Caroona Walhallow Gate of Memory

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Key information

Memorial Name:
Caroona Walhallow Gate of Memory
Address:

Caroona Mission Road
Caroona NSW 2343
Australia

Memorial Type:
Gate
Conflicts:
  • First World War, 1914–18
Themes:
  • Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Dedication Date:
Closed to public access

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Macquarie University (Student)
Australian War Memorial
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Story

The Forgotten Indigenous Soldiers of Walhallow - Part 1

In 1934, forty kilometres from Quirindi NSW, the local Aboriginal people, members of the RSL and a few newspaper men gathered on the then Aboriginal mission station of Walhallow, to do something the local towns communities had refused to do, honour the Aboriginal men from Walhallow that served in WWI.

Author: Australian War Memorial

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Author: Macquarie University (Student)  

Author: Macquarie University (Student)  

Author: Macquarie University (Student)  

Author: Macquarie University (Student)  

Author: Macquarie University (Student)