Tom Petrie Memorial, Petrie

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TitleTom Petrie Memorial, PetrieDescriptionThe Tom Petrie Memorial was unveiled by the Governor of Queensland, Sir William MacGregor, on 15 July 1911. Although it has been moved twice, the monument remains a landmark in the park adjacent to the North Pine School of Arts. Its initial location, on the corner of Redcliffe Road (Anzac Avenue) and Whites Road, was about thirty metres east of its present site. At the original site, a water trough positioned alongside the memorial was connected to a nearby windmill. The monument, minus the trough and windmill, was later relocated a short distance to a central position near the former junction of Redcliffe Road and Dayboro Road before being finally moved to its present position during the mid 1980s. The water trough and windmill remained in use near the intersection of Anzac Avenue and Whites Road until the 1960s. Tom Petrie's epitaph, engraved on a marble tablet set into the sandstone obelisk, reads, in part - Pioneer, Patriot, Philanthropist. Only a few weeks before the memorial was unveiled the Department of Railways also commemorated Tom Petrie, who had passed away on 26 August of the previous year, by changing the name of North Pine Railway Station to Petrie Railway Station.Record typePhotographFormat typeDigitalOriginal format colourBlack and white

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CollectionPine Rivers Library Photographic Collection

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PlacePetrie (Qld.)Subject (keywords)monuments & memorialspioneers

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Access restrictionsRestrictedRestrictions on useRestrictions varyConditions of useYou may print, copy or download images for private research. This image may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes with acknowledgement. [e.g. Image courtesy of City of Moreton Bay, reference number PRLPC-P0001] To obtain copies for commercial purposes or of a higher resolution, contact local.history@moretonbay.qld.gov.au. Charges apply

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Tom Petrie Memorial, Petrie