Australian Capital Territory
Public Place Names 2002, No: 4
Disallowable Instrument  DI 2002- 44
made under the
Public Place Names Act 1989, section 3 (Minister to determine names)

I determine the name of the public place that is Territory Land as specified in the attached schedule and as indicated on the attached plan.

Lincoln James Hawkins
Delegate of the Minister

Dated the 13th day of May 2002

SCHEDULE

PUBLIC PLACE NAMES 2002, No: 4

DIVISION OF CAMPBELL – Defence Personnel

NAME

RSL Park
	ORIGIN

Returned Services League of Australia (RSL)
1916 – today 
	Significance

The RSL evolved as a direct result of the camaraderie, concern and mateship shown by the "diggers" for the welfare of their mates during and after the 1914 – 1918 War. That ethos of compassion and service remains today the motivating influence of the league. 

In June 1916 the Conference of Returned Soldiers' Association recommended formation of the Returned Sailors And Soldiers Imperial League Of Australia (RSSILA) 

The ideals and objectives which characterised the initiation of the first state associations in 1916 were correlated and finally adopted, as the aims and objectives of the league:

The RLS’s Mission Statment is - to ensure that programs are in place for the well-being, care, compensation and commemoration of serving and ex-service Defence Force members and their dependants; and promote Government and community awareness of the need for a secure, stable and progressive Australia. 	

LH
Delegate's Initials

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