War Memorials in Australia
Returned Services League Fountain
Place:
Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2600
District:
Southern Tablelands
(ACT)
Orientation: Suburb of Canberra
Location: Parliament Drive, north-eastern corner of Parliament House surrounds
Position: 35 18 45 S 149 07 66 E
Ref: 00007
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The memorial is a black granite sculpture incorporating a drinking fountain on the west side.
North east face
Bronze caps of sailor, soldier, airman and nurse
LOOK AROUND YOU - THESE ARE
THE THINGS THEY BELIEVED IN
Brass plaque on west face, below fountain
Peter CORLETT
born 1944
bronze designer and fabricator
Anne FERGUSON
born 1939
stone fabricator
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Returned Services League fountain
Commissioned 1988
South face
Insignia of Returned Services League
GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF
AUSTRALIA IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
THE RETURNED SERVICES LEAGUE 1988
Information current to March 2001