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Photograph - The Pollard Arch

  • Construction workers with a large iron boomerang attached to a crane,

    Pollard Arch construction 1959

  • Boomerang arch being raised into place.

    Pollard Arch Construction

  • First boomerang span in place. Fruit Fly checkpoint visible in background on left

    Pollard Arch Construction

  • 2nd boomerang span about to be raised. 1st span already in place.

    Pollard Arch construction

  • 2nd boomerang span almost in place

    Pollard Arch construction

  • Connecting the 2 boomerangs to form an arch. Worker on top setting them in place.

    Pollard Arch Construction

  • Pollard Arch 1959 completed. Cars and workers lined up beneath the arch.

    Pollard Arch Consruction

  • . HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent cutting the ribbon whilst Wodonga Shire President Jack Hore looks on

    Opening of the Pollard Arch 1959 by Princess Alexandra

  • The completed archway spanning the highway near the entry of the border with New South Wales. Wodonga Victoria sign suspended from the centre

    Completed Archway 1965

  • Construction workers with a large iron boomerang attached to a crane,
  • Boomerang arch being raised into place.
  • First boomerang span in place. Fruit Fly checkpoint visible in background on left
  • 2nd boomerang span about to be raised. 1st span already in place.
  • 2nd boomerang span almost in place
  • Connecting the 2 boomerangs to form an arch. Worker on top setting them in place.
  • Pollard Arch 1959 completed. Cars and workers lined up beneath the arch.
  • . HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent cutting the ribbon whilst Wodonga Shire President Jack Hore looks on
  • The completed archway spanning the highway near the entry of the border with New South Wales. Wodonga Victoria sign suspended from the centre

Historical information

The Pollard Archway was named for Charles Pollard, who was the son of an early settler at Bonegilla.
Charles Pollard was awarded the MBE for his involvement in community service, he was Secretary of the Murray Valley Shows Association, Shire President in 1926-27, 1945-46 and 1946-47. He was Foundation President of the Wodonga Show Society, and North-Eastern representative of the Dairymen’s Association of Victoria.

The arch is 29 metres wide and 15 metres high and consists of two boomerangs coming together to form an archway. Originally spanning across a single carriageway of the Lincoln Causeway, the arch was opened by Princess Alexandra of Kent in 1959 and was built for £1230. When the Country Roads Board said the causeway would have to be duplicated in 1973, a new home was required for the arch.
The arch was moved in 1975 to allow for widening of the Lincoln Causeway and spent some time in storage. It was re- erected in Hamilton Smith Drive in 1982 after restoration by the Rotary Club of Belvoir-Wodonga. At the request of the Wodonga Show Society, the arch was moved to the entrance of the showgrounds in 1982. After development of the precinct in 2015, the Pollard Arch was erected on Hamilton Smith Drive Wodonga.

Significance

These images represent the construction and then subsequent of structure acknowledging the contribution of Councillor Pollard to the community of Wodonga.

Physical description

A series of black and white images documenting the construction and opening of the Pollard arch on the Lincoln Causeway in Wodonga in 1959. A coloured photo from 1965 is also included.

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