Monday 15 October 2012

Leichhardt, Pioneers Memorial Park

The Norton Street entrance of the Pioneers Memorial Park, located in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. The site was formerly Balmain Cemetery and became a place of recreation in 1941, when it was renamed to pay tribute to the pioneers of the district. The war memorial and a rotunda can be seen from here.

15 comments:

  1. The rich blue of the sky highlights the lovely design of the arch!

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  2. Another from my part of the world:) I like the way you have used the arch. Great shot.

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  3. Delicious exquisite composition with colors, I like how you captured this beautiful monument. A greeting.

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  4. Wow, that's beautiful!

    Visiting from Blue Monday- hope you can stop by..

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  5. A cemetery becomes a playground? I find it strange. Thanks for sharing.

    Happy Blue Monday, Jim.

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    1. It certainly is unusual. I have visited this place a few times but had no idea of the history until I did some research for this post.

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  6. An unusual spot for a playground. Lovely rock work in the arch way, and a nice Memorial to the Pioneers. Thanks for visiting CITexas Gal today for Blue Monday.

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  7. This is a great capture ,thanks for sharing Jim. Happy Blue Monday!

    - Travel Quest

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  8. Beautiful memorial park :-) Dropping by from MYM

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