FAQs

The original Memorial is a 4.4-metre tall sandstone and granite structure, featuring marble name plaques. It was designed to be a prominent and respectful tribute to the community’s war dead.  

The Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch, in partnership with Rotary, proposes to reassemble the original memorial using its stored components. Their proposal would see the marble plaques reinstated from their current location at the rear of the Memorial at the Woolgoolga Diggers Club. It would retain its structural elements, and be placed on a concrete base, with the total combined height of the Memorial and the concrete base being 5.01 metres. The proposed dimension of the concrete base is 3x3m. 

A render of the proposed design can be viewed in the attachments section of this page. 

If the community supports the reinstatement of the Memorial, the City will work with the Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch around the final design. 

Three potential locations have been identified, including: 

The Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch, in partnership with Rotary, is leading the Northern Beaches Memorial Project. They propose reinstating the original Memorial “facing the dawn” at a prominent site, ideally on the Beach Reserve.  

When the original Memorial was dismantled in 1999, the marble name-plaques of the World War I and World War II Fallen were removed and relocated to the Memorial at the Woolgoolga Diggers Club. It is proposed for these plaques to be returned to the reinstated 1923 Memorial. 

Local residents and organisations have pledged $30,000 towards the restoration of the Memorial. Additional funding would need to be found to restore and install the Memorial. 

The City has not committed any funding to date, with the project not included in the 2025/26 Operational Plan. Council may consider providing a contribution, after the outcomes from the community consultation have been reported back for consideration.  

The Plan of Management (PoM) for the southern section of Woolgoolga Beach Reserve, while not specifically mentioning the Memorial, allows for it to be located within the Reserve.  

The PoM states “An integral component of the improvements to the public domain open space areas will be the installation of material that will recognise and communicate aspects of the rich Aboriginal and European cultural history of the locality”.