Pomona Memorial Park and Rotunda

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Plans for a “soldiers’ commemoration park’ in Pomona were begun by the Noosa Shire Council in 1917. In November, the Council wrote to the Railway Commissioner in Brisbane regarding a triangular portion of land adjoining the stationmaster’s residence. Approximately fourteen perches of Crown Land were obtained by the Noosa Shire Council in September 1918 for the purpose of a soldiers’ memorial. In 1935, the Pomona Sub-Branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A accepted the Council's offer to lease the Memorial Reserve.

When King George V died in 1936, the R.S.S.I.L.A proposed to build a concrete rotunda in the Memorial Reserve in his honour and as a tribute to the local soldiers who had fought for him and Australia in the war. Plans for the rotunda prepared by Brisbane architect, Sidney W. Prior, were shared the following year. Atop the concrete base would stand plinths and piers of local stone, holding a roof of Queensland terracotta tiles and a painted asbestos ceiling. An ornamental bronze electric light fitting would provide an eternal flame, though Pomona was not connected to the electricity grid at this time. Seats would be made of local timber and space would be left for a future cenotaph.

Works commenced in January 1939 and were completed by the middle of the year, much of which was by volunteers. The Memorial Reserve and rotunda were officially opened on 24" June 1939. Noosa Council assumed responsibility for the memorial and the surrounding parkland in the 1970s when the Pomona RSL Sub-Branch merged with its Cooroy counterpart. The land is owned by the State of Queensland as a Reserve for Soldiers Memorial with the Council as Trustee. It sits within the grounds of the surrounding Joe Bazzo Park.
Heritage ListedNoosa Local Heritage RegisterAddress2,Reserve Street,Pomona

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Betty Sivyer and Linda Sivyer, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Guests, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Jane Harding, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Joe Bazzo Park and Memorial Rotunda, Reserve Street, Pomona

Joe Hextall and Jane Harding, authors, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Joe Hextall and Jane Harding, authors, with Mayor Tony Wellington, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Joe Hextall, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Julie Huntley and Mary Ellen McCarter, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Tony Wellington (Mayor of Noosa), Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

Tony Wellington, Launch, Noosa Remembers, Joe Bazzo Park, Pomona, 7 September 2017

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Pomona Memorial Park and Rotunda - Local Heritage Register Place Card

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Subject (Keywords)War MemorialsRemembrance

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Pomona Memorial Park and Rotunda