Armidale Teachers' College Second World War Memorial Gates

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The memorial has two large, central iron gates flanked by stone gateposts and connecting stone walls. There are plaques attached to the walls and an inscription on the base of the right post. The posts are constructed of terrazo. Lights are located on the tops of some of the posts, and two metal wreaths are attached to the faces of the two central posts. The gates are located at the street entrance to the former Armidale Teachers' College, built in 1929-1930. This is the second permanent memorial for those from the college who died in the Second World War. It was mooted in 1947.  The original gates provided during the Great Depression lacked dignity and design. It was decided to widen the entrance avenue and plant rosemary there for remembrance.  The new gates were made by the Cyclone Company, the ironwork by Mr J.S. Naylor of Armidale and the granite gateposts by Mr Vic Melvaine of Uralla. Mr Frank Nott, an Armidale builder was in charge. The memorial gates were paid for by students and ex-students. The gates were opened by the former Principal C.B. Newling on 15 April 1949. Newling was principal of the college 1928-1947. The college was then twenty-five years old on the occasion of this memorial being unveiled. Research source: E.S. Elphick, The College on the Hill, Armidale, 1989.

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