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Foster War Memorial

Location

Main Street FOSTER, South Gippsland Shire

File Number

Original Hermes No: 30605

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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The Foster World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, designed by the Standard Quarry Co. of Melbourne and constructed in 1925, in Main Street, Foster.

Why is it Significant?
The Foster World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the town and district of Foster.

Historically and socially, although not the first, it has now become the main World War 1 memorial in Foster and demonstrates the impact of World War 1 upon rural communities. (AHC criteria - A.4, D.2 and G.1) Aesthetically, it is a locally superior example of a World War 1 monument that contributes to the historic civic character of Main Street in Foster. (AHC criterion - E.1)

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