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The fountain commemorates the opening of the Moruya water supply in 1954. 

The Department of Public Works was spending £1,000,000 during this financial year on water and sewerage works throughout the State, the Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. B. Renshaw) said at Moruya yesterday. Mr. Renshaw was officially opening the new Moruya Water Supply costing approximately £50,000. Mr. J. G. Beale, M.L.A., for the South Coast, introduced the Minister. The scheme comprises a pumping-station drawing from the Moruya River, about two and a half miles south-west of Moruya town ship. The water is taken by rising main to a 150,000 gallon reinforced concrete service reservoir.
Illawarra Daily Mercury (Wollongong, NSW), 6 November 1954.
 

Location

Address:Murray Street, Shire Council Grounds, Moruya, 2537
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.912558
Long: 150.079534
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Fountain
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:State

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 5th November, 1954
Front Inscription

EUROBODALLA SHIRE COUNCIL.

THIS DRINKING FOUNTAIN
COMMEMORATES THE OFFICIAL OPENING
OF THE MORUYA WATER SUPPLY
              BY THE
HONOURABLE J.B. RENSHAW M.LA.
MINISTER FOR WORKS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
ON 5th NOVEMBER 1954.

Source: H,NRUM, MA
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