Skip to main content

Canowindra Memorial Park

Canowindra Memorial Park
Middle
Image
Canowindra War Memorial Arch
Image
Canowindra Memorial Park, park name inset into paving
Image
Canowindra Memorial Park, opening tablet
Image
Canowindra Memorial Park, Returned and Services League paving emblem
0 / 0
-
Description / Background

This memorial park was opened in November 1947. At its entrance is the Canowindra War Memorial Arch and within the grounds is the Canowindra War Memorial. The park includes grassed areas and several paved walkways, one of which features an artwork of the Returned and Services League emblem.

Plans for the official opening of the park were underway by September 1947. At that stage, a number of flowering shrubs had been planted and annuals had been purchased to be planted later. On 17 September, the Molong Express and Western District Advertiser reported Canowindra RSL sub-Branch had recently decided to approach Colonel Anderson VC of Young to perform the opening on Remembrance Day, 11 November. He accepted and a marble tablet on site records the details of the event. 

On 16 June 1948, the Molong Express outlined the extensive works Boree Shire Council had undertaken in the park, prior to the opening. Improvements included planting 50 flowering trees, erecting fences, and constructing the memorial arch. 

Inscription

Tablet

Canowindra

Memorial Park

opened by

Lieut.-Col

C.W.G. Anderson V.C.

11 Nov. 1947

Veterans listed on this memorial

Do you know more about this war Memorial?

Click here to learn how you can contribute
Sidebar
Address
Cnr Gaskill and Blatchford Streets
Canowindra NSW 2804
Local Government Area
Cabonne Shire
Setting
Roadside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Garden/park
Gate/lychgate
Recorded by
Graham Wilson. Peter Levarre-Waters. Canowindra RSL sub-Branch.
Year of construction
1947-1948
Dedication date
11 November 1947
Conflict/s
Second World War, 1939–45
Materials
Brick
Concrete
Marble
Metal