Members statements
Winchelsea memorial cairns
Mrs McARTHUR (Western Victoria) (09:39): I want to pay special tribute to various people who were involved in the Winchelsea RSL opening of the memorial cairns. I was very pleased to be there on 21 August along with my federal colleague Dan Tehan and my state colleague Richard Riordan, who spoke very eruditely about this very important institution that has now been erected in Winchelsea, which commemorates those Winchelsea locals who have fallen in various battles. I want to pay particular tribute to Christine Alsop and Kevin Bennett. Unfortunately Kevin passed away before the unveiling, but they were instrumental in collating all the names of the locals whose names are on these memorial cairns. It is a beautiful place, and it has been very well presented and done. I was certainly very pleased to be there, as were my colleagues. I pay tribute also to David Kelly, who worked very hard to make sure everything was done properly so that we could unveil the cairns in an appropriate way and pay tribute to an extraordinary number of local Winchelsea people.