Ararat Cenotaph
Western Highway and Barkly Street ARARAT, ARARAT RURAL CITY
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Statement of Significance
The Ararat war memorial, located in the Town Hall Square, was established on the 9th of August 1930 and now commemorates those that partook in WWI, WWII, Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. It consists of a large stone cenotaph with a bronze plaque.
The architect, A. S. Hall ARIBA, deliberately modelled this structure on the form of Sir Edward Lutyens' own Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, erected immediately after the signing of the Armistice, as a memorial at the heart of the Empire to the Empire's dead. Hall's design won a competition and he supervised the construction. The area was further developed and landscaped after the Second World War to include the fallen of that war. The bronze plaques, which were not part of the original contract, were sculpted by Wallace Anderson and cast in Melbourne.
The significance of the Cenotaph includes the central structure and extends to all the hard surfaces, flagpoles, retaining walls and plantings. A structure with deliberately simple detailing, in the conventional Classical idiom, the Cenotaph harks back to the funerary monuments of the empires of ancient Greece and Rome. The symbolism is extended by the use of axial planting into the surrounding park. Materials employed are as follows; walls: ashlar sandstone; dressing: sandstone; and plinth: dressed bluestone.
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Ararat Cenotaph - Physical Description 1
Large stone cenotaph with bronze plaque.
Ararat Cenotaph - Historical Australian Themes
Remembering the fallen
Ararat Cenotaph - Usage/Former Usage
Commemoration
Veterans Description for Public
Ararat Cenotaph - Veterans Description for Public
The Ararat Cenotaph, located in the Town Hall Square, was established on the 9th of August 1930 and now commemorates those that partook in First World War, Second World War,Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam. It consists of a large stone cenotaph with a bronze plaque.
The architect, A. S. Hall ARIBA, deliberately modelled this structure on the form of Sir Edward Lutyens' own Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, erected immediately after the signing of the Armistice, as a memorial at the heart of the Empire to the Empire's dead. Hall's design won a competition and he supervised the construction. The area was further developed and landscaped after the Second World War to include the fallen of that war. The bronze plaques, which were not part of the original contract, were sculpted by Wallace Anderson and cast in Melbourne.
The significance of the Cenotaph includes the central structure and extends to all the hard surfaces, flagpoles, retaining walls and plantings. A structure with deliberately simple detailing, in the conventional Classical idiom, the Cenotaph harks back to the funerary monuments of the empires of ancient Greece and Rome. The symbolism is extended by the use of axial planting into the surrounding park. Materials employed are as follows; walls: ashlar sandstone; dressing: sandstone; and plinth: dressed bluestone.
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SIGNAL BOX A AND SIGNAL POSTSVictorian Heritage Register H1094
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FORMER ARARAT LOCOMOTIVE DEPOT AND TURNTABLEVictorian Heritage Register H1093
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DominicaNational Trust
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