Fernihurst Memorial Shelter

FORMER SCHOOL SITE, BOORT-FERNIHURST ROAD FERNIHURST, LODDON SHIRE

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    Fernihurst Memorial Shelter - Veterans Description for Public

    Fernihurst Memorial Shelter is a single storey, octagonal concrete structure with a pyramidal roof clad in galvanised corrugated iron. An outline on the internal wall shows where an honour board was hung, which has since been relocated. The Shelter is located within the grounds of the former Fernihurst State School, which is now a recreation reserve.

    Constructed between 1918-19 and funded by public subscription, the Shelter was built to commemorate local servicemen who served in the First World War. The external marble Honour Board lists fifteen names, with the inscription, "A.I.F. Erected by the Residents of Fernihurst in Honour of These Gallant Men who Nobly Responded to the Empire's Call and fought in the Great War, 1918-1919."

    The Fernihurst school was opened on 1st November 1876 and moved to its present site in 1888. It was closed in 1903 and re-opened in 1918 when the war memorial shelter was erected.The school was closed and re-opened repeatedly in subsequent years until the building was eventually relocated to Boort.
    

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