Memorials in Australian States
Every Australian state and territory has a principal memorial that serves as a permanent shrine and as the focal point for the major commemorative ceremonies in the capital cities.
The memorials represent the homage paid by the governments and the people to their fellow Australians who fought and died on their behalf.
The movement to develop public memorials at state and national level was born even before the end of WW1 as the death toll of citizens-turned-servicemen and women, climbed into the tens of thousands.
The monuments themselves, every one designed and built with much communal thought and planning, were completed and dedicated in the 1920s and 30s.
The losses and successes of WW2 and Australia's later wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations are recognised at the state level by amendments to, and more broadly worded rededications of the principal memorials, together with further specifically dedicated memorials.
Australian War Memorial
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The national memorial, the Australian War Memorial serves as the centre for commemorations in Canberra.
Dedicated 1941 |
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial
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New South Wales
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Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney
First dedicated 1934
Rededicated 1984 |
Painting by CW Bostock
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Northern Territory
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Darwin Cenotaph, Bicentennial Park, The Esplanade, Darwin
Dedicated 1921 |
Image courtesy of Martin Pot
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Queensland
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Queensland National Anzac Memorial, Anzac Square, Brisbane
Dedicated 1930 |
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South Australia
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South Australian National War Memorial, corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
Dedicated 1931 |
The unveiling, 1931.
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Tasmania
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Tasmanian War Memorial, Queen's Domain, Hobart
Dedicated 1925 |
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Victoria
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Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne
Dedicated 1934
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Image courtesy of Martin Pot
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Western Australia
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State War Memorial, King's Park, Perth
Dedicated 1929
Rededicated 2005 |
Image courtesy of Martin Pot
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