RSL Art Union

The RSL Art Union (www.rslartunion.com.au) is Australias largest prize home lottery, raising funds which allow RSL Queensland to provide much-needed support to Queenslands veterans and assist in funding programs for veterans throughout Australia. The RSL Art Union was created in the spirit of mateship following World War I. Returned veterans were finding it difficult to reintegrate into mainstream society as a result of both physical injury and the harmful mental effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Many veterans were living in poverty and despair. As a way to provide a secure funding source for RSL Queensland, the RSL Art Union was created, allowing the continuation of the support programs so many veterans, and their families relied upon. RSL Queensland commenced its first fundraising operations in 1956. Today, the RSL Art Union continues to deliver critical funding for the support of returned Queensland veterans from recent conflict, as well as those on the long jo...