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19-May-2014
19-May-2014

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The fountain commemorates the town`s pioneers and the importance of water to the whole Mallee district`s development.

Location

Address:22 Cumming Avenue, Council Chambers, Birchip, 3483
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.982388
Long: 142.917854
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Fountain
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Artist:Ian Bow

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:August-1964
Front Inscription

This Pioneer Memorial Fountain was dedicated in August 1964.

To the memory of those people who explored pioneered and developed the Birchip District and to symbolise the important contribution that water and power made to this development

Sculptor - Ian Bow

Source: MA
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