Back to search results
SOLDIER SETTLEMENT MEMORIAL
Morgiana Road MORGIANA, Southern Grampians Shire
SOLDIER SETTLEMENT MEMORIAL
Morgiana Road MORGIANA, Southern Grampians Shire
All information on this page is maintained by Southern Grampians Shire.
Click below for their website and contact details.
Southern Grampians Shire
23184 Copy of 0465 Soldier Settlers Memorial Yulecart
On this page:
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Morgiana and Kinvonvie Soldier Settlement Memorial is located on the roadside reserve of Morgiana Road. The memorial is a large basalt boulder set in a concrete slab. A simple bronze plaque is set on the boulder, which details the names of those who first took up land under the World War Two Soldier Settlement Scheme on Kinvonvie and Morgiana Estates. The memorial was erected in 2002 and is in excellent condition.
How is it significant?
The Soldier Settlement Memorial is of historical and social significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
The Soldier Settlement Memorial is of historical significance for marking a major chapter in post World War 2 repatriation, commemoration and early posterity. It of further historical significance for its association with the returned servicemen and their families who took up land on the estates. The memorial is of social significance as a physical reminder of the change in the social structures which soldier settlement brought to the area, as well as many other communities in Victoria.
The Morgiana and Kinvonvie Soldier Settlement Memorial is located on the roadside reserve of Morgiana Road. The memorial is a large basalt boulder set in a concrete slab. A simple bronze plaque is set on the boulder, which details the names of those who first took up land under the World War Two Soldier Settlement Scheme on Kinvonvie and Morgiana Estates. The memorial was erected in 2002 and is in excellent condition.
How is it significant?
The Soldier Settlement Memorial is of historical and social significance to the Southern Grampians Shire.
Why is it significant?
The Soldier Settlement Memorial is of historical significance for marking a major chapter in post World War 2 repatriation, commemoration and early posterity. It of further historical significance for its association with the returned servicemen and their families who took up land on the estates. The memorial is of social significance as a physical reminder of the change in the social structures which soldier settlement brought to the area, as well as many other communities in Victoria.
Show more
Show less
-
-
-
-
MORGIANA HOMESTEAD COMPLEX
Southern Grampians Shire -
MORGIANA WOOLSHED
Southern Grampians Shire
-
Morgiana and Kinvonvie Soldier Settlement Memorial
Vic. War Heritage Inventory
-
1 Curtain Street
Yarra City -
10 Forest Street
Yarra City
-
10-22 Taplin Street
Yarra City
-
-
