According to Ken Inglis (Sacred places : war memorials in the Australian landscape / K.S. Inglis assisted by Jan Brazier. Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2001)
"It is believed to be Australia's first memorial of the Great War that incorporated a soldier-statue. The foundation stone was laid by the Mayor in early April 1916 less than one year after the landing at Gallipoli and the memorial was unveiled later that same year on 16 September. On the first anniversary of the Anzac landing on 25 April 1916, marchers led by men wounded at Gallipoli, saluted the incomplete pedestal on their way to church services."
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Corner of Hunter and Bolton Streets, Newcastle NSW, [1920]
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InformationNewcastle Post Office on the right, note War Memorial in from of the Post Office. Union Bank building on right at rear of photographDate[1920][2] Corner of Bolton and Hunter Streets, Newcastle, NSWPlaceNewcastle, NSWMore informationNewcastle War Memorial: Monument AustraliaNewcastle's first war memorialThis image can be used for study and personal research purposes. If you wish to reproduce this image for any other purpose please contact the University of Newcastle Library's Special Collections.
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