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18-September-2016 (Chris McLaughlin)
Photographs supplied by Roger Johnson / Chris McLaughlin / Sandra Brown
The monument commemorates the soldier settler families who settled in the area after World War Two.
Location
Address: | Murray Valley Highway , Yarroweyah Memorial Hall, Yarroweyah, 3644 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.925331 Long: 145.560518 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Landscape |
Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Approx. Event Start Date: | 1947 |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Yarroweyah Soldier Settlers Monument
Back Inscription
Source: MA,VWHIYarroweyah Memorial
World War II Returned Servicemen
This monument was erected to commemorate the soldier settlers, their wives and families who stayed to receive their purchase leases and pioneered the new irrigation settlement which commenced in Yarroweyah in 1947.
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