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Slaty Creek State School Honour RollPrint Page 
29-April-2014
Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland
The honour roll commemorates former students of the school who served in World War One.
SLATY CREEK, Friday.- "Back to Slaty Creek" celebrations this afternoon attracted a large crowd of visitors, including the Minister for Education (Mr. Pennington). In a speech Mr. Pennington said that last year he was allotted £ 8,000 to spend among 2,750 schools, but this year the amount had been increased to £100,000. Already 75 per cent, of it had been spent. Mothers' clubs were doing splendid work, especially in industrial suburbs. In the Werribee district there were 100 scholars, and 50 more coming on, and the department could not even provide a building for them. The department wanted to build a school, but the people wanted £70 an acre for land.
In unveiling an honour-board at the Slaty Creek State school, Mr. Pennington said that of those who enlisted from Slaty Creek, 50 per cent, made the supreme sacrifice. This was the largest number of deaths he knew of from any one school in the State.
Argus (Melbourne), 6 October 1934.
Location
| Address: | Raglan & McMahon Streets, Liberty Hall, St Arnaud, 3478 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.615596 Long: 143.255387 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Honour Roll |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW1 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 04-August-1914 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 28-June-1919 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 5th October, 1934 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAHonour Roll
Slaty Creek
S.S. No. 2127
1914 - 1918
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