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Wangoom Memorial Hall

Location Wangoom-Warrumjea Road, Wangoom VIC 3279 File Number Original Hermes No: 121920 Level -

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Memorial Hall at Wangoom, erected in 1958, is a small brick hall building with a low pitched gabled roof and double-leafed entrance. It was built with funding from the Public Works Department and registered as RSL Memorial Hall, Wangoom, in 1959.

How is it significant?
The Memorial Hall at Wangoom is of historical, architectural and social significance to Moyne Shire.

Why is it significant?
The Memorial Hall at Wangoom is of local historical significance for its part in the development of the small town of Wangoom. It is also of historical significance as one of several public halls in the Shire dedicated as a soldiers' memorial. The Wangoom Memorial Hall is a rare example in Moyne Shire of a public hall to be dedicated as a war memorial after World War II.

The Memorial Hall at Wangoom is of local aesthetic significance as a 1950s-style brick hall.

The Memorial Hall at Wangoom is of local social significance as a dedicated war memorial, and hence a place of pilgrimage, prayer and reflection, and also as a community facility in use for almost fifty years.