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25-November-2015
25-November-2015

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The playground commemorates Dr Robert Malcolm Glasson who was a doctor in Wellington for many years.  He died in 1954. 

Dr. Robert Malcolm Glasson, one of the best known doctors in the Western Districts, died at Sunday after a long illness. He was 53. A member of a well known pastoral family, he was born at Molong, and educated at All  Saints' College, Bathurst and later graduated from the Sydney University. He had been in practice in Wellington for many years and is survived by his widow and two sons, Robin and Martin. After a memorial service at St. John the Baptist Church, Wellington, on Sunday afternoon, the casket was taken to Sydney for cremation.
Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW), 
19 October 1954.

Location

Address:Mitchell Highway, Cameron Park, Wellington, 2820
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.551879
Long: 148.940967
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Park
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Medicine

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1956
Front Inscription

1956

Dr. R. M. Glasson

Memorial Children`s Playground

 

Source: MA,H
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