Council bids to highlight war sites

Moreton Bay Regional Council will apply for State Government grants to highlight significant World War 2 sites in the region.
Mayor Allan Sutherland said while some World War 2 sites had been audited and well documented, others had not.

He said the council would seek to research and develop an inventory of World War 2 sites for inclusion on the council’s website.  These would include their condition, GPS co-ordinates as well as site and aerial photographs.
“The council would also like to develop a visitor trail or visitor interpretive centre or perhaps put in place conservation and protection measures for some of the remnant structures of Fort Bribie and the Bribie Island bunkers,” Cr Sutherland said.
“The Moreton Bay region was a significant training area for pilots as well as being a rest and recreation area for both American and Australian troops.  There are also significant fortification sites around the region.
“All of these areas are of historical importance and will become even more so in the future,” he said.
The grants are available under the State Government’s “World War Two Markers Project” as part of its “Celebrating Our History” policy which was released in 2006.