Cranbourne War Memorial

High Street,CRANBOURNE, Casey City

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Cranbourne War Memorial front

Statement of Significance

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  • Usage/Former Usage

    Cranbourne War Memorial - Usage/Former Usage

    Memorial

    Physical Description 1

    Cranbourne War Memorial - Physical Description 1

    The Cranbourne War Memorial currently stands on the east side of the Greg Clydesdale Square, near the edge of the footpath along South Gippsland Highway. The Memorial is set on a low hexagonal bluestone- paved platform reached from the footpath by three steps. A group of flagstaffs stand behind it on the lawn. The mature trees and grass lawns provide an appropriate and contextual setting to the war memorial.

    
    The Memorial is a simplified cenotaph constructed of four large sections of sandstone on a minimal plinth. It appears that the sandstone is not solid in construction but comprised of vertical slabs around a

    core (possibly of concrete or rubble fill). Large flat slabs cover the sides of the cenotaph, while the front and rear faces have slightly recessed slabs with a filet edge around a recessed panel that extends the height of the cenotaph.

    
    The topmost section has a raking top and, on the front, contains a bas-relief image of an angel flanked

    
    by rows of helmeted men standing shoulder to shoulder wielding long rod-like objects. It appears that this is the only element of the cenotaph to survive from 1939. The top of the rear face has a slightly projecting slab with the engraved images of three servicemen and one servicewoman, which appears to be later in date than the angel bas-relief. There is raised bronze lettering on the lower blocks of the front and rear of the cenotaph reading: ‘Erected to the memory of the citizens of the Shire of Cranbourne who fought in World Wars 1914-1918 / 1939-45. And in Korea & Vietnam / Malaya / Timor / Iraq / Afghanistan’.

    
    The top step and sawn bluestone paving of the platform are recent in date, though the two lower steps are older. A power point has been added to the base of the cenotaph at its rear. Apparently due to theft on the back face of the cenotaph, some of the cast-bronze lettering and numbering has been replaced with poorly matching new elements that appear to be glued onto the stone (while original letters and numbers would have had concealed mechanical fixing).

    
    The cenotaph is in a fairly good condition, though there are many chips to the edge of the sandstone slabs and some loss of pointing to the rear face.

    Physical Conditions

    Cranbourne War Memorial - Physical Conditions

    Good

    Intactness

    Cranbourne War Memorial - Intactness

    Good/moderate - although it is not located on its original site.

    Historical Australian Themes

    Cranbourne War Memorial - Historical Australian Themes

    Community & Culture; Commemorating

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Casey - Casey Heritage Study

    Author: Context Pty Ltd
    Year: 2004
    Grading: Local

    Cranbourne Town Centre Heritage Overlays Review

    Author: Plan Heritage
    Year: 2020
    Grading: Local

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