POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a commemorative plaque from a monument at Stanwell Tops last week.
About 10am on Friday May 9, staff from Wollongong City Council noticed a large bronze plaque missing from a sandstone monument in a car park on Lawrence Hargrave Drive.
The plaque was dedicated to Australian pioneer Lawrence Hargrave.
Wollongong police were called to the car park and established a crime scene.Officers located gouge marks on the road’s surface and believe a vehicle may have been used to drag the plaque from the monument.About 3pm yesterday (Monday), following an anonymous tip-off, police found the plaque on the side of the road about 300 metres north of its original location.
The plaque had been concealed under bushland.
Officers are now appealing for anyone with information about the theft to come forward.
Police are urging anyone with information about this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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About Mick Roberts
A Sydney newspaper journalist, writer and historian, Mick Roberts specialises in Australian cultural history, particularly associated with the Australian hotel and liquor industry. Mick has had an interest in revealing the colourful story of pubs, inns and associated industries in Australia for over 30 years. He is currently working on a comprehensive history of the hotel and liquor industry in the Illawarra region of NSW. Besides writing a number of history books, Mick has owned and managed several community newspapers. He was one time editor of the Wollongong Northern News, The Bulli Times, The Northern Times, The Northern Leader and The Local - all located in the Wollongong region. As a journalist he has worked for Rural Press, Cumberland (News Limited), Sydney based, City News, and is now a senior journalist with Torch Publications based in Canterbury Bankstown, NSW. He currently calls the inner-Sydney suburb of Surry Hills home.
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