Dog On The Tuckerbox, Gundagai, NSW

The Dog on the Tuckerbox is a monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles (8 km) from Gundagai, New South Wales. It was sculpted by local stonemason Frank Rusconi as a tribute to pioneers. The statue was inspired by a bullock driver's poem, Bullocky Bill, which celebrates the life of a mythical driver's dog that loyally guarded the man's tuckerbox until death.
A dog monument had been first erected at a site nine miles from Gundagai in 1926.
Bullocky Bill was written by an otherwise unknown poet who used the pen name 'Bowyang Yorke' and first printed in 1857. A later poem by Jack Moses drew on the Bowyang Yorke poem for inspiration and was published in the 1920s. The Dog on the Tuckerbox monument was erected as part of 'Back to Gundagai' Week in 1932 and a large crowd "gathered to her again" to witness the unveiling by the Prime Minister, Joseph Lyons.
Location: Hume Highway near Gundagai, NSW

Anzac War Memorial, Sydney, NSW

The Anzac War Memorial was designed by C Bruce Dellit (1900-1942), winning first prize in one of the most prestigious architectural competitions of the day. 29 years old in his second year of practice, the young architect imagined a monumental and highly sculptured design which broke away from revivalist traditions. It caused an uproar in the local architectural fraternity.
Located on the central axis of Hyde Park South (missing the underground railway), the Memorial was made possible after a protracted fund raising program initiated in 1919. Dellit's Art Deco design in Bathurst granite is highly symbolic, with representational sculptures depicting events and personnel involved in World War 1. The memorial can be approached from four directions, the North and South approaches consist of grand staircases which lead to the upper circular Hall of Memory' (with its unique wreath like balustrade). The East and West entries lead to the lower circular Hall of Silence', featuring the sculpture representing the Sacrifice'. In the upper space, the visitors are compelled to look downwards, causing their head to be reverently and naturally bowed. More ...
Location: Hyde Park, William Street, Sydney

Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach, Qld

The Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame and Outback Heritage Centre was formed to capture and record the fast disappearing culture and history of rural Australia. It is an incorporated, self funding non-profit company which operates without any debt or on-going government assistance. Since the opening in 1988, the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame has been host to more than 1,000,000 visitors. Considering its remoteness from major population centres, the popularity of the museum is testament to the strength with which visitors relate to the Hall of Fame's theme, philosophy and aims.
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Location: Landsborough Highway, Longreach, Qld

Light's Vision, North Adelaide, SA

Montefiore Hill provides an excellent vantage point to look over the City of Adelaide. Near its apex, in a small park, is a Statue of Colonel William Light, the first surveyor-general of South Australia, who designed Adelaide as a square mile of north, south, east-west streets including a central park and surrounded by parklands.
His design is recognised as one of the most practical and beautiful in the world and the spot from where you can view this panorama and observe his statue with outstretched arm is known as Light's Vision, a reference to the layout and development programme Light had for the city. Notable aspects of Light's plan are that the city centre is laid out in a grid-like pattern, with squares in the centre of the city and in the centres of the four quarters of the city, and the city is surrounded by Parklands.
Legend has it that William Light stood on Montefiore Hill in 1837, pointed at what would one day become the Adelaide city centre, and began planning the city. This moment is commemorated by a statue by Glaswegian sculptor Birnie Rhind on Montefiore Hill (moved from its original Victoria Square position in 1938), pointing at the City of Adelaide below. With the passage of time, both the commemorative statue and the piece of land on which it stands have also come to be referred to as "Light's Vision", rather than "Light's Vision commemoration".
Location: Montefiore Hill, North Adelaide, SA

HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Geraldton, WA

This magnificent memorial has become the country’s premier site for honouring the 645 Australian sailors who were lost off the Western Australian coast during a World War II battle in November 1941. HMAS Sydney was lost off the WA coast not far from Geraldton whilst engaging the German Raider 'Kormoran'.
The beautifully designed memorial features a silver dome of 645 seagulls to represent each of the lost Sydney sailors. The wall of remembrance shows photographs of the ship and the names of the Sydney crew. To the north, a bronze statue of a woman gazes desperately out to sea as she awaits news of the ill-fated Sydney.
Nearby is a stele – a single, dramatic shape representing the bow of the ship. The combination of these elements results in an extremely moving and fitting memorial. Both the wreck of the HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran were found in March 2008. For more information visit Finding Sydney Foundation website.
Location: Mount Scott, Chapman Road, Geraldton, WA

The idea for the Ballarat Avenue of Honour was attributed to Mrs. WD (Tilly) Thompson, a director of a local clothing manufacturer, E. Lucas & Co. Between June 1917 and August 1919, a tree was planted for each soldier who enlisted as a resident of the urban area of Ballarat. The Ballarat Avenue of Honour is the earliest known memorial avenue to have been planted in Victoria, and appears to have stimulated at least 128 Avenues of Honour throughout Victoria between 1917 and 1921, the majority concentrated in the Central Highlands.
The Ballarat Avenue is the longest avenue of honour in Australia and, composed of exotic trees planted along a major road, is a dominant landscape feature in the low farming country with a powerful social message. The Avenue is presently comprised of a total of 3,332 trees, and covers a distance of approximately 22km in length, beginning at the Arch of Victory in Alfredton. The Arch, made of bricks, and cement rendered, was opened 2nd June 1920 by the Prince of Wales. More ...
Location: Ballarat Burrumbeet Road, Alfredton, Vic

Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, Vic

The Shrine of Remembrance is Victoria’s largest and most visited war memorial and is probably Melbourne’s most recognised landmark. It is a permanent and lasting memorial to the ANZAC spirit which is confirmed by the number of visitors to the Shrine throughout the year and the many people who attend the more than 120 ceremonies that are held at the Shrine annually.
Designed by architects and veterans of World War I, Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop, the Shrine is in the Art Deco style, being based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens. Built from Tynong granite, the Shrine originally consisted of a central Sanctuary surrounded by the Ambulatory. The Sanctuary contains the marble Stone of Remembrance, upon which is engraved the words "Greater love hath no man". Once a year, on 11 November at 11 am (Remembrance Day), a ray of sunlight shines through an aperture in the roof to light up the word "Love" in the inscription. Beneath the Sanctuary lies the Crypt, which contains a bronze statue of a father and son and panels listing every unit of the Australian Imperial Force. The Visitor Centre was added beneath the Shrine in 2002–2003, and provides direct access to the Crypt. Website
Location: St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Vic

War Memorial Clock Tower, Ulverstone

The Ulverstone War Memorial Clocktower is one of the North West Coast's most well-known landmarks. Constructed as a memorial to those who served in World War 2, the memorial clock also incorporates the World War 1 memorial which stood on the same site.  Designed and constructed by European migrants, the clock tower is unique in Australia.  The construction incorporates three 17 metre high pillars representing the three armed forces, linked together by bronze chains and surmounted by a traditional laurel wreath. 
Location: Reibey Street, Ulverstone, Tas

James Cook statue, Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW

Sydney's Hyde Park is home to a plethora of statues, fountains and memorials, yet none has a history as interesting as the statue of Lieutenant James Cook, the famous British Navigator who explored the east coast of Australia in 1770. The statue was erected in 1879 to mark the hundredth anniversary of Cook’s death in Hawaii. Its creator was Thomas Woolner, an Englishman who had come to Australia in the hope of striking it rich in the Gold Rush in 1852 but had returned to England two years later after failing to find gold.
Whilst the statue’s arrival from England was a major event in Sydney, the story surrounding its huge granite base is far more dramatic and noteworthy. The 15 tonne block of stone was hewn from Louitt’s quarry at Moruya, a small town some 200 km south of Sydney, which would later supply the stone used to face the pylons of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. As there was no lifting tackle available, the granite block had to be rolled from the quarry to the schooner Settler’s Friend, which was to carry the stone on its upper deck.
The chunk of rock made the vessel so top heavy it became hard to control and during the voyage collided with a ship heading in the opposite direction. The two vessels became locked together and would have both sunk had it not been for a handful of men who used axes to separate them. Miraculously, both ships stayed afloat despite having suffered considerable damage. The Settler’s Friend limped into Sydney harbour three days later with the granite block leaning precariously on the steeply angled deck. The statue was unveiled by the Governor Sir Hercules Robinson on 25th March 1879. During its early years, it could be seen clearly by seafarers travelling up the harbour towards Sydney Cove and became a welcome landmark they looked out for after months at sea.
Location: Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW

Sutherland and Receveur Memorials, La Perouse, NSW

Above: Monument to Forby Sutherland, Kurnell Right: grave of Peré Receveur, La Perouse

Botany Bay is the resting place of the first two Europeans to have been buried in marked graves on Australian soil. On the southern headland at the bay's entrance is the grave of Scottish Seaman Forbus (Forby) Sutherland, of James Cook's Endeavour who died of tuberculosis on 30th April, 1770, the day after the vessel was brought to anchor in Botany Bay. His body was brought ashore and buried the following day near a watering place used by Cook (the small creek still flows today) who named the nearby headland Point Sutherland in his memory.
On the northern shore is another grave, that of French Franciscan friar Claude-Francois Joseph (Peré) Receveur, who came to Australia on LaBousole in January 1788 at the time of the arrival of the first fleet. L'Astrolabe and LaBousole, commanded by La Compt de La Perouse, were on an expedition of discovery and exploration into the Pacific. They landed on 6th December 1787 at Maouna, in the Navigator Islands in the Samoan Group, where an exploring party was attacked by natives, 12 being killed and others wounded. Among the latter was Receveur, who was a chaplain, botanist and shoemaker. He succumbed to his wounds after landing on Australian shores.
He was buried on 17th February 1788 on the La Perouse headland, marking the third recorded death and burial of an European on Australian soil. Receveur's tomb, erected by Baron de Bougainville in 1825 near the grave site, is the oldest movement in Australia. It replaced a copper plate which Gov. Phillip had nailed to the tree under which Receveur was buried, which in turn had replaced a board left by La Perouse that had fallen down.