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The plaque commemorates the services of employees of the Queensland Ambulance Service in providing care and transport for patients in Far North Queensland since 1901.

Location

Address:The Esplanade, Memorial Gardens, Cairns, 4870
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -16.917088
Long: 145.775093
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:State
Actual Event Start Date:08-January-1901
Approx. Event Start Date:1901
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Front Inscription

Queensland Ambulance Service

Following the establishment of the Queensland Ambulance Service in Brisbane in 1892, approval was granted by this governing body for the commencement of ambulance service operations in Cairns on 8th January 1901.

The memorial is to honour those paramedics and staff who have provided continuous pre-hospital care and transport since that time to the communities of Far North Queensland

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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