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Korumburra War Memorial

Other Name Coleman Park Location 19 Queen Street KORUMBURRA, South Gippsland Shire File Number Original Hermes No: 30726 Level -

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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, designed by RV Courtney and constructed by GB Edwards in 1922 in Bridge Street and later moved to Coleman Park in Queen Street, Korumburra.

Why is it Significant?
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, it is the major memorial in the former Shire of Korumburra dedicated to the soldiers who served in the First World War and demonstrates the impact of the War upon the district. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2) Socially, it is an important regional focus of Anzac Day, and demonstrates the importance placed upon the erection of a suitable memorial by local communities. (AHC criterion - G.1) Aesthetically, the scale and quality of design make it the finest World War 1 memorial in the Shire.
(AHC criterion - E.1)