ANZAC Park sits on the bank of the Burnett River with views of the iconic Burnett Traffic Bridge and Lions Park, within the Bundaberg CBD.
For decades it has been a significant location for our community to gather, commemorate, reflect and recognise our ANZAC history and the servicemen and women who have served with dedication and honour.
The revitalised ANZAC Park was opened in October 2025 across an area which formerly included the ANZAC Pool.
It is a space that represents the region’s proud and enduring service history.
The Bundaberg Region historically, has had a very high military enlistment rate per capita, particularly in World War I.
This is reflected in the over 300 people on honour rolls in Bundaberg itself and many more on other monuments and memorials throughout the region.
Every year ANZAC Park will host important commemorative ceremonies including ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.
From the moment you enter the beautifully designed park, the artistic and landscaping features promote reflection and remembrance.
Whether it’s the ANZAC Park sign, positioned atop a depiction of the rolling hills of Gallipoli, or the ‘REMEMBER’ sign proudly sitting 1.5 m high - you will be immersed in the contemplative scenery.
Designed in consultation with our community, a memorial avenue features a range of plinths which represent the key themes of our local wartime history and stories: Service, Home Front, Return and Honouring. Read more about each of the themes below.
Anzac Pool
The Bundaberg Region has a significant history of wartime service. With individual stories that are too numerous to outline in full, the theme of Service represents the men and women who served in the military forces.
These elements of ANZAC Park collectively represent the heroes and everyday people who committed their lives to defending our country or undertaking peacekeeping and other military activities.
This includes experiences incorporating enlistment, training, military organisations and main theatres of operation.
We pay our respects to all servicemen and women, those who paid made the ultimate sacrifice and to those who returned.
Early conflicts and civilian defence
While its title – ANZAC Park – references a specific conflict, it has been designed as a significant regional hub of commemoration which recognises the region’s entire wartime history.
Prior to Federation the Queensland Defence Force (QDF) led civilian defence and many Australians served in overseas campaigns by joining the British military as individuals, fighting for the British Empire.
The Bundaberg Rifles
The Bundaberg Rifles, a company of the Queensland Volunteer Rifle Brigade, was formed in 1876.
Bundaberg formed part of the Wide Bay and Burnett regiment of the QDF which consisted of both a land force and naval brigade.
By 1892 membership of the regiment was between 600 and 650 men.
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War (1899 - 1902) figured prominently in local military history, with the Bundaberg Region supplying some of those first bushmen and riders who joined in the Australian contingents that went to fight in South Africa.
Among them was Private Adolfe Philipofski, a farmer from Childers, who was with the First (Queensland Mounted Infantry) Contingent and gave a written account of his 1899 voyage on the SS Cornwall and the fighting in South Africa.
Like many, Philipofski was a member of the local Bundaberg militia where he received his military training.
He served in A Company and was invalided to Australia, arriving back on 19 September 1900.
Bundaberg branch of the African War Veteran Association
Through to the 1950s, a network of veterans met under the banner of the Bundaberg branch of the African War Veterans Association, at Mrs McRobbie's Cafe, Bundaberg. In the 1920s, there were 20-30 veterans in the Bundaberg District.
Army
World War I was fought between 1914 and 1918 and when it broke out Australia's army was new.
At the time, Australian law prohibited men in the Regular Army and the Citizen Forces to serve in wars overseas.
When Britain declared war on Germany on 4 August 1914, Australia pledged troops and within four days had established a scheme for raising the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) (Dept of Veteran Affairs).
The force sailed in a convoy of 38 Australian transports or troopships.
The convoy also included 10 New Zealand transports. This Australian and New Zealand Army Corp quickly became known as ANZAC, and the contingent included all the units that comprised a modern army: artillery, engineers, field ambulance, infantry and light horse. (Dept of Veteran Affairs, https://ANZACportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/australian-imperial-force).
Light Horse
Mounted troops, or the Light Horse, had been part of Australia's home defence scheme since the 1890s, mostly as volunteers in rifle clubs (Dept of Veteran Affairs, https://ANZACportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/ww1/military-organisation/australian-imperial-force/australian-light-horse).
The Bundaberg Region contributed both men and horses to the Light Horse.
Prior to World War I, various large Light Horse encampments were held where units from different districts competed in riding and military competitions.
