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Woolsthorpe War Memorial

Location Manifold Street, Woolsthorpe VIC 3276 File Number Original Hermes No: 121922 Level -

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The war memorial and soldiers' memorial park, Manifold Street, Woolsthorpe, comprises a small stone war memorial (a column topped with a ball) which is erected in a small reserve. The reserve was donated for the purpose by local landowner William Lindsay in 1919. There are no apparent significant plantings remaining at the site, but the memorial was originally set within a seven-point floral garden bed.

How is it significant?
The war memorial and soldiers' memorial park, Manifold Street, Woolsthorpe, is of historical, aesthetic and social significance to Moyne Shire.

Why is it significant?
The war memorial and soldiers' memorial park, Manifold Street, Woolsthorpe, is of local historical significance as one of several war memorials in Moyne Shire that were erected to remember local soldiers in the wake of the First World War. The memorial at Woolsthorpe is of local historical importance as a site donated by prominent local landowner William Lindsay in 1919 and maintained by the local community since that time.

The war memorial and soldiers' memorial park, Manifold Street, Woolsthorpe, is of local aesthetic significance for the simple stone memorial of unusual form and the park setting.

The war memorial and memorial park, Manifold St, Woolsthorpe, is of local social significance as a site of pilgrimage, prayer and reflection since its installation after World War I.