Join us for three days of commemorative VP Day events and activities (Friday 15 – Sunday 17 August) including a WWII-themed trivia night, book launch, art exhibition, tours and dinner dance.
During World War II the Tablelands area became the largest military base in Australia, with camps at Atherton, Herberton, Kairi, Mount Garnet, Ravenshoe, Tinaroo and Wondecla.
Rocky Creek was the site of the largest military hospital in the Southern Hemisphere, a 3000-bed hospital that treated over 60,000 patients from 1943 to 1945.
The Rocky Creek War Memorial Park is on the 2/2nd Australian General Hospital laundry and medical stores site and features individual and unit plaques, commemorative trees and information signs.
FRIDAY 15 AUGUST
War Graves Observance
11.00am
Atherton War Cemetery, Rockley Road, Atherton.
Exhibition Opening and Book Launch
5.00–6.00pm
Rocky Creek Igloo on Frazer Road, Tolga.
WWII and Local Military History Trivia
6.30pm
Rocky Creek Igloo on Frazer Road, Tolga.
Bookings required by 8 August.
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST
WWII History Tour
8.30am–1.00pm
Bookings required.
Family Commemoration
2.30–4.00pm
Rocky Creek War Memorial Park, Kennedy Highway, Tolga.
SUNDAY 17 AUGUST
5.30pm–late
Rocky Creek Igloo on Frazer Road, Tolga.
Bookings required by 8 August.
Sunday 17 August
Victory in the Pacific Memorial Service
9.30am–12.00noon
Rocky Creek War Memorial Park, Kennedy Highway, Tolga.
RSVP online, to
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More information and to book 👉 trc.qld.gov.au/80-years-of-vp-day.
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