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05-January-2002 (Diane Watson)
05-January-2002 (Diane Watson)

Photographs supplied by Diane Watson / Henry Moulds

The rotunda commemorates those who served in World War One, and was built in 1932, by the Hughenden District Soldiers’ Memorial Fund.

Services were held at this rotunda with a street parade until 1956, when a new Memorial was built in conjunction with the Hughenden Memorial Pool and opened in September 1956.

Location

Address:Gray Street, Hughenden, 4821
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -20.844528
Long: 144.200234
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:04-August-1914
Actual Event End Date:28-June-1919
Link:http://www.qldwarmemorials.com.au/P…

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1932
Front Inscription

This rotunda was erected in 1932 by the Hughenden District Soldiers Memorial Fund as a dedication to the soldiers of the First World War

ANZAC Day services were held here prior to the building of the new cenotaph

Source: QWMR,MA
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