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Peace Loan Plaque : 06-December-2012
Peace Loan Plaque : 06-December-2012
Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson

The plaque commemorates the over subscription of the Commonwealth Peace Loan after World War One.

During World War One, to finance the war the Commonwealth had a series of war loans, and then peace loans. To recover the cost of the war and fund soldier pensions the government launched 'Peace Loan' campaigns after the war. Peace loans were similar to the war loans where people loaned money to the government and received interest.

Location

Address:Unley Road & Oxford Terrace, Town Hall, Unley, 5061
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.950764
Long: 138.607678
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Federal
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Dedication

Front Inscription

Commonwealth of Australia

Peace Loan

A. D. 1919

To commemorate the oversubscription of the allocated quota of this loan by the City of Unley

W. H. Langham    Mayor
W. A. Watt            Treasurer
W. M. Hughes       Prime Minister 

Source: MA,RVWM
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