By 1915 Bundaberg had its own troop and machine gun section attached to the 1st Light Horse Regiment (Citizen Forces).
Training and enlistments were conducted at the drill hall and large annual training encampments were held at Maryborough, drawing up to 300 men from Rockhampton to Gayndah.
The Bundaberg Drill Hall on Quay Street was first built alongside an armoury for the use of the local volunteer force in 1889.
Situated at 50 Quay Street, the building is the only 19th century drill hall constructed in the region and is listed on Bundaberg Regional Council’s Register of Local Heritage Places. Read more about the drill hall on BRC Now here.
When war broke out young men from rural areas like the Bundaberg Region were assets as they were able to pass the required riding test to join.
Light Horse training activities were held during the inter-war years and in 1923, a squadron was formed in Gin Gin.
Trooper Lewis represented Kolan Shire at the opening of Canberra Parliament House in 1927.
An estimated 100 men of the Kolan Shire received training through the 5th Light Horse.
Infantry
Bundaberg soldiers served in several AIF infantry battalions during World War I.
The most notable were the 15th and 47th Battalions, which consisted mostly of Queensland and Tasmanian volunteers, and the 9th Battalion which was made up solely of Queensland volunteers (Australian War Memorial, AWM).
From that time regular training camps were held in the Wide Bay Regiment area with many local stories illustrating the diverse and important role our residents played in the Army, both in Australia and overseas.
Photo gallery
Captain John Redmond, Bundaberg
Capt. Redmond enlisted with A Company, 41st Infantry Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, on 1 April 1916 and sailed on HMAT Demosthenes from Sydney on 18 May 1916. Capt. Redmond died in France on 5 October 1917, and is commemorated on The Ypres (Menin Gate) in Belgium. At the time of his death he was aged 41 years. (Source: AWM Image Number P04273.002).
Lieutenant John Bice Redmond, Bundaberg
Lt Redmond, the son of Capt. John Redmond, is pictured (back row, first on the left) in this group portrait of some of the members 3rd Australian Army Transport Company (RAE). (Source: AWM Image Number P04273.004).
Sergeant Ailsa Jarman, Bundaberg
Sergeant Jarman was among the first Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) members to land in Dutch New Guinea. She is pictured (on the left) arriving at her quarters. (Source: AWM Image Number 156060)
Gunner H. Dodd, Bundaberg
AWAS members of a northern anti-aircraft unit were photographed learning rifle shooting on 12 October 1943. Local recruit Gunner Dodd is pictured on the left. (Source: AWM Image Number 015970).
Captain Paul Davis, Bundaberg
Capt. Davis (pictured on the far right) was among the first Australians to receive the Vietnamese medal, which was approved for presentation to all Allied servicemen completing six months service in Vietnam. The medals were presented by Lieutenant General Tam, Chairman of the Free World Military Assistance Working Committee at a special ceremony at Australian Army Headquarters. (Source: AWM Image Number MISC/66/0545/VN).
Communication personnel of Z Special Unit
Bundaberg communication personnel of Z Special Unit, SRD (Services Reconnaissance Department) are pictured in 1944 on final leave during training at Fraser Commando School, Fraser Island as part of S26 Training Group. Left to right: back row: Private (Pte) Haley, Pte Mcinnes, Corporal (Cpl.) Dart, Cpl Hywood, Cpl. Wyllie, Pte. Kelm, Pte. Joy; front row: Pte. Norton, Sergeant M. A. L. Collins, Pte. Fletcher. (donor: M. Collins). (Source: AWM Image Number P01134.002).
Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) was established in July 1911.
The Bundaberg Region, with its strong connection to river and coast, has a strong connection with the RAN.
Shipping has been an important aspect of its history and involvement in naval defence occurred early.
Bundaberg Naval Brigade
The Bundaberg Naval Brigade was in operation by 1892 as part of the Queensland Defence Force (QDF), with training undertaken at the Drill Hall in Quay Street.
In February 1892, the services of a Naval Brigade Corps at Bundaberg was accepted and gazetted.
Its official title was the Bundaberg Company, Queensland Defence Force (Marine), but was always known by its popular title of ‘the Naval Brigade’.
Most of the men who served were involved in one way or another with the shipping industry.
By 1910 - 1911, the Naval Brigade had obtained a set of large guns (now located at Alexandra Park) for training at their Drill Hall.
