The gates to the Yackandandah Soldiers Memorial Park. The two pillars bear the names of the soldiers from the district who served in the Great War. The central plaque reads:
‘In Honour of Those Who Served and Those Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice in Defence of Their Country’.
The late afternoon winter sun brings out the golden tones of the rear-side of the Beechworth Pioneer Memorial. The plaques on the front reads:
Erected in 1954 in memory and in honor of the pioneers who founded this town, and to commemorate the fact that Beechworth was once a famous gold town.
Some historical dates.
Feb. 1852 Gold discovered.
July 1853 Beechworth named and declared a township.
Sept. 1855 Famous Golden Horseshoes incident.
1852 – 1866 gold returns totalled 3,121,918 ozs.
1856 – 1859 Robert O’Hara Bourke, Capt. Police in Beechworth.
Aug, 6th 1880 Ned Kelly’s trial begins in local Court-house.
A giant poppy sunshade at the back of the Shrine of Remembrance.
A visit to the Shrine wasn’t on Zoe’s holiday list, but an early finish at the Aquarium gave us the opportunity.
Simpson and his donkey were one of the icons of the Gallipoli campaign. Pvt. John Simpson Kirkpatrick was a stretcher-bearer in the 3rd Australian Field Ambulance. Simpson was the first person to evacuate wounded soldiers from the front line to the first aid station at ANZAC Cove.
The Commemorative Area inside the Australian War Memorial, looking towards the Hall of Valour.
“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”
The flip side view from yesterday’s view of the Parliament Houses. Looking up ANZAC Parade towards the Australian War Memorial, with Mt Ainslie looming over it.
Multi-coloured bubbles being made in front of the Archibald Memorial Fountain, in Sydney’s Hyde Park. The fountain commemorates the relationship between Australia and France forged in the First World War.
Looking across the Pool of Reflection to the Sydney ANZAC Memorial.
The National Timber Workers Memorial in Eden, NSW. The memorial was started by the mother of a timber worker killed in a tree felling accident. The centrepiece is a sculpture by Rix Wright “Hands of Fate“.
The Point Hicks obelisk, this commemorates Captain Cooks’ first sighting of mainland Australia in 1770. The plaque reads:
Lieutenant James Cook, R.N. Of the Endeavour, First Sighted Australia Near This Point, Which He Named Point Hicks After Lieutenant Zachary Hicks Who First Saw the Land. April 19th (Ship’s Log Date). April 20th (Calendar Date). 1770.