George Geer & William Lyons Memorial Fountain (Perth, WA)

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The Geer/Lyons Memorial was originally situated at the corner of Helena Street and Newcastle Road (now Great Northern Highway). In about the 1930s it was moved to Helena Street and Railway Parade (which then had the Trades' Hall situated opposite) although it was re-erected without its fountain function. The memorial was restored, rededicated and relocated back as close possible to its original position in 1995 to commemorate the centenary of Midland.

George Geer and William Lyons were killed in August 1904, when their railway engine overturned after the bridge was washed away at Poison Gully, on the Midland Junction/Pickering Brook Canning timber line. A committee of local citizens was formed after the accident which raised funds for the erection of the memorial by holding benefit sporting events, concerts and dances and by subscription lists sent to railway unions throughout the State. This was the first major railway accident in Western Australia.