The Mothers' Memorial, Margaret Street, Toowoomba, 1961

Queensland State Archives posted a photo:

The Mothers’ Memorial at its original location at the intersection of Ruthven and Margaret Streets. It is one of the few war memorials commissioned by women, who sold sweet violets to raise money for a monument to their soldier sons who did not return from the First World War. The monument was dedicated in 1922. Through the sale of violets, the Sweet Violet was commonly known as the Toowoomba Violet. It became Toowoomba’s official floral emblem in 1932.

The memorial was relocated to East Creek Park in 1985.

Queensland State Archives Item ID436295, Photographic material

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