Removal of memorial divides Copacabana
The removal of a controversial war memorial and wall of remembrance at Copacabana Beach by Central Coast Council on August 1 has divided the community of the beachside town. The…
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Northlakes High wins funding for war memorial
Northlakes High School will receive $3,500 in NSW Government funding to put towards a condition assessment of the school’s war memorial. The school is one of 13 recipients across the…
Memorial facelift paid for by state and federal grants
The War Memorial at the Woy Woy waterfront has undergone a facelift. At almost 100 years old, Council said the Memorial was in need of some love with Council teams…
Celtic Cross War Memorial restored
The Christ Church War Memorial in the grounds of the Gosford Anglican Church has been restored just in time for its 101st birthday on August 29. Historian Merril Jackson said…
New war memorial honours ‘those who stood beside them’
A new memorial honouring the mothers, wives, partners and families of Australia’s war veterans is now taking pride of place at the Gosford Memorial Garden. On March 30, members of…
Celtic Cross one of 18 war memorial restoration projects
The Celtic Cross war memorial in the grounds of Gosford Anglican Church is to receive a $9,600 restoration, thanks to a grant from the NSW Government’s Community War Memorials Fund….
Is $500M spent on the War Memorial well spent?
The Federal Government has committed half a billion dollars to expand the Australian War Memorial in Canberra and include the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. The War Memorial has had a…
Historical war memorial may be saved
Ourimbah RSL Sub-branch has met with Transport for NSW staff in a bid to save the historic war memorial from removal as part of the railway station upgrade. A meeting…
War memorial not welcomed by everyone
[Forum] This is an open letter to Roque Hammal and the Copacabana community. I am so pleased that I refused the offer to be part of the unveiling ceremony of…
100th anniversary of the erection of the earliest war memorial on the Central Coast
This Remembrance Day, on November 11, will mark the 100th anniversary of the erection of the earliest war memorial on the Central Coast, the Great War obelisk at Kincumber Public…
Where have all the flowers gone? Concreted over every one
Central Coast Council has concreted over flowers planted in the shape of the Australian flag in the Memorial Garden in Woy Woy. The flowers have been replaced with coloured concrete…
Soil from war memorials to be part of the renovated memorial at Hyde Park
Soldiers from across the Terrigal area on the Central Coast who answered the call to fight in the Great War will be honoured as part of a moving artwork in…
WW1 memorial to be relocated
The Terrigal Wamberal RSL Sub-Branch has been approached by the Salvation Army to manage the relocation of a historical war memorial structure from their Woodport property, to enable further building…