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Stonehenge Soldier Settler Estate : 10-July-2011
Stonehenge Soldier Settler Estate : 10-July-2011

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The monument commemorates the returned servicemen and their families who settled on the Stonehenge soldier settler estate following World War Two. 

Location

Address:Hamilton Highway, approximately 9 kilometres east of Darlington, Darlington, 3271
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.972736
Long: 143.140472
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Approx. Event Start Date:1951

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 25th November, 2007
Front Inscription

Victoria Soldier Settlement Commission.  

Subdivision of "Stonehenge" Estate.
Parish of Geelengla  
County of Hampden 1951

This memorial celebrates the returned servicemen and their families who settled on the Stonehenge Estate following World War II.  Their determination, hardwork, and fellowship developed these farms and contributed to the prosperity of the District and our nation.

R. H. Johnston   Lot 1
G. R. Fisher        Lot 2
L. G. Fitzgerald  Lot 3
R. W. Brown       Lot 4
W. M. Edgar       Lot 5
D. H. Smerdon   Lot 6
D. M. Rowe        Lot 7
A. W. White        Lot 8

Dedicated on 25th November 2007

Source: MA,RSLV
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