Prior to this, the Queensland Naval Brigade had three available field guns across the state which were rotated between towns, including Bundaberg, to allow their local brigades to train.
The Queensland gunships, Gayundah and Paluma, made regular visits to Bundaberg to provide naval drill practice
HMAS Bundaberg (I) and (II)
According to The Sea Power Centre, HMAS Bundaberg was one of 60 Australian Minesweepers (commonly known as corvettes) built during World War II in Australian shipyards, as part of the Commonwealth Government’s wartime shipbuilding program.
It was the first RAN warship to carry the name of our city.
The ship became a symbolic connection between the town and its own naval war service and war contribution, and at the end of the war, when the ship visited the Port of Bundaberg for three days in 1945 prior to its decommissioning in 1946, there was a large public turnout.
HMAS Bundaberg (II) was an Armidale-class patrol boat, built in Fremantle and commissioned at Bundaberg on 3 March 2007.
As with other vessels of the Armidale-class the HMAS Bundaberg has formed part of operations, patrols and exercises, including Exercise TALISMAN SABRE in June 2007.
On 9 September 2007, the ship’s company participated in the ‘Bundy in Bloom’ street parade and the ship was presented with the 'Keys to the City.'
In 2014, a fire broke out on the vessel, causing major damage and the vessel was decommissioned on 18 December 2014.
Air force
Australia has a strong tradition as an aviation pioneer and innovator, which of course includes Bundaberg’s renowned Bert Hinkler.
Australia was the only dominion of the British Empire to form a flying corps (Australian Flying Corps (AFC)) during World War I.
Late in the war it was realised that aerial fighting was a distinct form of warfare and eventually the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) was formed on 31 March 1921.
The Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) was formed in March 1941 and was the largest of the World War II women's services.
A new Australian women's air force was formed in July 1950 and in November became the Women's Royal Australian Air Force (WRAAF). The WRAAF was disbanded in the early 1980s and female personnel were absorbed into the RAAF.
During World War I, World War II and later conflicts, many people associated with Bundaberg served in the RAAF, WAAAF and WRAAF.
Bert Hinkler
An undeniable sense of adventure and love of aviation thrust infamous pioneer aviator Bert Hinkler into the midst of World War I, where he contributed to the development of early war planes.
From finding a solution to early machine guns jamming on their operator to a clever dual control system, Bert devised many innovations.
Herbert ‘Bert’ John Louis Hinkler AFC DSM was born in Bundaberg, Queensland on 8 December 1892.
An inventive and practical boy, Bert had designed, built and successfully flown his own glider by the age of 19.
Bert’s innate love of aviation would see his departure from his hometown to pursue dreams of becoming a pilot.
Fate would lead Bert to England some months before the beginning of World War I when he would sign up to the fledgling Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
Bert’s adventures and achievements are shared within the walls of the Hinkler Hall of Aviation (HHA) which details this turbulent time of his life.
During the war Bert wrote many letters home from the front line, some of which are on display at the HHA. Read more about his wartime history and letters on BRC Now.
Monduran Station air strip
Another key local story is that of the use and development of various local airstrips for military activities during World War II. For instance, the Monduran Station airstrip in Gin Gin.
It was used as spotter station for alien aircraft and offered for use by the Air Department. Prior to 1900, it was a racecourse and rifle range.
Bundaberg RAAF base
The most significant development in the region’s air force history was the establishment of a RAAF base at Bundaberg.
In late 1940 a decision was made to develop the existing aerodrome as a RAAF Flying Training School, with approval given in early 1941.
The Federal Government took control of the airport and paid $3,000 in compensation to the people of Bundaberg.
Some buildings built in 1940 by the Civil Construction Corps were still in use in the late 1990s.
During 1941 to 1946, it was used as a base for pilots in what became the No. 8 Service Flying Training School and for active missions against Japanese Forces.
The airport served as a major Allied Air Force Base during World War ll, catering for more than 1,000 service personnel.
The No. 32 Squadron RAAF based at Camden NSW, carried out anti-submarine and shipping escort patrols along the east coast and had two detached flights, one based in Bundaberg and the other based in Coffs Harbour.
Bundaberg Airport still retains many WWII RAAF features. Read more on BRC Now.
WAAF
WAAAF involvement at the Bundaberg RAAF base became vital, with many of the women taking over key roles including in aircraft maintenance and fabrication.
