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KORUMBURRA WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL
Other Names- , Coleman Park Location19 QUEEN STREET, KORUMBURRA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, designed by R.V. Courtney and constructed by G.B. Edwards in 1922 in Bridge Street and later moved to Coleman Park in Queen Street, Korumburra.
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial in Coleman Park, Korumburra is a Tuscan column formed of stacked Pyrmont sandstone drums standing on a low square sandstone pedestal with radiating stub walls and bollards on a two-step plinth and linked to the pedestal with bronze chains and trims. The dedications are engraved in black on granite panels on each side of the pedestal. The column is surmounted by a bronze scrolled finial which contains a mounting for a light (now missing).
The memorial is distinguished from other similar memorials in the Shire by the scale and quality of its design.
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial in Coleman Park, Korumburra is a Tuscan column formed of stacked Pyrmont sandstone drums standing on a low square sandstone pedestal with radiating stub walls and bollards on a two-step plinth and linked to the pedestal with bronze chains and trims. The dedications are engraved in black on granite panels on each side of the pedestal. The column is surmounted by a bronze scrolled finial which contains a mounting for a light (now missing).
The memorial is distinguished from other similar memorials in the Shire by the scale and quality of its design.
How is it significant?
The Korumburra World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.
Why is it significant?
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. (Criteria A & D)
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. (Criterion G)
Aesthetically, the scale and quality of design make it the finest World War 1 memorial in the Shire. (Criterion E)
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. (Criterion G)
Aesthetically, the scale and quality of design make it the finest World War 1 memorial in the Shire. (Criterion E)
Group
Monuments and Memorials
Category
Disaster Memorial