Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial, Seeds of Friendship, King's Domain, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne
Excerpt from monumentaustralia.org.au:
A 3.8 metre sculpture Seeds Of Friendship, is a Turkish-Australian community project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in 2015. It honours the close relationship between Australia and Turkey.
Commissioned by the Turkish Sub-Branch of the Victorian Returned Services League, the sculpture includes two hand-carved granite seed cones, a pine from Turkey and a casuarina from Australia, to represent the fallen, the seeds of friendship and the future. Integrating Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's famous words of reconciliation, the sculpture also features a filigreed wreath of stainless steel for placing remembrance poppies.
Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial, Seeds of Friendship, King's Domain, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne
Excerpt from monumentaustralia.org.au:
A 3.8 metre sculpture Seeds Of Friendship, is a Turkish-Australian community project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings in 2015. It honours the close relationship between Australia and Turkey.
Commissioned by the Turkish Sub-Branch of the Victorian Returned Services League, the sculpture includes two hand-carved granite seed cones, a pine from Turkey and a casuarina from Australia, to represent the fallen, the seeds of friendship and the future. Integrating Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's famous words of reconciliation, the sculpture also features a filigreed wreath of stainless steel for placing remembrance poppies.