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POOWONG WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL

Location

NYORA ROAD, POOWONG, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Poowong World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, constructed in 1922 in Nyora Road, Poowong.

Why is it significant?
The Poowong World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town and district of Poowong.

Historically, it was the first memorial to be established in the former Korumburra Shire and expresses the significant effect that the First World War had upon small rural communities. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Socially, the memorial is important as the focus of local remembrance day activities. (AHC criterion - G.1)

Group

Monuments and Memorials

Category

War Memorial