Uranquinty Migrant Women's Memorial

Uranquinty is a very small town just outside Wagga Wagga in rural NSW. In World War 2 the town housed a training camp for Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) pilots. In the post-war years, that same camp was used to house refugee and migrant women and children, who were often left behind while men went to work on ‘nation building’ projects such as the Snowy Mountains Scheme. A small rest spot opposite the Uranquinty Hotel incorporates commemoration of both these histories, as well as a small cenotaph for the region’s war dead.
The rest stop includes a toilet block and bbq area, where travellers regularly pull in to use the facilities or to visit the pub and shops across the road. The path leads from the picnic tables to a section explaining the area’s connection to the training of pilots where two flagpoles either side of a plaque commemorate those pilots who lots their lives.
Past this, surrounded by a small native garden, is a cast iron sculpture commemorating the experience of those who stayed at the Uranquinty Migrant Hostel. The sculpture depicts a woman holding a baby, and with a small girl hiding behind her skirt. Next to them is a box suitcase that clearly dates the woman into the middle of the twentieth century.
The sculpture is by local artist Canny Kinloch, and a plaque reads:

KAIA
COMMEMORATING URANQUINTY
MIGRANTS CENTRE COMMUNITY
1948-1952 

The sculpture was dedicated during a reunion event named 'Uranquinty Remembers' during Easter 2001 hosted by the Uranquinty Progress Association to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Hostel.
Three signs behind tell the story, and two trees are 'sponsored' in green metal cases.
Near the memorial is a red brick path, with names engraved on many of the pavers, presumably people who spent time in the camp.
Most of those who stop to use the area don't look at the memorials or read the signs - their reason for being there is to rest and refresh themselves for the next part of their journey. But I like that this history of the migrant centre is incorporated into the other stories of the area.