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Maryborough Walkers Shipyards Memorial
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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.
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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,
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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
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Conflicts
World War II, Malayan Emergency, Korean War, Indonesian Confrontation, Vietnam War
Memorial type
Structure
Contributions
Shirley and Trevor McIvor
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