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Len Stockings Monument : July 2014
Len Stockings Monument : July 2014
Len Stockings Monument : July 2014
Len Stockings Plaque Inscription : July 2014
Parkway Plaque : July-2014
Len Stockings Monument 2 : July -2014

Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams

The monument erected by Coonamble Shire Council on John Renshaw Parkway commemorates Councillor Len Stockings who pioneered the first vehicular crossing over the Warrambungle Ranges in 1947. A plaque on the monument also details the official opening of the Parkway.

Note : - The John Renshaw Parkway is a sealed and an unsealed road in New South Wales. It goes from near Warrumbungle to Coonabarabran.

Location

Address:John Renshaw Parkway (Timor Road) , White Gum Lookout Car Park, Warrumbungles National Park , Coonabarabran , 2357
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -31.289115
Long: 149.041484
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Government - Local

Dedication

Front Inscription
           THIS PLAQUE WAS ERECTED BY
        COONAMBLE SHIRE COUNCIL
                        IN MEMORY OF
THE LATE COUNCILLOR LEN STOCKINGS
WHO PIONEERED & LED THE FIRST VEHICULAR CROSSING
    OVER THE WARRAMBUNGLE RANGES
                    IN APRIL, 1947.
Left Side Inscription
COUNCILS OF THE SHIRES OF COONAMBLE AND COONABARABRAN
             JOHN RENSHAW PARKWAY
                OFFICIALLY OPENED
      ON SUNDAY, 16TH OCTOBER, 1966
                         BY
THE HONOURABLE J.B.RENSHAW, M.L.A.
LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION AND MEMBER FOR CASTLEREAGH

P.H.CULLEN                          C.D.RENSHAW
President                                    President


 
Source: MA
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