Dedication of Memorial Park

Description

Governor General Sir Willoughby Norrie meets local Returned Servicemen at the dedication of Fitzroy Memorial Park. From about 1951 the eastern end of Fitzroy Park was developed as a memorial to those who died in World War Two, and a war memorial was unveiled 19 October 1952. At the 1954 dedication of the whole park, a plaque on the Memorial Entrance was also unveiled.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection O 79

Date

December 3, 1954

Digitisation id

2008P_O79_A-E_1323

Held in

Coolstore