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Warragamba District War Memorials

Warragamba District War Memorials
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Description / Background

A grouping of brick and sandstone plinths, dedicated to those who served, located in a park on a roundabout. These memorials were dedicated in 2006 by the Hon Geoff Corrigan MP, Member for Camden. 

The local Rotary Club of Wallacia-Mulgoa Valley Inc. undertook additions to the memorial as a Centennial Project of Rotary in 2005 to commemorate those from the local area who served in the wars and to act as a focal point for Anzac Day commemorations. The additions were officially opened on 1 April 2006 and consisted of two flanged brick remembrance walls, with suitable plaques and honour rolls, stencilled concrete paving and gardens. The walls are situated at the flagpole, that was separated from the plinths, where wreaths can be laid.

Inscription

Plaque 1

LEST WE FORGET

In memory of those who served in World War ll, especially those from the local community names of those who served

[Names]

A Centennial Project of the Rotary Club of Wallacia - Mulgoa Valley.

Plaque 2

WOLLONDILLY SHIRE COUNCIL

THIS AREA IS DEDICATED TO ALL WHO

SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY.

FLAGPOLE PRESENTED BY METBEND ENGINEERING & SALES PTY. LTD.

THE AUSTRALIAN FLAG BY COUNCILLOR R.E.MIDDLETON.

AUGUST 1973.

Plaque 3

In memory of all of those from the district

who served Australia during

WORLD WAR I

1914 - 1918

LEST WE FORGET

Rotary Club of Wallacia - Mulgoa Valley.

Plaque 4

WOLLONDILLY SHIRE COUNCIL 1995 WARRAGAMBA DISTRICT REMEMBERS

WARRAGAMBA TOWNSHIP REMEMBERS

The design of the combined memorial is as follows:

The sandstone plinths are original core samples from Warragamba Dam and have been donated by the Water Board.

The plinth facing west represents the traditional orientation during remembrance of all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

The plinth facing east represents the promise of a new day, a statement that those who worked on Warragamba Dam expected to return home to see another day.

The two (2) plinths back to back represent the opposing expectations of those who have died.

The soldier ready to lay down his life for his country.

The dam worker expecting to return home.

Yet both face the same fate.

The pattern surrounding both plinths represents the rising sun with the centre most section, the sun and the radiating lines the sun's rays.

The design and construction of the memorial was undertaken by the Works Division of Wollondilly Shire council. Funds were provided by the Federal Government through the Wollondilly Remembers Committee and Wollondilly Shire Council.

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Address
Intersection of Fourth, Fourteenth, Weir and Fifteenth Streets
Warragamba NSW 2752
Local Government Area
Wollondilly Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Flag/flagpole
Stone/bushrock
Wall
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters; Sue Corcoran, Rotary Club of Wallacia-Mulgoa Valley Inc.
Year of construction
2006
Dedication date
01 April 2006
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
All conflicts
Materials
Brick
Concrete
Sandstone