Templestowe War Memorial
43-45 Foote Street TEMPLESTOWE, Manningham City
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Templestowe War Memorial, 43-45 Foote Street, Templestowe.
How is it significant?
The Templestowe War Memorial, 43-45 Foote Street, Templestowe is of local historic and social significance.
Why is it significant?
Of historic significance demonstrating the loss of life of local men in international conflicts, starting with World War I. (RNE criterion A.4)
Of social significance because it demonstrates the community's ongoing remembrance of those who fought and died in these armed conflicts. (RNE criterion G.1)
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Templestowe War Memorial - Historical Australian Themes
Local Themes
6.07 - Memorials
Templestowe War Memorial - Physical Description 1
This is a Harcourt granite memorial comprising a pair of polished granite Tuscan Order columns resting on a stepped plinth with a rock-faced base. The columns are surmounted by an arch to which is affixed a bronze military crest. The memorial is sited more or less centrally in a concretebrick paved apron. Arranged in a curve to the rear of the memorial there are rough-hewn boulders with bronze plaques commemorating conflicts in Vietnam, Borneo, World War Two, Malaya and Korea.
Flanking plantings are Palms (Washingtonia filitera) and an encircling planting of olives, with informally distributed Eucalypts (species not known) in the park lawn. A new stone memorial located at the south-west corner of the park was under construction at the time of writing
Templestowe War Memorial - Physical Conditions
Condition Good
Templestowe War Memorial - Integrity
Integrity Altered - moved from original
Templestowe War Memorial - Physical Description 2
Threats None apparent
Templestowe War Memorial - Physical Description 3
Key elements
Monument
Veterans Description for Public
Templestowe War Memorial - Veterans Description for Public
The Templestowe War Memorial at 43-45 Foote Street, is a Harcourt granite memorial comprising a pair of polished granite Tuscan Order columns resting on a stepped plinth with a rock-faced base. The columns are surmounted by an arch to which is affixed a bronze military crest. Originally constructed to commemorate the First World War, rough-hewn boulders with bronze plaques have been arranged in a curve at the rear of the memorial to commemorate conflicts in Vietnam, Borneo, Second World War, Malaya and Korea.
This site was renamed 'Services Memorial Park' in 1971 and the memorial was relocated from its original site at Anderson Street, to the park in 1990, when additional memorials were added for other conflicts. The official ceremony of dedication was conducted on 25 April, 1990, the 75th anniversary of Anzac day. Several palms (Washingtonia filitera), olives trees, and Eucalypts trees flank the memorial.
Heritage Study and Grading
Manningham - Manningham Heritage Study Review
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2006
Grading: Local
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MENLOVictorian Heritage Register H2294
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FINNS HOTELVictorian Heritage Inventory
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