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Mortlake War Memorial

Location Dunlop Street and Shaw Street corner, Mortlake VIC 3272 File Number Original Hermes No: 122920 Level -

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Mortlake war memorial, unveiled in 1922, stands at the intersection of Shaw Street and Dunlop Street in the town centre. It represents a soldier in the half-salute position, which has been cut from white marble.

How it is significant?
The Mortlake war memorial, at the intersection of Shaw Street and Dunlop Street, is of historical, architectural, aesthetic and social significance to the Shire of Moyne.

Why is it significant?
The Mortlake war memorial, at the intersection of Shaw Street and Dunlop Street, is of local historical significance as one of an important group of memorials erected in Moyne Shire in the wake of World War I. The Mortlake example is relatively unusual in design for a small town being a representation of a soldier at half-salute. Its historical significance is enhanced both by the extensive Avenue of Honour at the eastern entrance to the township and an earlier memorial located in the gardens that commemorates the local men who lost their lives fighting in the South African Wars (1899-1902).

The Mortlake war memorial is of local aesthetic significance for its defining of the eastern entrance to the town, and for its use of white marble.

The Mortlake war memorial is of local social significance as a war memorial, and as such as a site of prayer, pilgrimage and remembrance for the people of Mortlake and district.