Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Sydney Cenotaph is a heritage-listed monument located in Martin Place, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Bertram Mackennal and built from 1927 to 1929 by Dorman Long & Co. It is also known as Martin Place Memorial and The Cenotaph. It is one of the oldest World War I monuments in central Sydney.
As a result, in earlier decades this was a focal point for gatherings to await or celebrate significant events. The cenotaph was sited on Martin Place outside the General Post Office because this was where crowds gathered in the city at the end of World War I. [3] Martin Place is now the centre of the city's official war commemoration ceremonies.
Martin Place Cenotaph Martin Place, Sydney 1929 A side view of the Martin Place Cenotaph: Tarago: Thornton: 1978: War Memorial: Thornton: District Roll of Honour: Tumbarumba: District Volunteers South African War 1899–1902: Boer War: Memorial Hall: Union Jack Gold Mining Company Memorial: Approx. 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Tumbarumba: World War I ...
The Anzac Memorial is a heritage-listed war memorial, museum and monument located in Hyde Park South near Liverpool Street in the CBD of Sydney, Australia.The Art Deco monument was designed by C. Bruce Dellit, with the exterior adorned with monumental figural reliefs and sculptures by Rayner Hoff, and built from 1932 to 1934 by Kell & Rigby.
Category: Martin Place. 1 language. ... Sydney Cenotaph This page was last edited on 21 September 2020, at 00:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
In 1927 the association organised the dedication ceremony for the newly erected Cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney [6] On 25 April 1928 at 4:30 a.m. a representative group from the Association laid a wreath on the Cenotaph, commemorating the time and date of the First Australian Imperial Force landing at Gallipoli, long recognised as Anzac Day.
Among Mackennal's later works were the nude male figure Here I Am for the Eton College War Memorial, the Parliamentary War Memorial to the members of both houses of parliament in London, the figures of the soldier and the sailor for the cenotaph in Martin Place, Sydney, the bronze statue of King George V at Old Parliament House, Canberra, and ...
In 2014 "Salute" was recited at the Dawn Service at the Sydney Cenotaph in Martin Place by the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Victor Dominello. [3] In 2019 the poem was recited by the Premier of New South Wales, Gladys Berejiklian. [4] [5] In 2024 Premier Chris Minns recited the poem. [6]