LEST WE FORGET ANZAC DAY

Mareeba RSL Sub-branch gifted new home

BY RHYS THOMAS

THE Mareeba RSL Sub-branch has been thrown a lifeline and a second lease at life after the Mareeba Uniting Church’s congregation agreed to let the branch utilise their heritage-listed building.

The Mareeba Uniting Church, on the corner of Rankin and Walsh Streets, has sat unused since 2021 after the congregation slowly dwindled during Covid.

The Mareeba Sub-branch has been left without a home for a number of years after the building they used to occupy went into receivership. They have since been operating out of a shed.

Sub-branch secretary Cheryl Powell Emmerson put forward the idea that the RSL move into the old church, and it was warmly received by the Uniting Church.

The branch intends to use the church as a small war museum where they will be able to dis-