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Description

During Local History Week 2020, Jason Pilkington, Parks Planner of the Palmerston North City Council (at centre, pointing), took people on a walk around Memorial Park.

Memorial Park was built on the site of a former gravel pit. It was originally named Fitzroy Park in the 1930s and renamed as Memorial Park in the 1950s.

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Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
IMCA Digital Archive
Date
November 3, 2020
Digitisation ID
2020BD_IMCA-DigitalArchive_032805
Format
Born Digital
Held In
"IMCA Digital Archive"

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local history week,
parks,
reserves,
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