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WELSHPOOL WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL

Location

MAIN STREET, WELSHPOOL, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Welshpool World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, comprising the memorial constructed by W. Bird in 1920 and the associated flagpole and mature palms, and situated in Main Street, Welshpool.

Why is it significant?
The Welshpool World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the township and district of Welshpool.

Historically, it was the first war memorial in the former Shire of South Gippsland and expresses the significant effect that the First World War had upon small rural communities, and is related to the Avenue of Honour. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)

Aesthetically, the memorial is enhanced by its landscape setting that includes mature Canary Island Palms that are symbolic of victory.

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

Group

Monuments and Memorials

Category

War Memorial