Annual Information Statement 2013

Legal Name: 
New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum Inc
ABN: 
94630140881

Section A: Charity Information

Charity has a financial year ending 30 June: 
No
Financial year ends: 
31/01
Charity size: 
Small
Purposes of charity: 
  • The advancement of education
  • Other: The Object of the New South Wales Lancers Memorial Museum is to collect, preserve, publish and display artefacts, documents, photographs and electronic media detailing the history of the 1st/15th Royal New South Wales Lancers.To educate the public at large by encouraging an understanding of the continuing role the Regiment played and continues to play in the development of Australian culture.
Basic Religious Charity: 
No
Charity is part of an approved ACNC reporting group: 
No

Section B: Activities

Activities in the 2013 reporting period: 
Yes
Main activity: 
Culture and arts
General activities: 
  • Culture and arts
  • Research
  • Other
    • Preservation of artefacts of value to the Australian nation.
Description of charity’s activities and outcomes: 
The Museum is open every Sunday and to booked tour groups as required. It has conducted a series of exhibitions. The Museum provides speakers to community, local schools and professional groups interested in Military History as it relates to the Royal New South Wales Lancers and the Parramatta area. The Museum has actively restored and conducted research on artefacts as diverse as the Kings Banner presented to the Regiment in 1904, Boer General de la Reys personal pennant, the most extensive set of Ottoman battle maps of Palestine 1916-1918, a Matilda tank from the Regiments service in the South Pacific 1942-1945 and many others. The Museum is upgrading (work in progress) its display cabinets to ensure better display and preservation of exhibits.
Changing or introducing activities in the next reporting period: 
No
Beneficiaries helped by charity’s activities in the 2013 reporting period: 
  • General community within Australia
  • Mental health and crisis intervention
  • Veterans or their families
  • Young people

Section C: Resources and operating locations

Estimated number of unpaid volunteers who worked for the charity during the 2013 reporting period: 
  • Full time employees: 0
  • Part time employees: 0
  • Volunteers: 41
Where the charity operated during the 2013 reporting period: 
New South Wales

Section D: Reporting and regulatory obligations (This section is optional)

Approximate hours spent reporting by unpaid volunteers: 
30
Total hours spent reporting: 
30

Section E: Financial information provided voluntarily

2013 Financial report: 
Note: If you want to see the financial report or annual report that this charity has submitted, go back to Financials & Documents.