Frontier Wars plaques damage four Lake Macquarie war memorials
Unauthorised Frontier Wars plaques damaged four war memorials in Lake Macquarie. One was successfully repaired.
Unauthorised plaques about the Indigenous Frontier Wars were stuck to four war memorials in Lake Macquarie. The memorials were damaged.
The plaques were professionally made and attached without council approval. Lake Macquarie City Council has removed all four plaques.
Three memorials have glue damage that needs repair. The Cullen Park memorial wall was repainted.
It now has no visible damage. The Dudley War Memorial was damaged.
So were memorials at Belmont and Speers Point. A German trench mortar captured in World War I was also affected.
The council is inspecting another 12 war memorials across the region. A committee member said the damage felt like "a kick in the guts" to those honouring fallen soldiers.
- 4 in Lake Macquarie
- Memorials damaged
- 3 with glue damage
- Memorials needing repair
- 12 others across region
- Additional memorials inspected
- Cullen Park memorial wall
- Location successfully repaired
Why it mattersWar memorials are public monuments that honour service and sacrifice. Unauthorised changes raise questions about who should decide what messages belong on them.
AustraliaLocal councils across NSW and Australia may face similar unauthorised plaques as the debate over Frontier Wars recognition intensifies.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 2 h ago
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