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 with patchy grass in foreground, lawn not yet laid. Large crowd standing and seated in front, men, women and children in coats and hats. Large cedar tree behind, Kew Presbyterian church spire at left, Sacred Heart church dome centre back, Bib Stilwell car showroom behind crowd.