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19boer.jpg  19. Boer War Memorial 1906 Sculptor: James White, Bronze, granite

Soldiers' Statue - South African War Memorial
Balllarat 'Centenary' Home-Coming Celebrations (1935) p69 "On November 1st, 1906, the Soldiers' Statue found at last a final site and was unveiled by His Excellency Lord Northcote, the Governor-General, in the presence of some 20 000 people. This is the only monument in Victoria giving the names of all the State's soldiers killed."

The bronze plaques with the names of those killed were added a few years later. (Lloyd Jenkins said the plaques were added in 1911.)

The inscriptions read:

VICTORIANS WHO DIED FOR THE EMPIRE.
FOUNDATION STONE LAID 13TH MAY 1901 BY HRH THE DUKE OF YORK (GEORGE V).
UNVEILED 1ST NOVEMBER 1906 BY HIS EXCELLENCY BARON NORTHCOTE G.C.J.E., C.B., GOVERNOR GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.
J.M. BARKER, CHAIRMAN.
J.J. BROKENSHIRE, MAYOR.

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