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Toora War Memorial
Welshpool Road (Cnr. Stanley Street) TOORA, South Gippsland Shire

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Toora World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial

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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?
The Toora World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial, erected in 1931, at the corner of Stanley Street and Welshpool Road, Toora.

Why is it Significant?
The Toora World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is of local historic and aesthetic significance to the town of Toora.

Historically, it is important as one of a series of similar memorials that were established throughout the Shire, and expresses the significant effect that the First World War had upon small rural communities. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2) Socially, the memorial is important as the focus of local remembrance day activities. (AHC criterion - G.1)

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Toora War Memorial - Physical Description 1
  
  The Toora World War 1 Soldiers' Memorial is a square tapered grey granite column with a torus and scotia base and a simple stepped capital, standing on a split granite pedestal in the central reserve of the Welshpool Road. It is capped with a spherical light fitting surrounded by a hemispherical wrought bronze frame. The sunburst crest of the armed forces and the commemorations are on the sides of the column; "Erected by Toora & District residents in memory of those who served in the Great War. 1914-1918" - A list of those local residents who made the supreme sacrific then follows.
  
  The Toora Avenue of Honour provides an appropriate and related visual setting.
  
  Physical Description 2
  
  Toora War Memorial - Physical Description 2
  
  Style
  
  Interwar Monument
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  Toora War Memorial - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Thematic Context
  
  Government + Community Institutions
  
  Sub-Themes
  
  Military Defence
  
  Veterans Description for Public
  
  Toora War Memorial - Veterans Description for Public
  
  The Toora Memorial was unveiled by Herbert Hyland MLA in September, 1931 at the corner of Stanley Street and Welshpool Road, in memory of the First World War. The Memorial is a square tapered grey, granite column standing on a split granite pedestal in the central reserve of the Welshpool Road. It is capped with a spherical light fitting surrounded by a hemispherical wrought bronze frame. On the sides of the column is the rising sun crest of the armed forces and a list of those locals who paid the supreme sacrifice.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
  Year: 2004
  Grading:
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- TOORA REALIGNMENT H3 TRAMWAY
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- TOORA REALIGNMENT H4 ROAD
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- ST THOMAS' ANGLICAN CHURCH & PARISH HALL
  
  South Gippsland Shire