WW1 Memorial Hall - Ensay, Victoria, Australia - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Per the Ensay Cenotaph Broken Column Memorial, having had 25 (TWENTY FIVE) of the local men, and an extra 4 from nearby Swift Creek, dying in action in 'the Great War', and being such a small, and close-knit community, it is no wonder that efforts were made to remember and honour the Fallen in a practical way.

On the western side of the single-storey, red-brick hall is a grey granite plaque, which reads:

"1914 - GREAT WAR - 1919
THIS HALL WAS ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
OUR FALLEN HEROES"

The hall is recorded in the Victorian Heritage Database Report: (visit link) [But nothing further was added.]

However, another site (visit link) has the following to say:

"After World War 1 the present Memorial Hall was built with bricks made nearby on the banks of the banks of the Little River and some of the foundations coming from an old flour mill.
"There is a plaque on the outside of the hall which reads: "1914 Great War 1919 This Hall was erected in Memory of our Fallen Heroes"
"In 1958 a number of alterations and additions were undertaken including the removal of the wall between the main hall and the supper room and the erection of a new kitchen ,storeroom and supper room.
"In earlier years the hall was used frequently. Some of the occasions were dances and balls, also dinners. it was also used for concerts, particularly school concerts. At one time films were shown in the hall regularly, and badminton was also played there." [It has a photo of the inside of this hall.]

Address: Great Alpine Road, Ensay, Victoria, Australia, 3895

Visited: 0945, Monday, 16 May, 2016

Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Ensay Community Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Physical Address of Monument: Great Alpine Road Ensay, Vic Australia 3895 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed Website for this Monument: Not listed

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