Local Government
Swan
Region
Metropolitan
Lot 9029 Yelverton Dr Midland
West Australian Government Railway Workshops
Swan
Metropolitan
Constructed from 1914 to 1925
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Statewide War Memorial Survey | Completed | 01 May 1996 |
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 10 Jul 1996 | Exceptional Significance |
Exceptional Significance |
Porcelli’s design and its symbolism – the use of a female figure standing on a globe to represent Peace – is unique in Australian war memorials.
The site is still used for ANZAC Day services
Symbolic bronze female figure surmounting a classical stone column (Grecian Ionic, consisting of a chamfered plinth, die and cap, square base moulding, shaft and Ionic cap) on a granite base consisting of three steps, the Memorial is a large stone obelisk on a four-tiered base with bronze statue affixed to the top. The draped female figure stands upon a sphere, which surmounts the granite column; the right hand is raised, the left one holds a palm leaf; the head is crowned with a wreath of laurel, and the left foot is trampling upon a sword.
After World War I Porcelli designed, carved and sculpted many war memorials, notably the bronze soldiers of Kalgoorlie and Boulder as wekk as the female figure of Peace at the Railways Workshops. All his major figures were cast in Italy.
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Name | Type | Year From | Year To |
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Pietro Porcelli | Architect | - | - |
Library Id | Title | Medium | Year Of Publication |
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7436 | The history and heritage of the Midland Railway Workshops. | Brochure | 2000 |
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Original Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Monument |
Present Use | MONUMENT\CEMETERY | Monument |
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Other | STONE | Granite |
Other | METAL | Bronze |
Other | STONE | Other Stone |
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OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | World Wars & other wars |
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