Mackay War Memorial, Alfred St, Mackay, QLD, Australia - Australian Heritage Sites on Waymarking.com

Mackay's World War I Cenotaph is situated on the southern side of Jubilee Park.The pedestal is a square pillar with simplified classical detailing, made from polished and unpolished grey granite with inset panels of red granite. The plaques on three sides bear the 159 leaded names and a short statement: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN - FOR LIBERTY AND RIGHT - FOR GOD, KING AND COUNTRY. The plaque on the fourth side displays a bronze relief sculpture of the head of a helmeted soldier above lettering encased within a rectangular border - THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF MACKAY AND DISTRICT WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR. Surmounting the pedestal is a tall, fluted Doric column of white marble approx 8m high. A dark grey vein running though the marble at an angle gives the impression of a cracked or broken column. The column supports a marble orb with intersecting double meridian lines, made from raised strips of metal.

List: Register of the National Estate Place ID: 16129 Place File No: 4/04/230/0005 URL database reference: [Web Link] Status: Registered Year built: 1929

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