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The war memorial at Steyne Park, Double Bay c1919

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The war memorial at Steyne Park, Double Bay c1919

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War Memorials for World War I

The shocking losses of Australian servicemen and women in the Great War prompted communities across Australia to find ways to memorialise those who died, and honour those who served. As no centralised authority drove or coordinated this task, the form of each memorial reflects the community that raised the funds to build it. Balmain was the first suburb in Australia to erect a war memorial, but in time, the towns, suburbs, workplaces and institutions of Sydney found a way to fulfil the covenant 'we will remember them.'

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Double Bay

Eastern harbourside suburb between Point Piper and Darling Point. It has cultivated an image as an exclusive shopping centre with a village atmosphere.

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Double Bay War Memorial

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Bronze statue of a Digger 'at the ready' designed and executed by William Priestly Macintosh. Inscribed beneath the figure are the words 'Freedom, Justice and Australia'. In 1989 Woollahra Council replaced it with a bronze cast of the original and the original was transferred to the Royal Infantry Museum in Singleton.