Port Melbourne in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia — Oceania
World War I Rotunda Memorial Port Melbourne
Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, September 29, 2026
1. World War I Rotunda Memorial Port Melbourne Marker
the members of the Port Melbourne
Women's Welcome Home Committee
and presented to the citizens
in honour of the Gallant Australians
who fought in the Great War
1914 -1918
Erected by Women's Welcome Home Committee.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World I.
Location. 37° 50.527′ S, 144° 56.141′ E. Memorial is in Port Melbourne, Victoria, in Port Phillip. It is at the intersection of Beach Street and Stokes Street, on the left when traveling west on Beach Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 67 Beach Street, Port Melbourne VIC 3207, Australia. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Oceania, in Australasia, in the Pacific Ocean, in South Pacific, on the Pacific Rim, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Sandridge Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Windsor Train Disaster of 1887 (within
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Also see . . . Port Melbourne Rotunda. Monument Australia
The Port Melbourne Band Rotunda built in 1918 was presented to the council by the Port Melbourne Women`s Welcome Home Committee to commemorate the Australians who fought in World War One.(Submitted on October 25, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria.)
The committee met the cost of construction from their own subscriptions. The location of the rotunda is particularly poignant as Port Melbourne was the point of embarkation and disembarkation for troops during the war.
The band rotunda erected by the Womens Welcome Committee on the beach at Port Melbourne in memory of Australian Soldiers will be opened at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon.The Port Melbourne Citizens Band will be present. Addresses will be delivered by the mayor (Councillor R H Gill), Messers Mathews M.H.R and J Murphy. A collection will be made for the hospital. The cost of erecting the rotunda was by the members of the committee.
Argus(Melbourne), 26 October 1918.Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, September 29, 20262. World War I Rotunda Memorial in Port Melbourne
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. This page has been viewed 7 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 25, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
