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Warwick War Memorial, 1995

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

Leslie Park in Warwick is one half of a recreation reserve allocated during the first survey of the town in 1849. While the northern section has now been largely built upon, the southern section remains a public park. It was named Leslie Park in 1901, honouring the Leslie brothers; Patrick, George and Walter who established Queensland’s earliest pastoral runs on the Darling Downs in 1840. The park comprises a number of significant elements: the pathways, dating to at least 1867, a croquet club (1906), lawn bowls club (1909), Morgan Memorial (1911), War Memorial (1923), War Memorial Gates (1925), war trophy guns (relocated to Warwick 1921) and the Leslie Centenary Memorial Gates (1941). The Leslie Centenary Memorial Gates were donated to the town in 1941 by the owner of Glengallan Homestead [QHR 600007].

Allan Cunningham, explorer and botanist, was the first European to

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Southern and Western Railways, Station Master's House, Warwick, 19 February 1880

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

A major part of the redevelopment plan of the railway station was for a goods’ shed, which had been finished for ‘some time’ when the Examiner and Times reported on the progress of the site in October 1887. According to this report a carriage shed, engine shed and station master’s residence had been planned but were not yet erected on the site. Local contractors, Campbell and Thompson were awarded the contract for the station master’s residence on 31 July 1888, and this was constructed at the southern end of the railway site.

Queensland State Archives Item ID120981, Drawings – railway

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War Memorial and Gates, Leslie Park, Warwick, 1946

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[Note the original photo caption dated this as 1936 but is probably 1946.]

Leslie Park in Warwick is one half of a recreation reserve allocated during the first survey of the town in 1849. While the northern section has now been largely built upon, the southern section remains a public park. It was named Leslie Park in 1901, honouring the Leslie brothers; Patrick, George and Walter who established Queensland’s earliest pastoral runs on the Darling Downs in 1840. The park comprises a number of significant elements: the pathways, dating to at least 1867, a croquet club (1906), lawn bowls club (1909), Morgan Memorial (1911), War Memorial (1923), War Memorial Gates (1925), war trophy guns (relocated to Warwick 1921) and the Leslie Centenary Memorial Gates (1941).

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 27075

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Telegram from Prime Minister W M Hughes to the Commissioner for Police regarding being assaulted during a public meeting at Warwick and the refusal of the police to arrest the ring leaders, 29 November 1917

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On 29 November 1917, Prime Minister Billy Hughes made a speech at Warwick railway station during his campaign for the plebiscite on conscription. During the speech an egg was thrown at Hughes. He ordered a local police officer Sergeant Kenny to arrest the suspect, but Kenny refused. The “egg throwing incident” led to the formation of the Commonwealth Police, now the Australian Federal Police.

Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2801

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