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Anzac Memorial Unearthed

Where
Anzac Memorial
Anzac Memorial
Southern end of Hyde Park, Sydney NSW 2000
Auditorium, Lower Ground Level
When

Tuesday 13 May from 3pm to 5pm

Discover some of the remarkable stories of bravery, courage and resilience that have been unearthed within the Anzac Memorial’s collection.

For 90 years veterans and their families have donated objects to which they ascribe great value to the Anzac Memorial. Each object has its own personal history of service and sacrifice.

To celebrate the National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival, the Anzac Memorial’s Curatorial and Learning teams will bring to life the stories behind some of the Memorial’s long-standing or recently acquired collections.

Dr Michael Lea and the Anzac Memorial’s Learning Team, will explore the letters from Dr Reginald ‘Rex’ Angel Money CBE MC’s collection. Recently unearthed, the letters are an invaluable window into one man’s war – the experience of a courageous and sensitive young Australian a long way from home, surviving some of the deadliest killing fields in history.

Rebecca Jones will delve into the rich history of the Sphinx Memorial in Sydney’s Kuring-Gai Chase National Park. The Anzac Memorial’s collection includes a range of documents spanning layout diagrams of proposed plantings and paths, illustrations, media reactions to the memorial and Sphinx Monument promotional and interpretive booklets from the 1930s. Archived for over 90 years it is time they are ‘unearthed’.

Brad Manera and Jacqueline Reid will share the story of Captain Alfred Shout VC MC, one of the first soldiers from NSW to earn the Victoria Cross in the Great War. Shout was an extraordinary soldier, but little was known about his previous life in Africa between the Boer War and migrating to Australia. Uncatalogued information in the archives in Zimbabwe has recently been ‘unearthed’ to reveal information about Shout’s life during those missing years in southern Africa.

This free event will be held on Tuesday, 13 May from 3pm to 5pm in the Memorial Auditorium on lower ground level. Entry is via Liverpool Street.

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This event is hosted by the Anzac Memorial as part of the National Trust’s Australian Heritage Festival.

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