Historical information
Contents:
Minutes of Eltham RSL and Community Meeting held at 29 Nyora Road, Eltham, 23 June 2010 (Community meeting re closure of Eltham RSL sub-branch and relocation of the WW1 Obelisk)
Open Letter to the Residents of ELTHAM and MONTMORENCY [And their Surrounding Districts]; 19 March 2012 draft (Invitation to attend the Montomorency Eltham RSL 2012 Anzac Day service at the new site of the Cenotaph in front of the Eltham War Memorial. Includes a brief history of the obelisk and the Eltham War Memorial)
Newspaper clipping - Hall 'scruffy' - war vet, Diamond Valley Leader, 17 February 2010, p2
Newspaper clipping - RSL branch has a fight on its hands by Alana Schetzer, Heidelberg & Valley Weekly, 3 August 2010, p7
Newspaper clipping - Locals battle state RSL over building, Diamond Valley Leader, 4 August 2010, p7
Newspaper clipping - New home for cenotaph; Councillors support proposal for relocation to Eltham's War Memorial Hall, Diamond Valley Leader, 12 January 2011
Newspaper clipping - CFA hot for RSL site; MP presses for 'fast-track' purchase, Diamond Valley Leader, 23 february 2011, p1
Newspaper clipping - New home for cenotaph delights war veterans, Diamond Valley Leader, 31 August 2011, p9
Council's Heritage Advisor, Samantha Westbrooke Pty Ltd advised Council in 2014 that the relocation of the cenotaph had compromised the significance of the War Memorial Building Complex as the two memorials, while both commemorating World Wars, demonstrate two very different methods of memorialising. The World War Two War Memorial Building Complex with its civic purpose was a conscious shift away from memorialisation by monuments and a focus on the future and not the past. The cenotaph is an example of the post World War One memorialising practice of erecting monuments to commemorate the past. The location of the cenotaph in front of the former Infant Welfare Centre confuses the history of the site and obscures the ability to view the three buildings as a united complex.
Additional subsequent modifications with the provision of access ramps and rails has further impacted upon the garden design.
Physical description
Nine A4 pages printed and six newspaper clippings
