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Australian Servicewomen's Memorial |
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The Australian Servicewomen's Memorial was dedicated by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Bruce Scott MP, on 27 March 1999. The Memorial, designed by Sydney sculptor, Anne Ferguson, commemorates all women who served, suffered and died in the defence of Australia. |
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| Location: Sculpture garden of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | |
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Additional Information: In November 1997 Sydney sculptor, Anne Ferguson, won a competition for her design of the Australian Servicewomen's Memorial. Other work in Canberra by the artist is the marble finials for the staircase at Parliament House. Ferguson has also worked with sculptor Peter Corlett to create a black granite carving of the Returned Soldier's League Memorial at the Australian War Memorial. The Australian Servicewomen's Memorial commemorates all women who served, suffered and died in the defence of Australia. The flat mosaic sculpture represents a carpet laid by women. Set on a concrete slab is a square mosaic of granite stones which were gathered from all over Australia. A feature of the sculpture is the winding river that divides the mosaic into the pre and post 1945 periods. The insignia of the various divisions in which women have served, from World War II through to 1999 (when the Memorial was dedicated), are incised into the stone borders of the work. The lettering and insignia face inwards encouraging people to walk on the memorial. It is located under a grove of trees in the sculpture garden beside the Australian War Memorial's administration building. Plaque on concrete slab in front of memorial, south east corner Insignia of Royal Australian Navy Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Insignia of Royal Australian Air Force Western Border, from south west corner Insignia of Royal Australian Navy Insignia of The Australian Army Insignia of Royal Australian Air Force [1] [1] http://www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/00018.htm accessed 2003-04-0 | |
| Sources used to compile this entry: http://www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/00018.htm accessed 2001-08-08 and 2003-04-08 Poetic memorial under fire by Sebastian Smee in the Sydney Morning Herald, 1999-05-11. | |
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Published by National Foundation for Australian Women on Australian Women's Archives Project Web Site Comments, questions, corrections and additions: awap@womenaustralia.info Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 7 August 2008 http://womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0121b.htm |
