MemorialsBar Beach Memorial Drive, The Hill
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The memorial is a road, approximately 1.6 kilometres long, and marked with a 1 metre high triangular concrete tapered obelisk, which is damaged, at the corner of Memorial Drive, High Street and Cliff Street. The road commences in the east at High Street and Cliff Street, ending in the west at Helen Street and Kilgour Street, Bar Beach. The Newcastle City Council 'Hunter Place Names Index' states Memorial Drive is "A public road in memory of World War I veterans." This memorial has been documented as "Anzac Memorial Drive" in the following collection: Samuel Wood, wholesale stationer, printer and bookseller : postcards, ca. 1920-1931, 260. Anzac Memorial Drive, Newcastle It is unknown when the name was changed to "Memorial Drive" as listed in the Newcastle Libraries Hunter Photobank. Do you know more about this war memorial? Learn how you can contribute to the NSW War Memorials Register.