Skip to main content

The Dictionary of Sydney
Multimedia
Soldiers' memorial in Double Bay park August 1919

Soldiers' memorial in Double Bay park August 1919

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 1919, p8)

Search

Browse

Browse
- Artefacts
- Buildings
- Events
- Natural Features
- Organisations
- People
- Places
- Structures
- Entries
- Multimedia
- Subjects
- Roles
- Contributors

Connections

Appears in

War Memorials for World War I

Subjects

Celebrations Memorials World War I

Places

Double Bay

Structures

Double Bay War Memorial

Footer

Home
About
Copyright
Contact

Footer Secondary

Contribute
Donate

State Library of New South Wales

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.'

Memorials

World War I

Celebrations

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.

full record »

Double Bay War Memorial

full record »

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.