Hurlston WW1 Memorial - Please lobby against this sacrilege
Possum3 said
03:11 PM Dec 1, 2015
ONE of the Macarthur regions sacred war memorial sites could be facing the bulldozer.
The Hurlstone Agricultural High School memorial forest, believed to be Australias first living war memorial, is facing the chop after the State Government announced plans to sell-off the 140ha Glenfield school site for housing.
The memorial forest, established in 1950, commemorates the 600 Hurlstone students who served in World Wars I and II, including Victoria Cross recipient John Edmondson.
In a slap in the face to schools veterans, the Education Department has revealed the memorial forest will be recreated on the new site of the high school, which will move to Western Sydney Universitys Hawkesbury campus in 2020.
Ingleburn RSL sub-branch president Ray James called for the memorial forest to be retained.
There has been no consultation with local government and the RSL, he said.
You cannot replicate a very important part of our history,
They should not be touched.
The solution is very easy hands off Hurlstone and hands off the memorial forest.
ONE of the Macarthur regions sacred war memorial sites could be facing the bulldozer.
The Hurlstone Agricultural High School memorial forest, believed to be Australias first living war memorial, is facing the chop after the State Government announced plans to sell-off the 140ha Glenfield school site for housing.
The memorial forest, established in 1950, commemorates the 600 Hurlstone students who served in World Wars I and II, including Victoria Cross recipient John Edmondson.
In a slap in the face to schools veterans, the Education Department has revealed the memorial forest will be recreated on the new site of the high school, which will move to Western Sydney Universitys Hawkesbury campus in 2020.
Ingleburn RSL sub-branch president Ray James called for the memorial forest to be retained.
There has been no consultation with local government and the RSL, he said.
You cannot replicate a very important part of our history,
They should not be touched.
The solution is very easy hands off Hurlstone and hands off the memorial forest.
More here; http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/macarthur/hurlstone-agricultural-high-schools-sacred-memorial-forest-has-uncertain-future/story-fngr8h70-1227626001705
Agree. The memorial forest at Eumundi (Qld) was gazetted as a State Forest some years ago.