Victory Memorial Gardens

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Victory Memorial Gardens are located on the banks of the Wollundry Lagoon in the central business district of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. They were established in 1925 as a tribute to those who fought and died in the First World War. Thomas Kerr designed the gardens; he also designed the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney.^{[citation needed]}

In the midst of the war, there had been a proposal for a Memorial Arch to honour volunteer soldiers from 1916. The proposal gained momentum when the servicemen returned after the War. A plan was finally planned to construct a monumental archway entrance to a memorial gardens in 1925. The Victory Memorial Gardens Arch was finally completed at a cost of £1700 and was officially unveiled amid great fanfare on Anzac Day 1927 by Major-General C. F. Cox.

In 2006 the Chisholm Fountain, previously located in the Civic Centre precinct, was restored and installed in the gardens in time for Anzac Day commemorations.