Victory Memorial Gardens

Victory Memorial Gardens

Victory Memorial Gardens are located on the banks of the Wollundry Lagoon in the central business district of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. The five acres of land were formerly the site of the Old Police Barracks and Police Paddock, where all of the police horses were kept. It became land for public recreation in February 1931.cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Victory Memorial Gardens|url= |work= Junior Advertiser: Museum Man |publisher= Daily Advertiser Wagga Wagga |date=25 April 2007 |accessdate= Cached version of reproduction of the article from the Museum of Wagga Wagga [http://cc.msnscache.com/cache.aspx?q=8352414596654&lang=en-AU&mkt=en-AU&FORM=CVRE4] retrieved 17 September 2007] In 1925 the Wagga City Council planned a tribute to those who fought and died in the First World War. The Council originally planned a museum but public preference was for gardens. There was a public competition for the design which was won by Thomas Kerr who was the chief landscape gardener of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney. Work on the gardens started in 1928.

In the midst of the war, there had been a proposal for a Memorial Arch to honour volunteer soldiers from 1916. The proposal gained momentum when the servicemen returned after the War. A plan was finally planned to construct a monumental archway entrance to a memorial gardens in 1925. The Victory Memorial Gardens Arch was finally completed at a cost of £1700 and was officially unveiled amid great fanfare on Anzac Day 1927 by Major-General C. F. Cox.

A cenotaph had been built earlier in 1922.

In 2006 the Chisholm Fountain, previously located in the Civic Centre precinct, was restored and installed in the gardens in time for Anzac Day commemorations.

References

External links

* [http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/294-victory-memorial-gardens.asp City of Wagga Wagga page on the gardens]
* [http://www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/477-victory-memorial-gardens.asp City of Wagga Wagga history of the gardens, in particlular the memorials]


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