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Governor General Sir Willoughby Norrie meets local Returned Servicemen at the dedication of Fitzroy Memorial Park. From about 1951 the eastern end of Fitzroy Park was developed as a memorial to those who died in World War Two, and a war memorial was unveiled 19 October 1952. At the 1954 dedication of the whole park, a plaque on the Memorial Entrance was also unveiled.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection O 79
Date
December 3, 1954
Digitisation ID
2008P_O79_A-E_1323
Held In
Coolstore

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