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UPPER BEACONSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL
Salisbury Road BEACONSFIELD UPPER, Cardinia Shire

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Upper Beaconsfield War Memorial

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Upper Beaconsfield War Memorial is significant to the Cardinia Shire as a major part of the Upper Beaconsfield historic commercial and civic precinct today and the focus for the local community during World War One.

Constructed from local stone, the Upper Beaconsfield War Memorial is significant as one of the small number of war memorials relating to both the First and Second World Wars in the shire. The names of soldiers from a number of well known district families are recorded on this memorial. . The memorial draws attention to the early growth of the Upper Beaconsfield and is an important local landmark.

Regional Significance

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- Upper Beaconsfield War Memorial - Vic. War Heritage Inventory
- Physical Description 1
  
  UPPER BEACONSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL - Physical Description 1
  
  This granite obelisk bears the names of the war dead of Beaconsfield from the 1915-19 and 1938-45 wars. Set on a stepped podium in the grassed median, the quarry-face tapering stone shaft rises through three stages to a cushion-capping. The lettering is lead and the panels inset with a dressed finish. Around the memorial is a plinth and rock-face corner piers with a low pipe balustrade between. Crushed aggregate fills the gap between the monument and fence.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  UPPER BEACONSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL - Physical Conditions
  
  The memorial is in near original condition.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  UPPER BEACONSFIELD WAR MEMORIAL - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Historical Themes
  
  8.5 Tourist centres, e.g. Upper Beaconsfield, Gembrook
  
  9.3 Churches and cemeteries
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Cardinia - Cardinia Shire Heritage Study 1996
  
  Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
  Year: 1996
  Grading: Local
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- CALAMBEEN (house and garden)
  
  Cardinia Shire
- FASSIFERN GARDEN (and Pavilions)
  
  Cardinia Shire
- KINCRAIK, LATER SALISBURY HOUSE
  
  Cardinia Shire
- 'GUNYAH', FIRST CANTERBURY TROOP SCOUT HALL & CAMBERWELL NORTH GUIDE HALL
  
  Boroondara City
- 1) ELTHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2) PEPPERCORN TREE, 3) MATURE EXOTIC PLANTING AND 4) WHEEL RIM (TYRING) TOOL IN THE GROUNDS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 10 Down Street
  
  Yarra City