The site was first occupied by the Good Templars Hall, a small wooden building erected in the latter part of the 19th Century which served as the local centre for various community activities.  Following World War I, funds were raised by public subscription and extensions comprising a library, billiard room and RSL meeting room were officially opened for public use as the Caboolture and District Soldiers' Memorial School of Arts on 11 September 1920.  In 1953 the hall came under the control of the Caboolture Shire Council who operated it for community activities until early 1969 when insurance and fire inspection indicated the hall was beyond economic repair. It was demolished and replaced by the present structure which was opened in 1975.¹

Plaque on rock in garden outside main entrance
CABOOLTURE SHIRE MEMORIAL HALL
WAS OPENED BY
CR. F. A. ROGERS, M.B.E.
PRESIDENT OF
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
OF QUEENSLAND
ON 15^TH NOVEMBER, 1975.
AND DEDICATED AS A MEMORIAL
TO THOSE PEOPLE OF THIS DISTRICT
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN TIMES OF WAR

Information current to March 2002

Sources: ¹McIvor, Shirley and Trevor, Queensland War Memorials and Tributes, CD, S & T McIvor 27 Maker Street 
                         Toowoomba Qld 4350, 1999
                  Other information and the photo on this page have been kindly provided by Brett Prentice
                  Photo © Brett Prentice

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