Flight Museum Plea For Funding Lifeline
Illawarra Mercury
Thursday June 12, 2003
AUSTRALIA'S Museum of Flight has appealed to Shoalhaven City Council for a lifeline to ease its financial struggle.
Museum chairman Neil Ralph addressed a works and finance committee meeting this week.
The committee recommended the council provide $30,000 from its donations allocations funds for 2003-2004 and that resources to assist project management and marketing be provided. Recommendations will be considered at a council meeting on June 23.
Mr Ralph said bushfires in two Christmas-New Year holiday periods and drought had a negative impact on tourism. This and the collapse of a major sponsor, HIH Insurance, created financial woes.
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