Dedication plaque Les Stone Park
April 1990
Pam Stone next to dedication plaque Les Stone Park. Following the death of Les Stone First Mayor of the Rural City of Wodonga a park was dedicated to his memory. The Les Stone Park is situated adjacent to Wodonga West SS bordered by Lawrence Street where the Stone Family lived, Parkland Drive and Brockley Street where Les first taught at Ariel Street SS (now Wodonga SS). It is the main venue for naturalization ceremonies in Wodonga each year an acknowledgement of Les Stone's close involvement with the migrant community. The public signage reads 'Leslie Edwin Stone, JP was the first Mayor of Wodonga from 1972 to 1974 and a former shire president (1972). A school teacher and principal by profession, Les had a long history of involvement with the migrant community and Catholic Church. He was an acknowledged champion of decentralisation. Les died in 1974'.
- Document type: Photo
- Family group: STONE (John & Harriett)
- People: Pamela Mary STONE, Leslie Edwin STONE
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