Pearce Memorial Gates Moorabool Shire Council

Bacchus Marsh & District Historical Society Inc.

Bacchus Marsh Express 1922:

Maddingley Park, the recreation ground for all Bacchus Marsh, has had some good, earnest workers on its behalf during the last decade, but none more sincere than the late Mr. T. G. Pearce, who had the welfare of these public gardens ever uppermost in his mind.

He was chairman of Trustees for its management for many years, and when he was called to rest, the duties of Trustee were taken up by his brother, Mr. E. Pearce, who also devoted much attention to- this public work, and it was during his term of office as a Trustee that the question of erecting a memorial in the Park to his late brother was discussed, and entrance gates at the railway side of the gardens were decided on. Then something unexpected happened— Mr. Ebenezer Pearce himself passed away. His son (Mr. Fred. C. Pearce) filled the vacant Trusteeship. The families of the two gentlemen named then combined forces and decided to elaborate the original Memorial Gates. The result is seen to-day—a very handsome gift to the Trustees of the Park and to the community, and a monument that will perpetuate the memory of two of the district's best men.

The next Ordinary Mee�ng of Council will be held on Wednesday 7 July 2021 in the Council Chambers, 15 Stead St Ballan, star�ng at 6.00 pm

For details on a�endance or to the view the agenda, go to www.moorabool.vic.gov.au

The gates are constructed in fancy metal work, painted green and gold, and hung in reinforced concrete piers, 10ft. high, cement faced, and coloured cream; the pair of main gates (12 feet wide) are flanked with two passenger gates (4 feet wide), and these footways are flanked again with 20 feet wings, the whole making a crescent some 60 feet in width, interspersed with six 10 feet piers and two of 8 feet. The two central pillars will be surmounted with electric globes.

Over the main pair of gates are the words, in polished solid brass letters— "The T. G. and E. Pearce Memorial Gates."

On a brass plate on one of the piers the following words explain to visitors and others, what the memorial represents: "1922. This entrance was presented to Maddingley Park by the Pearce families, and stands as a memorial to the late T. G. and E. Pearce, who were Trustees for many years."

The ceremony of officially handing the memorial over to