{"id":149912,"date":"2016-06-27T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T05:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=149912"},"modified":"2020-10-12T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T02:11:04","slug":"35000-grant-for-statue-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/06\/27\/35000-grant-for-statue-project\/","title":{"rendered":"$35,000 Grant For Statue Project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roy Emerson, right, with his brother-in-law and fellow tennis great Mal Anderson on the old tennis court at Roy’s former home at Nukku in 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A miniature model of the Roy Emerson bronze statue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June 27, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has congratulated local community groups which received funding through Round 88 of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n

The groups will share in more than $238,000.<\/p>\n

One of the successful applicants was the Blackbutt and District Tourism and Heritage Group which has secured $35,000 towards the commissioning of a bronze statue celebrating homegrown tennis hero Roy Emerson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was such a great moment to officially let the Blackbutt Heritage group know they had been successful,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe group officially launched the Roy Emerson Statue project in 2015.<\/p>\n

“Since then the group has been working tirelessly to achieve its goal to honour one of Australia\u2019s tennis greats, here in his hometown of Blackbutt.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statue will be placed outside the Roy Emerson Museum and will provide locals and tourists with an insight into this wonderfully talented tennis player and his connection to Blackbutt and the South Burnett.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other successful groups include:<\/strong><\/p>\n