball rolling since the program commenced in 2004 so as many Queensland communities as possible can preserve their unique and rich historical markers for future generations.”
The Community Memorial Restoration Program grants councils and local organisations one dollar for every dollar they spend to the value of $25,000 for war memorial/community icon projects and up to $15,000 for cemetery related projects.
Media contact: Minister's Office 3237 1184
Mr Schwarten said the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland had been granted more than $9000.
“The Community Memorials Restoration Program plays an instrumental role helping to restore local history and the Queensland Government is pleased to be able to assist with this project,” Mr Schwarten said.
“This funding will go towards repairing and restoring All Souls War Memorial Church which was built in 1922 in memory of fallen soldiers from Victoria Estate in Ingham,” he said.
Mr Schwarten said in 2009-10, Community Memorials Restoration Program grants totalling more than $598,000 had been allocated to 53 restoration projects across Queensland.
“Of those more than half involve work on war memorials, 19 have been allocated to cemetery related projects with the remaining 9 being undertaken on community icons.
“Since the program commenced in 2004-05 more than $3 million has been committed towards restoring and repairing more than 290 memorials or icons, restoring historical grave sites and digitising historical cemetery records,” he said.
“It has been vital that we have kept the ball rolling since the program commenced in 2004 so as many Queensland communities as possible can preserve their unique and rich historical markers for future generations.”
The Community Memorial Restoration Program grants councils and local organisations one dollar for every dollar they spend to the value of $25,000 for war memorial/community icon projects and up to $15,000 for cemetery related projects.
Media contact: Minister's Office 3237 1184