The contrary responses from the Daily Telegraph’s letter writers on the decision-making of the Oatlands Golf Club highlights the complexities being grappled with and the sentimental value of a monument. (Letters, 24/11). The proposed development might actually be the solution. (Mum’s raw pain at apartment plans, 24/11). Wishing to immortalise the memory of loved ones takes many forms. The name of the development might be called “Leila’s Roses”. With beautifully named children, the streets, squares, arcades and buildings might endow their collective legacy into the local map, which no stone, cross nor epithet could ever have bettered. May their beautiful souls rest in peace while we get this right. Alan Sexton, North Parramatta. 25Nov2021.
Commentary : The proposed development on a Golf Course where four children were killed in a car accident became controversial when the Club refused plans for an onsite memorial to the children. Eventually, the memorial was approved in 2023.