Wentworth Tourism

History & Heritage

Ferguson Tractor Monument

Centre of the roundabout at the corner of Adams and Adelaide Streets Wentworth NSW 2648

The inscription on the Monument reads:
 
THIS CAIRN WAS UNVEILED ON THE 20 APRIL, 1959, BY MR L.T. RICHIE, MANAGING          DIRECTOR OF MASSEY-FERGUSON (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED, TO COMMEMORATE THE EPIC FIGHT BY THE PEOPLE OF WENTWORTH AND DISTRICT AGAINST THE RECORD FLOOD OF 1956 AND THE MAJOR PART PLAYED BY FERGUSON TRACTORS AND IMPLEMENTS IN
SAVING THE TOWN FROM COMPLETE INUNDATION.

E.W. WHYTE (Shire President)
C.W.RYDER   (Shire Clerk)


 
 

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