Historical information

Anzac Day Service, Kew City Hall, Cotham Road, Kew, 25 April 1960. Kew City Hall, designed by Harold Bartlett, opened by Premier Hon H.E. Bolte 23 April 1960. The 1939-45 War Memorial is the City Hall itself — memorial wall and symbolic sculpture unveiled by Deputy Premier Hon A.G. Rylah, E.D., M.L.A., Member for Kew, on Anzac Day. Mayor at the time: Cr H.G. Ferguson J.P., Mayor of Kew 1959-60.

Physical description

Colourised photograph of Hon A.G. Rylah speaking at wooden lectern on low platform at right. Brick memorial wall behind, three white flagpoles, bare dirt in foreground, lawn not yet laid. Large crowd seated and standing at left, men, women and children in coats and hats. Large cedar trees behind, dome of Sacred Heart at left, cars in Cotham Road.