An important source of information on their involvement is the Cecili Stevenson collection of photographs and ephemera, held at the State Library of Queensland (SLQ).
The collection documents activities at No. 8 Service Flying Training School, Royal Australian Air Force, which was based in Bundaberg during World War II.
Much of the material relates to the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF).
Photo gallery
Aircraftman Francis Thomas Hine, Bundaberg
1935, Bundaberg Queensland. 4113 Aircraftman Hine of No.3 Squadron RAAF climbing into the rear cockpit of a Hawker Demon Aircraft A1-10 on a grass runway. (Source: AWM Image Number P02307.016).
Flight Lieutenant C.E. Spence, Bundaberg
Pictured in Noemfoor Island, Dutch New Guinea, October 1944, Lieutenant Spence returning from leading a raid against Japanese installations. He was the commanding officer of No.22 (Boston) Squadron RAAF. (Source: AWM Image Number OG1728).
Corporal (Cpl.) Clemence (Clem) Joseph Pratt, Bundaberg
Pictured at Task Force Headquarters in Nui Dat, Radio Operator Cpl. Pratt checking through belts of ammunition.(Source: AWM Image Number VN/66/0046/05).
Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) William Alexander Forbes, Bundaberg
Wing Cdr Forbes, leaving Buckingham Palace with Lady Moyniham, after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was awarded the DFC as a Flight Lieutenant in December 1943 following an attack on Peenemunde. (Source: AWM Image Number SUK13263).
Aircraftwomen L. Hamilton, Claire Webb and D. Robinson Kitch
Bundaberg, Queensland, 1943. Pictured from left to right Aircraftwomen Hamilton, Webb and Kitch are preparing identification photos of new recruits for training at No.8 Service Flying School, RAAF. (Donor: C. Schomberg, Source: AWM Image Number P00691.004).
Pilot Officer (PO) Harold J. (Tib) Barker, Bundaberg
Canadian trained Observer, PO Barker (second on left) celebrating the completion of his Observer course. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for night photographs taken of Essen, Dortmund, Dusseldorf and Bar and for continued enthusiasm and skill on sorties to Berlin. (Source: AWM Image Number P03239.001).
Medical Corps
The Army, Navy and Air Force have all included medical, ambulance and nursing staff with many nursing and medical staffed hailing from the Bundaberg Region.
Their stories demonstrate the inherent dangers and sacrifice of nursing in conflicts.
Sister G. Pollock, Bundaberg
Sister Pollock (second person from left to right) enjoying a game of Chinese checkers with her fellow nursing sisters. New Guinea, 20 March 1944. (Source: AWM Image Number 016681).
Staff Nurse Gertrude May Skyring
Pictured with her brother Private Frank Herbert Skyring, Gertrude resigned from her position at the Bundaberg Hospital to enlist. She worked at the hospital at Rouen, France. (Source: AWM Image Number A03296).
BCC float in the patriotic procession for the Spitfire Fund, Bundaberg, 1941. BCC was the company founded by Claude Fraser, widely recognised as the `father of self-service food retailing in Australia'. (Source: SLQ Negative number: 203028).
Communities across Australia played a vital role in supporting the war effort, especially during World Wars I and II when national defence relied heavily on patriotic volunteers rather than a permanent standing army.
Local, state and federal initiatives saw residents rally through recruitment drives, fundraising events and comfort schemes that provided food, clothing, equipment and moral support.
In Bundaberg, countless efforts were made to bolster the troops abroad.
Local fundraising and support initiatives
War Loan Fund
The War Loan Fund was a Commonwealth initiative that occurred in both World Wars.
Bundaberg contributed to the Commonwealth war loan scheme to raise money to fund the war effort.
Seven loans were put to the market during World War I.
Raising money was competitive and a source of civic pride between towns.
During the 7th War Loan of World War I, an Honour Flag system was introduced whereby towns received a flag if they met their target and further success gained the addition of a bar to the town's Honour Flag.
By October 1918, Bundaberg had raised £120,000, earning it a flag with bar "Bundaberg and the War Edan." Bundaberg Mail (Qld. : 1917 - 1925) 3 October 1918: 2. Web. 3 Mar 2023 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article216939517).
Bundaberg Spitfire Fund
One of the most notable stories of support from World War II is the Bundaberg Spitfire Fund, part of a State-wide initiative of towns raising money to purchase a warplane for use in Europe.
