Victorian Veterans Fund

Lists approved grants for the Victorian Veterans Fund 2018-19.

The Victorian Veterans Fund was established under the Veterans Act 2005. Revenue for the Veterans Fund comes from the Community Support Fund (CSF) and is equal to one day’s revenue of the CSF.

Grants totalling $405,332 were approved for 36 projects through the Victorian Veterans Fund, distributed under the Victoria Remembers Minor Grant Program during the financial year ending 30 June 2019. Grant recipients are detailed in the table below.

Battle of Australia Foundation in Victoria

Organisation Project Amount
Royal United Services Institute of Victoria Inc. Upgrade of Library Cataloguing System $3,500
Mt Macedon Memorial Cross Council for Commemorative Services Inc. 2019 ANZAC Dawn Service $7,000
Seymour Sub Branch of the RSL Seymour's Military Heritage $7,400
Upwey Belgrave RSL ANZAC Day Audio Visual Project $3,300
Inglewood / Bridgewater RSL Sub Branch Preserving Our Memories $4,000
Rats of Tobruk Association Inc. Audio Visual Project $10,000
Tawonga and District Community Association Tawonga and District War Memorial Project $15,000
Shrine of Remembrance Beaufort Bomber Turret Exhibition $18,000
Torquay RSL Sub-Branch ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2019 $12,000
Hindmarsh Shire Council Nhill's Historic RAAF Base Memorial Entrance $30,000
Warburton RSL Sub Branch 2019 School Excursions $2,820
Bomber Command Commemorative Assoc. Vic Inc. 2019 Commemorative Service for Victorian Veterans $1,920
Nurcoung Community Centre Committee of Management Inc. Service records - WWI & WWII Military Personnel $1,600
Battle of Australia Foundation in Victoria Battle for Australia Ceremony $10,000
RMIT University Virtual and Augmented Reality Remembrance $20,000
Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Medical Research Foundation Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Commemorative Service $4,100
Diamond Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorabilia Collection $1,700
National Boer War Memorial Association (Vic) Boer War Commemoration Parade and Service $3,000
VVAA Victorian Branch Vietnam Veterans Day 2019 $15,500
Melbourne Legacy Educational and Essential Student Learning Items $20,000
Melbourne Legacy 2019 Legacy ANZAC Commemoration Student Ceremony $18,000
Rotary Club of Templestowe Manningham Schools ANZAC Service $3,500
Broadford RSL Sub-Branch Fromelles Memorial Wall $15,000
Kingston, Friends of the Avenue Inc. 'Kingston Remembers' Resource Centre $12,500
Surf Coast Shire Winchelsea Memorial Park and Interactive Map Project $30,000
Castlemaine RSL Sub Branch Uniform Preservation Project $1,617
Castlemaine RSL Sub Branch Mt. Alexander Womens' War Service Display $10,000
Geelong & District Vietnam Veterans Association Geelong ANZAC Day Dawn Service 2019 $4,000
Werribee Half Battery Werribee Half Battery Uniform Provision $10,390
Borough of Queenscliffe Queenscliff ANZAC Commemoration Project $5,000
Foster RSL Sub-Branch Foster RSL Display Cabinets $5,616
Victorian Association of WWII Veterans from former Soviet Union Victoria Remembers - AVWSU - 2019 $10,000
Gippstown Reserve Committee of Management Garden of Remembrance and Military History Banners $7,200
Stanley Cemetery Trust Interpretive Storyboard on Soldiers Who Died $2,300
Euroa RSL War Memorabilia Presentation Cabinet $1,369
Shrine of Remembrance Touring Exhibition $78,000
Total Victorian Veterans Fund $405,332

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