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Stawell Peace Memorial

Location

Grampians Road STAWELL, NORTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE

File Number

Original Hermes No: 112277

Level

[1/2]
SL 095 - Peace Memorial,
[2/2]
SL 095a - View of memorial

Statement of Significance

The Peace Memorial, Halls Gap Road, Stawell was erected in July 1919 on the site of the former Treasury building at the commercial Street area to commemorate the end of World War I and the early site of settlement and gold diggings.

The Peace Memorial, Halls Gap Road, Stawell is aesthetically significant at a LOCAL level. It demonstrates important visual qualities. These qualities include the open grassed setting with mature perimeter Cypresses, the simple memorial with the stepped base of granite blocks and the surmounting rough faced obelisk of granite.

The Peace Memorial is historically significant at a LOCAL level. It is associated with the gold rush at Pleasant creek and the establishment of Commercial Street area. The monument also marks the importance of the cessation of World War I by the local residents.

Overall, the Stawell Cemetery is of LOCAL significance.

RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL

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