Tuesday 16 October 2012

Leichhardt, war memorial

This war memorial is located in Pioneers Memorial Park, in the inner west suburb of Leichhardt. The grey marble obelisk with a sculpture of a lady was created in 1922 as a World War 1 memorial and originally stood at the corner of Marion Street and Norton Street. This site was originally Balmain Cemetery which was used for burials until 1908. It became a public park in 1941 and the graves were moved to other cemeteries. The war memorial was moved to the park in 1949 and also became a monument for soldiers killed in World War 2. 

16 comments:

  1. Great shot of a beautiful old memorial!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. Always enjoy seeing what you will share from your lovely part of the world.

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  3. Such a beautiful memorial and a great shot as always, Jim! Hope you have a good week.

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  4. Great shot of monument to honor the heros and heroines ~ (A Creative Harbor)

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  5. Impressive picture, Jim!
    Beautiful taken...
    Warm greetings, Anna :))

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  6. I can see why they moved it from such a busy intersection. Great shot Jim.

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  7. There are a lot of names on this magnificent memorial.

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  8. Ah, so. I've heard those name but did not know the history. Thanks.

    Jim, I just posted about an Australian-Israel historic connection that will interest you.

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