Matraville, Pioneer Memorial Park
The clouds roll in over the monuments in Pioneer Memorial Park, which is part of the the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, in the eastern suburb of Matraville. The park was created in 1976 as a memorial of early pioneers and prominent citizens of the colony of New South Wales and features memorials that were transported from early Sydney burial grounds.
The headstones are like rows of soldiers standing to attention Jim.
ReplyDeletePerthDaily said it so well. I have never seen headstones lined up so immaculately. Indeed, a wonderful tribute to those who were there at the beginning.
ReplyDeleteImpressive picture!
ReplyDeleteI agree this is very impressive.
ReplyDeleteKim,USA
Love that kind of sky with the big puffy clouds. Nice shot!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sky Watching!
Lea
Lea's Menagerie
A beautiful monument. There is something quaint and lovely about this place. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting how they moved the monuments in from elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteA great composition and beautiful clouds Jim!
ReplyDeleteInteresting monument in the foreground that is set apart from the others. Were the remains reinterred also, or new markers place at the old burial site? Also you found some beautiful skies above the park.
ReplyDeleteLew, it's mostly monuments in this park. Some of the old cemeteries close to the city were redeveloped over a century ago but not many of the remains were reinterred.
DeleteWow, a wonderful resting place for pioneers. Impressive and dramatic.
ReplyDeletethis looks like a very interesting cemetery.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot!
ReplyDeleteThose are some seriously interesting monuments. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteJust lovely!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful monument, and a lovely sky. Great photo!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your visit and comment.
nice and tranquil
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful capture.
ReplyDeleteThe contrast between the greens and browns at ground level and the blue sky is dramatic. Great shot!
The rows of monuments are impressive. And the white puffy clouds look pretty too
ReplyDeleteWonderful shot.
ReplyDeleteNice to see you have some clouds too now and then. :-)
beautiful monuments and sky to go with them.
ReplyDeleteThis memorial looks so different from the previous (one for the Chinese fighters).
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing parts of your history !
A great way to remember the contribution from the pioneer.
ReplyDeleteEverything is so neat and organized! Not like most old cemeteries I've seen.
ReplyDeletethanx for your impressive piece of blue heaven :)
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