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eureka@aussie.zone 1 month agoAnecdotally, the one in a park near where I lived (furthest suburbs of a city) was much large than that. Some examples of larger ones can be found just by searching images of australia war monument in park (not including the huge ones in some cities, like the Anzac Memorial in Sydney or the Canberra Australian War Memorial)
Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
And the majority of small towns have a small memorial that you’d have to go hunting to find. Google searches will of course tend towards the bigger, more obvious ones.
I live in a country town. Our memorial is (literally) 1.2m tall, made of concrete and takes up less than 3m square. It has been there since the 80’s.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a fan of fetishising the military. But the OP suggestion that they’re all massive monuments is patently absurd.
guismo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sorry, I exagerated a lot. But yes, I’ve seen quite a few towns where it seems like the memorial was the biggest public investment in the town.
Exaggerations my search is still the same. But yes, as eureka says, there are some pretty big ones. Luckily some times some big ones that are unrelated to war, but very rare. Like Barcaldine I think, where there is a very big and beautiful monument to worker’s strikes. I was very surprised when I saw it and found it’s not military.
Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
monumentaustralia.org.au/search Incredibly detailed info on monuments all over the country. Lots of non-conflict-related ones.