Maryborough Walkers Shipyards Memorial
Macalister Street
Maryborough QLD 4650
On 14 August 1993 a memorial to RAN personnel was dedicated at a Combined Ships Reunion, commemorating all Naval ships built by Walkers of Maryborough and their personnel.
- Inscription
MARYBOROUGH CITY COUNCIL
WALKERS SHIPYARDS COMPLETED THEIR FIRST NAVEL SHIPS IN 1887. THESE WERE THE "BONITO". STINGAREE", "PUMBA", "BREAM" AND THE "DOLPHINE".
BETWEEN 1940 AND 1974, THIRTY-ONE SHIPS WERE LAUNCHED INTO THE MARY RIVER JUST UPSTREAM FROM HERE. THEY WERE BUILT FOR THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY BY AUSTRALIAN WORKERS AT WALKERS SHIPYARDS.
THE SHIPS AND THEIR CREWS SERVED OUR NATION WITH HONOUR. EACH PLAYING A PART IN THE NAVEL HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA AND ADDING A CHAPTER TO THE HERITAGE OF MARYBOROUGH. THE SHIPS WERE,
(Name of Ships)
DEDICATED ON THE 14-08-1993 BY EX-CREW MEMBERS IN RECOGNITION OF THE SHIP'S PROUD CONTRIBUTION TO THE WARTIME DEFENCE AND PEACETIME PROTECTION OF AUSTRALIA AND IN APPRECITION OF THE SHIPYARD AND WORKERS WHO PROVIDED THOSE FINE SHIPS.
ALDERMAN ALAN BROWN
MAYOR
MR NOEL GORRIE
CITY ADMINISTRATOR(Refer to additional images for inscription of other plaques)
- Conflicts commemorated
- Second World War, 1939–1945
- Malayan Emergency, 1948–1960
- Korean War, 1950–1953
- Indonesian Confrontation, 1962–1966
- Vietnam War, 1962–1972
- Memorial type
- Structure
- Recorded by
- Shirley and Trevor McIvor
- Date recorded
- 4 March 2009
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- Maryborough (Qld) War Memorial
- Maryborough Albert State School War Memorial
- Maryborough Asian Conflicts Memorial
- Maryborough Boer War Honour Board
- Maryborough RAN Memorial
- Maryborough Soldiers Memorial Gates
- Maryborough War Veterans Home Memorial
- Poona ANZAC War Memorial
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