Anzac Parade War Memorial, Moore Park, Sydney, Anzac Day 2020, photographs by Michael Waterhouse

fonds

24-25 April, 2020

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9659196

10 photographs - digital, JPEG, colour

10 digital photographs of Anzac eve and dawn, Anzac Parade War Memorial obelisk, 2020

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Michael Waterhouse
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Michael Waterhouse

The Anzac Parade War Memorial obelisk is one of the earliest monuments dedicated to the role of the Anzacs in the First World War. Designed by City Architect R.H. Brodrick, the monument was erected as part of the reconfiguration of Anzac Parade, formerly Randwick Road, on 15 March 1917, less than one year after the inauguration of Anzac Day. It became the focal point for Sydney’s Anzac Day commemorations until the Cenotaph was built in Martin Place in 1927. Saving Moore Park Inc. has held a dawn service there each Anzac Day from 2017, the centenary of its inauguration.

In 2020 there was no dawn service due to COVID-19 restrictions. The trail of candles, by an unknown person, was deliberately placed to link the Lone Pine tree with the Anzac obelisk memorial.

References:
'A short history of the ANZAC Obelisk at Moore Park'. Centennial Parklands. Accessed 19 October 2023
Saving Moore Park. Accessed 19 October 2023. https://www.savingmoorepark.com/
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