Subiaco Fallen Soldiers' Memorial

Author

City of Subiaco

Place Number

02452

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Location

Lot 897 Rokeby Road Subiaco

Location Details

Rankin Gdns, Cnr Rokeby & Hamersley Rds

Other Name(s)

Memorial Clock Tower
Subiaco Clock Tower

Local Government

Subiaco

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1922

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	Adopted	22 May 2012
State Register	Registered	11 Aug 2006	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	04 Feb 2003
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Survey of 20th Ctry Architecture	Completed	01 Mar 1988			Heritage Council
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	03 Aug 1981			Heritage Council
Statewide War Memorial Survey	Completed	01 May 1996			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	03 Jun 1982			Heritage Council

Statement of Significance

The place has historic and social significance representing community respect for ex-servicemen and women.

Physical Description

Neo Classicism style. Three stepped base, square in plan, rises to an elaborated octagonal entablature containing four clock faces, surmounted by an octagonal copper spire.

History

Foundation stone laid 17 December 1922, by the Governor, Sir Francis Alexander Newdegate, for a memorial to the fallen soldiers of WWI. It was unveiled in November 1923. Additional tablets have been added after WWII. (Ref: AHC documentation)
The civic square is in the heart of Subiaco, bounded by Rokeby, Hamersley, Hensman and Bagot Roads. The eastern portion of the civic square has been used for civic purposes since 1899 when the first council chambers was built next to the original post office and library on the corner of Bagot and Rokeby Roads. It also housed the Literary Institute. Sir John Forrest opened the Council Chambers on 3.11.1900. The space was soon inadequate and a foundation stone was laid in 1909 for a larger chambers and hall next to it. The old chambers became the Mechanics' Institute. The present Council Chambers was built in 1968 and the 1909 chambers was demolished in 1971. The present library was built in 1970. The civic area also contains the primary school (1897), the Uniting Church, the City Hall (1957), and is marked by the War Memorial clock tower on the corner, built in 1922, and the Norfolk Pines planted in 1899 for the original Municipal gardens.
(Ref: Spillman, Ken, Identity Prized: A History of Subiaco, City of Subiaco, UWA Press, 1985, pp. 121-2, 305-7.)

Place Type

Other Built Type

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Present Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument
Original Use	MONUMENT\CEMETERY	Monument

Architectural Styles

Style
Inter-War Free Classical

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Roof	METAL	Copper
Other	STONE	Donnybrook Sandstone
Wall	BRICK	Face Brick
Other	STONE	Marble
Other	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	World Wars & other wars
PEOPLE	Local heroes & battlers

Creation Date

30 May 1989

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Approved

Last Update

22 Dec 2017

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