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Australian Capital Territory
- Canberra, Reconciliation Place, Stolen Generations Memorial. Acknowledges Aboriginal people affected by government policies of removing children from their families.
- Canberra, Mount Taylor Estate, Firestorm Tree commemorates the January 2003 bushfires.
New South Wales
- Bomaderry, Stolen Generations Memorial. Memorial to the Stolen Generation generally and specifically to those children who lived at the former United Aboriginal Mission's Bomaderry Homes. The land is now held by Nowra Local Land Council.
- Cootamundra, Memorial for the girls who lived at the Cootamundra Aboriginal Girls Training Home, 1912-1969 (part of the Stolen Generations).
- Darling Harbour, "Coming and Going". Memorial dedicated to child migrants sent to Australia from UK and Malta in 20th Century.
- Mt Annan Botanical Gardens (near Campbelltown), Stolen Generations Memorial. Remembers Aboriginal people separated from their families.
- Hay Gaol Museum, Hay Girls Institute Memorial, Remembers girls who spent time in this punitive institution 1961-1972.
- Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Memory Project and planned memorial.
- Surry Hills, "Lamp for Mary". Memorial to a lesbian woman named Mary who was brutally attacked and raped in 1996.
- Sydenham Green Park, Marrickville, Stolen Generations Memorial, Dedicated to Aboriginal people affected by government policy of forced removal from families of children of 'mixed race'.
- Sydenham Green Park, Marrickville, "Sydenham Lounge". Public art commemorating lost community, The park marks the site of a suburb that was demolished due to excessive noise from Sydney Airport.
- Sydney, "Edge of the Trees". Public art in the forecourt of the Museum of Sydney that acknowledges the conflict between convicts, colonisers and traditional owners since the beginning of colonisation.
- Sydney Botanical Gardens. Cadi Jam Ora commemorative garden. Tells the story of colonisation from an Aboriginal perspective.
- Sydney Botanical Gardens, Forgotten Australians Memorial. Acknowledges children who spent time in Australian state institutions during the 20th Century.
- Sydney, Hyde Park Barracks, Irish Famine Memorial. Remembers people, particularly women, who came to Australia because of the Irish famine of 1845-1852.
- Sydney, "Youngster". In 2015, a plaque was anonymously attached to this public artwork, turning it into a memorial for asylum seeker children and young people in immigration detention.
- Uranquinty, Displaced Persons Memorial. A memorial to post-WW2 migrants, in particular the women and children who were placed at the Uranquinty Migrant Hostel.
Northern Territory
- Alice Springs, Stolen Generations Garden of Reflection at the Desert Knowledge Precinct.
- Darwin, Stolen Generations Memorial. Dedicated to Aboriginal people affected by government policy of forced removal from families of children of 'mixed race'.
- Darwin, Karu Park Displaced Children Plaque on the site of the Retta Dixon Home is dedicated to children separated from home and family.
- Tennant Creek, Stolen Generations Memorial at the site of the old Phillip Creek Mission.
Queensland
- Brisbane, Cathedral Square, Historic Abuse Network Memorial is dedicated to all children who suffered abuse is state care, and those who did not survive.
- Brisbane, King George Square. Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
- Childers, Kanaka Memorial acknowledges South Sea Islanders brought to Queensland as indentured labour/slaves to work in the sugar industry.
- Fishery Falls, South Sea Islander Memorial acknowledges South Sea Islanders brought to Queensland as indentured labour/slaves to work in the sugar industry.
- Everton Park, Teralba Park. Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
- Ipswich, University of Queensland, Memorial Plaque dedicated to ex-residents of Karalla House (Training School for Girls).
- Maryborough, Queens Park, Kanaka Memorial acknowledges South Sea Islanders brought to Queensland as indentured labour/slaves to work in the sugar industry.
- Nundah, Kalinga Park. Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
- Sherwood Arboretum, Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
- South Brisbane, Merivale Railway Bridge, "Cell" by Gavan Fenelon acknowledges people who were placed in correctional facilities in Queensland as young people.
- Spring Bluff, "Pain" sculpture by Roberto Rosique commemorates the 2011 Lockyer Valley floods. Part of the Lockyer Valley Art Trail.
- West End, Brisbane, Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
- Wynnum, Breakwater Park, Stolen Generations Memorial Plaque (one of six).
South Australia
- Adelaide, Migration Museum "Reasons to Remember" memorial wall plaques. Plaques come from many different community groups and each tells a different story. Collectively they acknowledge that many of South Australia's immigrants were force to leave their homelands.
- Adelaide, Migration Museum British Child Migrants Memorial. "Swept" by Tim Thomson remembers children sent to Australia under child migration schemes.
- Adelaide Peace Park (Karawirra), Memorial to Forgotten Australians and Wards of the State.
- Andrews Farm, Stebonheath Park. Stolen Generations Memorial and Healing Garden.
