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Mortdale Memorial Park is a reserve located in the southern Sydney suburb of 
Mortdale
Mortdale is a suburb located in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mortdale is located 20 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Mortdale is situated in the ...
. It contains a war memorial commemorating local people who served their country in time of war. The park is a popular place for picnics, weddings, and concerts.
History
The land which now forms Mortdale Park was originally home to a small brick pit where hand-made bricks were produced. This operation ceased in 1884 when the Mortdale Brickworks was established near Mortdale Public School.Mortdale in Early Days, DJ Hatton, 1981 Mortdale Park had a very difficult beginning. Many different associations vied for their own piece of land in Mortdale for a park – the local Chamber of Commerce, the RSL, the local Parents & Citizens group and the Council. Debate started in September 1924 when residents asked for a park on the corner of Victoria Avenue and Cook Street. Within a year the Chamber of Commerce put forward an alternative at the corner of Morts and Forest Roads. Over the next few years both sites were advocated as possibilities, but the location finally chosen was on Boundary Road between Martin Place and Oxford Street. Mortdale Park was operational by 1935. In 1942, Hurstville Council refused the local Presbyterian Church permission to construct air raid trenches in the Park for its children. The Mortdale Memorial Monument, originally erected in the Shopping Centre during 1922, was later moved to Mortdale Park. In 1976 the current memorial was built. The name was changed from Mortdale Park to Mortdale Memorial Park in 1997.Hurstville Council Local Studies Section No 14Features
Mortdale Memorial Park has the following features: *The Mortdale Memorial, a war memorial commemorating Mortdale people who served in the First and Second world wars and the Korean War. This is a brickcenotaph
A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenot ...
to which is affixed a number of honour rolls, flag staffs, service commemorative objects, and a number of individual memorials
*A classical rotunda with domed roof
*A border of large Small-leaved Fig trees
The Park is a popular local attraction, hosting various social activities including:
* A yearly ANZAC Day Commemorative Service in April, along with a street march form nearby Mortdale RSL Club
* A Carols by Candlelight sing-along in December prior to Christmas
* Wedding photographs and wedding ceremonies
See also
*Parks in Sydney
Sydney is well endowed with open spaces and has many natural areas. Many of these exist even within the compact city centre. These include the Chinese Garden of Friendship and Hyde Park (which is named after London's Hyde Park). The metropolit ...
References
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