Nurmurkah Commemorative POW Plantation
Tocumwal Road and Pine Street,Nurmurkah, MOIRA SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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Nurmurkah Commemorative POW Plantation - Physical Description 1
The plantation of trees stretches along Tocumwal Road on the south side of the railway line. There is a metal arch with the metal letters P O W joined by chains and below this the word PLANTATION. Below the arch is a boulder on a concrete and brick base with a plaque on its south side.
South face of boulder
Plaque
SHIRE OF NUMURKAH
COMMEMORATIVE POW PLANTATION
DEDICATED TO SERVICEMEN OF NUMURKAH AND
DISTRICT WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR
DURING WORLD WAR 2
THE QUALITY OF AUSTRALIAN MATESHIP
PREVAILED AND EXPRESSED ITSELF IN ENDURING
COMRADESHIP BORN OUT OF ADVERSITY.
CR. G. BROWN-SHEPHERD, SHIRE PRESIDENT.
16. 11. 1986Nurmurkah Commemorative POW Plantation - Historical Australian Themes
Remembering the fallen
Nurmurkah Commemorative POW Plantation - Usage/Former Usage
Commemoration
Veterans Description for Public
Nurmurkah Commemorative POW Plantation - Veterans Description for Public
The Nurmurkah Commemorative Plantation consists of a stretch of trees along Tocumwal Road on the south side of the railway line. There is a metal arch with the metal letters "POW" joined by chains and below this the word Plantation. Below the arch is a boulder on a concrete and brick base, with a plaque on its south side which reads:
"Shire Of Numurkah
Commemorative POW Plantation
Dedicated To Servicemen Of Numurkah And
District Who Were Prisoners Of War
During World War 2
The Quality Of Australian Mateship
Prevailed And Expressed Itself In Enduring
Comradeship Born Out Of Adversity.
Cr. G. Brown-Shepherd, Shire President.
16. 11. 1986."
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Numurkah War MemorialVic. War Heritage Inventory
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Numurkah Avenue of HonourVic. War Heritage Inventory
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Numurkah Commemorative P.O.W. PlantationVic. War Heritage Inventory
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