This was also highly competitive, and in 1941, Bundaberg was the first town in Queensland to raise sufficient funds to enable the purchase and the following message was sent to the British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, on Saturday 19 April 1941:
"City of Bundaberg and district donates first Spitfire from Queensland in memory of the late Squadron-Leader Bert Hinkler, and as an expression of loyalty and affection to Great Britain, also in admiration of the Royal Air Force fighter squadrons. Respectfully suggest name plate City Bundaberg and District. Cabling £5,700."
The original ornate scroll with all the names of the local donors survives and is housed at the Bundaberg and District Historical Society.
Local organisations and volunteers
During all the main conflicts, local branches of organisations such as the Red Cross and Salvation Army have played important roles in not just raising funds to send aid to troops overseas, but also to deliver this aid.
Local volunteer groups also played a crucial role in bolstering home defences during World War II.
The Bundaberg Volunteer Defence Corps monitored enemy craft activity and used a heliograph system to signal between the Hummock and Point Vernon, Hervey Bay.
There was also a submarine lookout at Elliott Heads. This was involved in a scare when a Polynesian fishing boat spotted off Burnett Heads was mistaken for a Japanese landing.
Another similar group was the Volunteer Air Observers Corps (VAOC), which was established throughout the Commonwealth around 1942.
A local branch formed and operated from a small room on the roof of the Hotel Bundaberg in Quay Street.
The Queensland Women's Land Army was established around 1940 at Indooroopilly to assist farmers impacted by the loss of male workers.
Two other training centres were established at Bundaberg and Rockhampton by 1942.
Mrs Philip was also instrumental in developing the Queensland Women's Auxiliary Transport Service (WATS), which opened a branch in Bundaberg in 1941.
Parades and rallies
Various patriotic parades and rallies were staged in the region during both World War I and II.
A Patriotic Demonstration Committee was established in Bundaberg and met regularly to develop parades, fetes and rallies in support of the war effort.
Several descriptions of these events are given in the local paper at the time, including the June 1916 ‘monster patriotic demonstration and fete’ which proved to be the ‘most successful of its kind organised in Bundaberg’ at the time, raising over £1,000
Patriotic processions also occurred during World War II, including the Bundaberg Patriotic Procession of 1940 and a 1941 rally that attracted what was described as ‘one of the greatest crowds seen in Bundaberg’ to demonstrate their loyalty and patriotism at ‘one of the biggest procession staged in the city.’ (Sunday Mail 25 May 1941).
The 1940 drive involved eight nights of activities in Alexandra Park and culminated in an afternoon street parade.
Celebrations
When news of the end of World War I reached Bundaberg on the evening of Monday 11 December 1918, church bells were rung and there were two days of spontaneous celebrations.
Thousands flocked to the streets and a parade of around 100 returned servicemen, the Red Cross and other organisations, was held.
In 1919, peace medals commemorating the end of World War I were distributed to all school children in the area.
This was a Commonwealth Government initiative but with local councils being asked to provide the number of medals to be provided in their areas.
Similar scenes of celebration were seen across the district at the end of World War II in 1945.
War trophies
As with most other communities, Bundaberg obtained a number of World War I and World War II trophies.
These include:
A refurbished 25-pounder gun displayed at the Bundaberg RSL Sub Branch Veteran Support Centre.
Krupp Cannon, Childers. Presented to the Commonwealth by the French after World War I. The cannon was allocated to Childers as a lasting memorial.
Doolbi Memorial Gun. Located on the Goodwood Road just outside of Childers, the memorial features a concrete cairn with a replica machine gun mounted on top.
Bundaberg Lions Remembrance Park. Contains three guns: Bofors Gun, a Mountain Gun and a Skoda 7.5 cm Gebirgskanone M15 Mountain Gun.
Rehabilitation
The Bundaberg Region has a strong history in forming local branches of various veteran’s associations to support those returning from war and their families.
These include:
- African War Veteran’s Association - Bundaberg Branch established in 1937.
- Legacy A Legacy Contact Group established in Bundaberg in 1947.
- The Naval Association of Australia - Coral Coast Sub-Section was established in 1999.
- RAAF Association Bundaberg and District Branch -established in 1987 and included ex-RAAF and ex-WRAAF.
