Provenance

Various Parties

Purpose/Function

Reference, Research, Information

Arrangement

Arranged by Secondary Values (value of records to users)

Content

The Kew War Memorial, located at the junction of High Street and Cotham Road, was unveiled in 1925, and lists the names of the 917 residents of the City of Kew who died fighting in the war. Since then, it has been a mainstay in Kew Junction, with the yearly ANZAC day services being centred around it. It has remained unchanged except for attempts to re-paint the memorial in 2004, which faced opposition from the local community. The file includes: Correspondence and articles regarding the re-painting of the memorial in 2004, multiple newspaper articles, a research document collated by W. Pritchard on the names on the memorial, a copy of the restoration and heritage plan, an investigation into the colours and finishes of the memorial, and a scanned copy of the unveiling of the notice of the unveiling of the war memorial.