Sculpture: Anzac boulder
Erection date: 20/12/1990
{The bronze relief on the front of the stone:
headed:}
Anzac Battlefield Ariburnu Savas Alani, 25.4.1915 - 20.12.1915
{The relief shows the Gallipoli peninsula with various features labelled: the front line, Agean Sea, Anzac Cove, Suvla Bay, etc.. 10 "plaque locations" and 10 "memorial locations" are listed and labelled on the relief, in English and in Turkish.}
Design - Ross J. Bastiaan, 1998
20th December 1990 {This year is puzzling: it seems to mean that the plaque was installed 8 years before it was designed.}
Sculptor – Ray Ewers
{On a plaque on the back of the stone:}
These boulders were brought from Bondi Beach to Battersea park in honour of the undying ANZAC spirit and the shores from which it came.
News Corporation, April 2000
This sandstone boulder (three quarters of a tonne) is one of 6 removed from a golf course next to Bondi Beach and delivered here by the Australian Rupert Murdoch in March 2000. The other 5 boulders are in the wallaby enclosure in the nearby Children's zoo, the animals being the descendants of those given to the Queen by the Australian Government on her coronation.
Site: Battersea Park - 2 Australian war memorials (2 memorials)
SW11, Battersea Park
An Anzac Day service has been held in Battersea Park every year since 1995, on April 25, very early in the morning. Since its arrival in 2000 this boulder has featured in the ceremony.
Go to map of other memorials in this area
