A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, tragic event . Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as homes or other sites, or works of art such as sculptures , statues , fountains or parks . Larger memorials may be known as monuments .
26-631: Brooweena War Memorial is a heritage-listed memorial at Smith Crescent, Brooweena , Fraser Coast Region , Queensland , Australia. It was built in 1922 by F W Webb. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. The Brooweena War Memorial was erected by the residents of the Woocoo Shire in late 1922. It is not known who designed the monument but it was produced by Maryborough monumental masonry firm F W Webb. The marble and sandstone memorial honours
52-464: A landmark in the town and for its unusual pedestal design and inscription. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. It has a strong association with the community as evidence of the impact of a major historic event. This memorial is also significant as evidence of the extraordinary patriotism of the people of Brooweena. [REDACTED] This Misplaced Pages article
78-578: A memorial gift (usually money) be given to a designated charity, or that a tree be planted in memory of the person. Those temporary or makeshift memorials are also called grassroots memorials. Sometimes, when a student has died, the memorials are placed in the form of a scholarship, to be awarded to high-achieving students in future years. Memorials to persons or events of major significance may be designated as national memorials . Pedestal A pedestal (from French piédestal , from Italian piedistallo 'foot of
104-409: A stall') or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue , vase , column , or certain altars . Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles . In civil engineering , it is also called basement . The minimum height of the plinth is usually kept as 45 cm (for buildings) . It transmits loads from superstructure to the substructure and acts as the retaining wall for
130-600: Is also considered to be unusual. The monument originally stood in front of St Mary's Church of England about three miles from Brooweena on the Maryborough- Biggenden Road in Teebar (now within Boompa ). It was unveiled there on Saturday 6 January 1923 by Major-General Thomas William Glasgow . Prompted by fears of vandalism, it was moved to its present location in late 1992. The First World War Memorial
156-597: Is important in demonstrating the evolution or pattern of Queensland's history. War Memorials are important in demonstrating the pattern of Queensland's history as they are representative of a recurrent theme that involved most communities throughout the state. They provide evidence of an era of widespread Australian patriotism and nationalism , particularly during and following the First World War. The place demonstrates rare, uncommon or endangered aspects of Queensland's cultural heritage. This particular statue
182-439: Is large in comparison to the size of the town. Australia, and Queensland in particular, had few civic monuments before the First World War. The memorials erected in its wake became our first national monuments, recording the devastating impact of the war on a young nation. Australia lost 60 000 from a population of about 4 million, representing one in five of those who served. No previous or subsequent war has made such an impact on
208-416: Is of aesthetic value, both for its prominence as a landmark in the town and for its unusual pedestal design and inscription. The place is important in demonstrating the principal characteristics of a particular class of cultural places. The monuments manifest a unique documentary record and are demonstrative of popular taste in the inter-war period. Erected in 1922, the memorial at Brooweena demonstrates
234-427: Is situated in the grounds of The Woocoo Historical Museum. It comprises an unusually designed pedestal surmounted by a digger statue. The sandstone memorial sits on a concrete base step. Above this are three smooth-faced sandstone steps, two of which are the same width, separated by a thinner step. On the front face of the two larger steps are leaded marble plaques bearing the names of the men and women who served in
260-419: Is the gravestone or the memorial plaque . Also common are war memorials commemorating those who have died in wars. Memorials in the form of a cross are called intending crosses . Online memorials are often created on websites and social media to allow digital access as an alternative to physical memorials which may not be feasible or easily accessible. When somebody has died, the family may request that
286-537: The 39 local men who served during the First World War including the 10 fallen. A later set of plates records the 43 local men and women who served in the Second World War . The strength of Brooweena's patriotic support during the First World War was remarkable. It funded an ambulance for France and has another memorial ( a privately funded bridge ) south of the town. The size of the digger memorial
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#1732781031765312-515: The Second World War. The uppermost step is capped with a cyma recta moulding from which the square pedestal projects. Marble plates are located on the side and front faces of the pedestal and bear an inscription in the form of a verse, the names of the 10 local men who fell and the 39 others who served in the First World War. Semi-circular hood-moulds are located over the top of each plaque. A series of moulded steps sit above this, on which
338-668: The church of Saint John Lateran, where the applied order is of considerable dimensions, the pedestal is 13 feet (4.0 m) high instead of the ordinary height of 3 to 5 feet (1.5 m). In Asian art a lotus throne is a stylized lotus flower used as the seat or base for a figure. It is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art , and often seen in Jain art . Originating in Indian art , it followed Indian religions to East Asia in particular. In imperial China,
