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School of Arts Memorial FacadePrint Page 
A major addition to the School of Arts Building took place in 1902 when a new main hall was constructed on the southern end of the building at a cost of £1,200. The foundation stone was again laid by Mrs C. A. Lee (by then the wife of the Member for Tenterfield) and the building was constructed by local contractors, Day and Heiss. The project included a stone façade as a memorial to local men who had lost their lives during the Boer War. A certain amount of controversy surrounded this facade when the School of Arts Committee used funds from the Fallen Soldiers Memorial Committee to build it. Some believed that it had done so without adequate consultation and the resulting divisions meant that Tenterfield was ultimately provided with two separate Boer War Memorials, a short distance from each other.
Location
| Address: | New England Highway (Rouse Street), Memorial School of Arts , Tenterfield, 2372 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.055854 Long: 152.018804 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Structure |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Boer |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 11-October-1899 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 01-June-1902 |
| Designer: | W. H. Bartrop (Singleton, NSW) |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 28th October, 1902 |
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1903
SCHOOL OF ARTS
THIS ENTRANCE WAS ERECTED
in memory of those who fell
DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1899 - 1902
130. Sergeant Major James
MITCHELL
Tenterfield Squadron M. R.
Killed at Elands River, 18th August 1900.
178. Trooper WILLIAM BENDER
Tenterfield Squadron M. R.
Died at "Bloemfontein", 3rd April 1900
Trooper ARTHUR PERCY
BRITTEN GREY
N.S.W. Bushmen.
Died at "Pretoria", 19th Nov. 1901.
HE DOTH NOT FAIL WHO FOR HIS COUNTRY FALLS
This Stone Was Laid By
Mrs C. A. LEE
15th October 1902
WILLIAM REID
President
