War Memorials in Australia
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Kokoda Track Memorial
Place:
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 6430
District:: Goldfields
Orientation: Part of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Location: Centennial Park off Hannan Street near City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder
Council Offices
Position: 30 45 73 S 121 27 49 E
Ref: 60019
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The memorial is a series of information boards under thatched shelters along a walk and cycle way beside Gribble Creek. The beginning of the track is marked by two boulders at the first shelter.
The boards describe events along the Kokoda Track in New Guinea
in 1942 when Australian troops stopped the Japanese advance upon Port Moresby.
Bronze plaque on west face of
smaller boulder
CITY OF KALGOORLIE-BOULDER
KOKODA TRACK
A TRIBUTE TO THE SERVICE MEN AND
WOMEN
OF 1939 - 1945
THIS TRACK WAS OFFICIALLY
OPENED BY
MAYOR R. S. YUREYEVICH R.F.D.
13 AUGUST 1995
AS A REMINDER OF COURAGEOUS EFFORTS
OF THE PEOPLE
WHO SERVED AUSTRALIA DURING WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY
THOSE FROM THE GOLDFIELDS
LEST WE FORGET
Bronze plaques on north face of
larger boulder
First plaque
THE KOKODA TRACK - 1942
(OWER'S CORNER TO KOKODA)
Dates and locations of events along length
of Kokoda Track
Second plaque
Location map of Kokoda Track
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Events along Kokoda Track Location map of Kokoda Track
Information current to October 2002