- Eden Hills, Colebrook Reconciliation Park. Remembers the grief of children removed from their land and families - particularly those brought to the Colebrook Training Home - and the grief of the families left behind.
- Pennington Gardens Reserve, commemorates the Finsbury Migrant Centre.
- Whyalla, Mt Laura Homestead. "Healing Hands" sculpture by Di Turner and Yvonne Dorward for those 'touched by cancer'.
Tasmania
- Hobart, Royal Botanical Gardens. "Tree of Hope" sculpture by Kristina Nichols dedicated to people affected by past adoption practices.
- Hobart, Royal Botanical Gardens. Forgotten Australians Rose Walk dedicated to people who spent time in state care as children.
- Hobart, Child Migrants Memorial. Sculpture of a young girl and boy remembers children sent to Australia under child migrations schemes.
- Middleton, 1967 Bushfire Memorial. Commemorate "A day of terror, loss, suffering, grief."
- South Hobart, Cascades Female Factory, Convict Women Memorial Garden remembers all women and children who passed through the walls of the 'factory'.
Victoria
- Ballarat, Australian Ex-Prisoner of War Memorial. Dedicated to Australians who became prisoners of war (POWs) while fighting in wars dating back to the Boer War.
- Bendigo, Black Saturday Bushfire Memorial. Commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 9 February 2009..
- Bonegilla. Beginning Place memorial is part of the Bonegilla Migrant Experience, a memorial-museum commemorating the experience of European post-WW2 migrants.
- Bunyip Bushfire Memorial, "Strength in Community". Commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 9 Feburary 2009.
- Darebin. "Empty Coolamon" sculpture by Robyne Latham is a memorial to the Stolen Generations. Includes a poem by Vickie Lee Roach.
- Haven, "Black Stump Time Capsule" by Steve Monk commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 9 February 2009,
- Horsham, "Urban Forest" by Donal Molloy Drum commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 9 February 2009.
- Kinglake West, "Garden of Reflection" commemorates the Black Saturday fires of 9 February 2009.
- Kynton, "AFTER" Art From The Extented Region Black Saturday Memorial, designed by Kathryn Portelli.
- Melbourne, Enterprise Park. "Scar: A Stolen Vision" public artwork that acknowledges the scars colonisation has left for Aboriginal peoples.
- Melbourne Migration Museum, "Love Seat 38:52", a Welsh love seat by Damien Wright dedicated to children sent to Australia from Britain and Malta between 1912 and 1972 under British and Commonwealth Child Migrations Schemes.
- Melbourne, Southbank Promenade. "World Within, World Without" mosaic by Helen Bodycomb dedicated to Forgotten Australians (children who spent time in Australian state institutions during the 20th Century).
- Melbourne, Rialto Building. "The Reuniting Family" sculpture by Michael Meszaros commemorates the Italian migrant experience, in particular, and remembers all migrants.
- Noble Park, Commemorative Park near RSL Hall. Peace Park Mosaic dedicated friends and relatives of the area who died in war but also to people separated in the process of migration.
- Seymore, Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk.
- South Melbourne. "Maria's Story" is a commemorative public artwork that tells the story of Stolen Generations woman Aunty Maria Starcevic.
- South Morang, City of Whittlesea Civic Centre. Sorry Space created by Glenn Romanis is dedicated to members of the Stolen Generations, Aboriginal children removed from their parents.
- Springvale, Enterprise Tribute Garden remembers the 30,000 migrants and refugees who passed through the Enterprise Migrant Hostel 1970-1992.
- Thornbury, Koorie Mural. This heritage-listed artwork tells the story of colonisation from an Aboriginal perspective.
- Wandong Bushfire Memorial Garden, commemorates the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009.
Western Australia
- East Perth, "Illa Kuri" Sacred Dreamin Path by Toogar Morrison , Western Australia. Artwork by Nyungar artist Uncle Toogar Morrison. Acknowledges the destruction of wetlands and culture since colonisation, but states "the sacred dreaming path is never ending".
- East Perth, Wellington Square. Sorry Pole commemorates the Stolen Generations.
- Fremantle, near the Maritime Museum. Memorial to Former Child Migrants.
- Margaret River, Gnarabup Beach. "Refuge" sculpture by Kashmir Rouw commemorates the 2011 bushfires. (There are also sculptures at Riflebutts Reserve.)
- Perth Cultural Centre, "Unfolding Lives" memorial to Forgotten Australians (children who spent time in out-of-home care in the 20th century).
- Perth Cultural Centre, "Der Rufer" (The Caller) by Gerhard Marcks. Dedicated to victims and survivors of torture.
A full database of post-1960 memorials in Australia can be found at the Australian Centre for Public History: http://www.acph.nicheit.com.au/
Other useful sources of information about monuments, memorials and public art in Australia are Monument Australia and Public Art Around the World.
