A new round of recipients of the Morrison Government’s Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program has been announced.
Federal Member for Durack, the Hon Melissa Price congratulated three Durack organisations on being awarded a grant.
“I am particularly pleased that a $71,000 grant has been made available to the City of Greater Geraldton to host an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary in 2021, since the loss of the HMAS Sydney II”, Ms Price said.
“It is also good to see that another grant to the Jurien Bay RLS Sub-Branch will mean a new cenotaph can be built at Cervantes Memorial Park to commemorate the service and sacrifice of Australia’s service personnel and $10,000 funding to the Northampton Shire to restore the Kalbarri war memorial”, she said.
The Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program make an important contribution in honouring and ensuring we continue to have an awareness of a strong local connection to our nation’s military history.
“Congratulations to those organisations that received funding and I encourage organisations in Durack committed to preserving our military history to consider applying for future funding rounds,” she said.
Community groups and organisations are encouraged to apply for funding in the next round of Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program, particularly for projects and activities that commemorate the Vietnam War, with several significant anniversaries from this conflict falling in 2021.
Applications for Batch 3 of the 2020-21 Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grants Program close on 11 February 2021. Visit the Community Grants Hub for more information.
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