364-582: The columns of their temples or propylaea on square pedestals, in Rome itself they were employed only to give greater importance to isolated columns, such as those of Trajan and Antoninus , or as a podium to the columns employed decoratively in the Roman triumphal arches. The architects of the Italian Renaissance , however, conceived the idea that no order was complete without a pedestal, and as
390-518: The digger statue is the most common. It was the most popular choice of communities responsible for erecting the memorials, embodying the ANZAC Spirit and representing the qualities of the ideal Australian: loyalty, courage, youth, innocence and masculinity. The digger was a phenomenon peculiar to Queensland, perhaps due to the fact that other states had followed Britain's lead and established Advisory Boards made up of architects and artists, prior to
416-409: The digger statue stands. The digger statue stands with his head erect and his hands resting on top of a rifle which is in the reversed position and rests on the top of the right boot. A tree stump support is located behind and to the right side of the statue. Brooweena War Memorial was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992 having satisfied the following criteria. The place
442-458: The erection of war memorials. The digger statue was not highly regarded by artists and architects who were involved in the design of relatively few Queensland memorials. Most statues were constructed by local masonry firms, although some were by artists or imported. The origin of this digger memorial is unclear. The pedestal is of a style not found elsewhere in Queensland and the inscription
468-400: The filling inside the plinth or raised floor. In sculpting, the terms base, plinth, and pedestal are defined according to their subtle differences. A base is defined as a large mass that supports the sculpture from below. A plinth is defined as a flat and planar support which separates the sculpture from the environment. A pedestal, on the other hand, is defined as a shaft-like form that raises
494-667: The nation. Even before the end of the war, memorials became a spontaneous and highly visible expression of national grief. To those who erected them, they were as sacred as grave sites, substitute graves for the Australians whose bodies lay in battlefield cemeteries in Europe and the Middle East. British policy decreed that the Empire war dead were to be buried where they fell. The word "cenotaph", commonly applied to war memorials at
520-414: The orders were by them employed to divide up and decorate a building in several stories, the cornice of the pedestal was carried through and formed the sills of their windows, or, in open arcades, round a court, the balustrade of the arcade . They also would seem to have considered that the height of the pedestal should correspond in its proportion with that of the column or pilaster it supported; thus in
546-429: The principal characteristics of a commemorative structure erected as an enduring record of a major historical event. This is achieved through the use of appropriate materials and design elements. As a digger statue it is representative of the most popular form of memorial in Queensland. The place is important because of its aesthetic significance. This particular statue is of aesthetic value, both for its prominence as
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#1732781031765572-504: The sculpture and separates it from the base. An elevated pedestal or plinth that bears a statue, and which is raised from the substructure supporting it (typically roofs or corniches), is sometimes called an acropodium . The term is from Greek ἄκρος ákros 'topmost' and πούς poús (root ποδ- pod- ) 'foot'. Although in Syria , Asia Minor and Tunisia the Romans occasionally raised
598-455: The time, literally means "empty tomb". Australian war memorials are distinctive in that they commemorate not only the dead. Australians were proud that their first great national army, unlike other belligerent armies, was composed entirely of volunteers, men worthy of honour whether or not they made the supreme sacrifice. Many memorials honour all who served from a locality, not just the dead, providing valuable evidence of community involvement in
624-417: The war. Such evidence is not readily obtainable from military records, or from state or national listings, where names are categorised alphabetically or by military unit. Australian war memorials are also valuable evidence of imperial and national loyalties, at the time, not seen as conflicting; the skills of local stonemasons, metalworkers and architects; and of popular taste. In Queensland, the soldier statue
650-605: Was originally based on "The Queensland heritage register" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 7 July 2014, archived on 8 October 2014). The geo-coordinates were originally computed from the "Queensland heritage register boundaries" published by the State of Queensland under CC-BY 3.0 AU licence (accessed on 5 September 2014, archived on 15 October 2014). [REDACTED] Media related to Brooweena War Memorial at Wikimedia Commons Memorial The most common type of memorial
676-447: Was the popular choice of memorial, whereas the obelisk predominated in the southern states, possibly a reflection of Queensland's larger working-class population and a lesser involvement of architects. Many of the First World War monuments have been updated to record local involvement in later conflicts, and some have fallen victim to unsympathetic re-location and repair. Although there are many different types of memorials in Queensland,
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