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Koroit War Memorial

Location High Street, Koroit VIC 3282 File Number Original Hermes No: 122006 Level -

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Koroit war memorial, in High Street, Koroit, was erected in 1928 and remodelled in 1990. The memorial takes the form of a simple stone obelisk set on a stone base. The base was altered and raised in 1990. This new section is of little appreciable cultural significance.

Why is it significant?
The Koroit war memorial, High Street, Koroit, erected in 1928, is of historical and aesthetic significance to Moyne Shire.

How is it significant?
The Koroit war memorial, High Street, Koroit, is of local historical significance as a memorial to the local men who lost their lives as soldiers in World War I, and also as a memorial to those who died in later wars. Its original small size of the memorial and the delay in its construction is of local historical significance as a reflection of popular sentiment of the local Irish Catholic community towards the British Empire in the fractious 1920s.

The Koroit war memorial, Koroit, erected in 1928, is of local aesthetic significance for its simple form and its use of local stone. Its significance is enhanced by its garden setting.