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Johnstone Park Peace Memorial Building
24 Gheringhap Street, GEELONG VIC 3220 - Property No 299927
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A-C Listed - State, Regional and Local Significance
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
This memorial building in Johnstone Park, Geelong, is located in an area initially reserved as public space in the 1858 Geelong Town plan. In July 1919, the Geelong Town Council decided to build a Peace Memorial Foyer to commemorate the fallen of World War I. A Crown grant of land at the focal point of the Geelong Civic Centre in Johnstone Park was obtained at that
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