THE community is urged to have its say on plans to return Woolgoolga’s historic Great War Memorial to a place of prominence in the town.
Originally installed in 1923, the towering 4.4-metre sandstone and granite structure was dismantled in 1999 and has lain in storage since.
The Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch and Rotary have worked together in recent months to push for its restoration and installation in a public place.
The Northern Beaches Memorial Project team estimates the cost of the works at $80,000. City of Coffs Harbour Council resolved at its 24 July meeting to support the project in principle and to consult the community.
Public submissions are now open on the City’s Have Your Say webpage to gauge support for the project, and to see which of three potential locations is preferred:
● Two sites within the Woolgoolga Beach Reserve
● An area on the corner of Beach and Wharf streets, Woolgoolga, which is identified in the adopted Woolgoolga Town Centre Masterplan.
When the memorial was taken down 26 years ago, the marble name-plaques of the WWI and WWII Fallen were removed and relocated to the replacement memorial at the Woolgoolga Diggers Club.
It is proposed these name plaques would be reinstated on the 1923 Memorial.
Public submissions can be made until 9 November.
A report will be brought back to Council for consideration after the community consultation process.
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