They’re scattered throughout every town small and large across Australia. They can range from a small series of plaques on a wall to columns, obelisks and statues. Some are large constructions of arches, domes and cupolas. In recent times sculptors have sought more artistically expressive ways to commemorate those who served, while there is also a trend back to lifelike portrayals in bronze and wood.
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War memorials serve not only to remind us of the sacrifice of the fallen and the futility of war. They are an architectural, artistic and historical record of how we choose to remember and commemorate.
As Remembrance Day nears and we look to the fruitlessly failed promise of ‘the War to end all Wars’, you can see the statues and obelisks, markers and monuments that we are still sadly raising tho those who died in war.
Remembrance Day – Ballarat 2017
The Ballarat Remembrance Day service will be held at the Cenotaph in Sturt Street at 10am, to be followed by hospitality at Midlands - Ballarat RSL Sports and Services Club. More at http://www.ballaratrsl.com.au/remembrance-day.html
A Conversation for Remembrance Day
Join Professor Keir Reeves from Federation University, in conversation with two scholars who have made Ballarat's Avenue of Honour the subject of their PhD: Phil Roberts and Michael Taffe are both well-known Ballarat historians, with deep knowledge of our famous Avenue.
Saturday November 11, 2017, 11:30am – 12:30pm, Ballarat Library, 178 Doveton Street North, Ballarat, VIC 3353. More here.