Terry Floyd Memorial site named
Published on 30 April 2025
Young schoolboy Terry Floyd will be remembered on the 50th anniversary of his disappearance with a memorial in Avoca’s High Street.
Pyrenees Shire voted at its Monday night meeting to locate a plaque and forget-me-not rose on the median strip outside the Avoca Post Office to remember the 12-year-old.
Terry was last seen on 28 June 1975 walking from the Avoca Post Office in High Street to the corner of the Sunraysia and Pyrenees highways to wait for a lift to Maryborough, with a coroner later ruling Terry had been abducted and murdered.
In 2019, the Terry Floyd Foundation was established to help build brighter futures for children, with Daryl Floyd inspired to set up the organisation by the support he received in his tireless campaign to find his brother.
The Terry Floyd Foundation will fund the memorial’s installation while Council will oversee the plaque and rose installation.
Pyrenees Shire Council Mayor, Cr Tanya Kehoe, said the memorial would be a fitting way to remember Terry half a century after he disappeared.
“Everyone in this area is aware of Terry’s tragic story and Daryl’s fight to try and find his brother,” Cr Kehoe said.
“It is only fitting that 50 years after he went missing, his family, friends and their supporters have somewhere they can go to remember Terry. I think the idea of a plaque and a forget-me-not rose is a beautiful way to honour his memory.
“Council is pleased to be able to help out by providing the location and assisting with the memorial’s installation.”
For more information about the Terry Floyd Foundation, go to terryfloydfoundation.org.au
To find out more about Terry's story, listen to the podcast The Boy in the Goldmine by Dee Dee Dunleavy on Spotify.