- RSL Bundaberg Sub Branch established in 1916 with at least six other Sub Branches formed in the Wide Bay district by 1919.
- Vietnam Veteran’s Association of Australia Bundaberg and District Sub-Branch Inc, establishment date not known at this time.
- Women’s Veterans The Bundaberg District Women Veterans was established in 1967.
The Bundaberg Region had a very high enlistment rate per capita in World War I but also contributed personnel to all later conflicts.
This is reflected with over 300 service personnel listed on the Bundaberg War Memorial alone, and over 60 monuments and honour rolls distributed across the region.
A Bundaberg Regional Libraries research project has recorded many of these honour rolls and collated them into the Historypin | Remembrance and Honour page.
The Bundaberg War Memorial in Bourbong Street is the most well-known and is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
It is an example of the digger monument, built unlike any of its type. The digger statue was not manufactured locally but imported from Italy and is constructed of Italian marble.
It was incomplete when it was first unveiled on Anzac Day 1921, as the statue had not arrived from Italy. Later in the year, it was unveiled in its complete form. It was designed by Bundaberg architect, F.H. Faircloth and the masonry contractors were Anselm and Odling of Sydney.
In November 1923 the Returned Soldiers’ Memorial Baths were opened on Quay Street in Bundaberg City. It was just the second war memorial for Bundaberg city at the time.
It was a full regulation size concrete pool, filled with ‘clear salt water’ that had been pumped in from the river, with substantial dressing rooms and two galleries for spectators, seating up to 800 people.
Early movement to establish memorial baths
George Lionel Stedman, a fruiterer who lived in Goodwin Street with his wife Annie Elizabeth and their four children, was one of the local veterans instrumental in agitating for the development of the original baths.
He enlisted in the First World War in 1916 at the age of 28. A wound received in action in France in June 1918 required the amputation of his left arm at the shoulder. He also suffered the debilitating effects of a mustard gas attack.
Rather than embitter him, George’s wartime experiences inspired him to seek a better future for fellow servicemen.
Secretary of the Bundaberg Patriotic Committee and Secretary of the Bundaberg Repatriation Committee, George was dedicated to assisting returned servicemen and promoting the sport of swimming and the use of pools for public leisure.
(Information about the life of George Lionel Stedman provided by Scott Stedman, ancestor and local historian.)
Angel of Durban lays foundation stone
The pool’s foundation stone, inscribed with the words ‘erected to the memory of those who fought in the Great War 1914 – 1918’, was laid by Angel of Durban Ethel Campbell on 25 August 1923.
Ethel was revered by Australian troops for her dedication to soldier welfare. From 1915 until the end of the war she welcomed and farewelled every Australian troopship arriving in Durban with her semaphore flags (source: State Library of Queensland).
With her parents, Ethel toured Australia in 1923 and, arriving in Bundaberg, was welcomed by residents in their hundreds. “[T]he Caledonian Pipe Band played and there were speeches of welcome and thanks. The following day, amongst her official duties, Ethel laid the foundation stone of the … memorial baths,” the State Library of Queensland website says.
Transition to ‘ANZAC Pool’
In 1936 the Bundaberg City Council took over management of the memorial baths which were later found to be damaged beyond repair. A 1954 engineer’s report presented to a meeting of Council revealed “it is now found that the concrete was not reinforced”.
The Council of the day made the decision to construct the city’s first Olympic-sized pool in its place rather than reconstruct the original memorial baths.
An aerial view of the original memorial baths from the Bundaberg Sugar collection donated to Picture Bundaberg shows the orientation of the baths were perpendicular to its modern replacement.
Bundaberg Regional Libraries, donor, Bundaberg, Qld. ca. 1923, Picture Bundaberg.
The Olympic-sized pool on that site was officially opened by Mayor F.H. Buss on Saturday 31 March 1956 and renamed ANZAC Pool. 
Bundaberg Regional Libraries, donor, Bundaberg, Qld. ca. 1995, Picture Bundaberg
Situated between the original ANZAC Park and the Bundaberg RSL, the pool was demolished in 2023 as part of the ANZAC Park redevelopment project.
A family tribute to ANZAC Pool
Many locals have fond memories of time spent at ANZAC Pool, from swimming laps for health and competition to a refreshing splash with friends and family in the summer heat.
Two generations of one local family have shared their ANZAC Pool memories.
Anzac Pool