Miller Boys Memorial Land Within 5m of memorial

The Miller Boys' Memorial is a rock cairn located on Bluff Road, St Leonards commemorating the drowning of two brothers in 1942.

It is of social significance to the local St Leonard's community.

The cairn is said to have been erected from volcanic rocks collected on the beach by the boys' mother. The Millers were a local family and the community arranged for the erection of the cairn after a search failed to fid the boys bodies.

This cairn has special significance for the permanent local community in general and the families of these boys in particular, as a memorial to the tragic even of September 1, 1942. This memorial has the added importance of being the only tangible remaining evidence as the are no graves.

It is of LOCAL significance.

Geelong Advertiser - 2 September 1942 p.1.

Mrs Pat Rigby (nee Miller)

Group

Public Art

Category

Memorial