Pioneer Women's Memorial (Perth)

The Pioneer Women's Memorial is located in the Western Australian Botanic Garden, within Kings Park, Perth, Western Australia.[1] It comprises a lake, sculpture and fountain and was built to honour the contributions of pioneering women to the development of the city and state.[1][2]

In the early 1960s there were moves to establish the memorial,[2][3][4] with planning beginning in 1963.[5] The centrepiece, a nine-foot tall bronze statue designed by Margaret Priest, stands on a stepping stone in an ornamental lake and is surrounded by five other stones and fountains.[1] The statue was unveiled, and the fountain in the lake was officially started, by the Governor of Western Australia on 14 January 1968.[5]

The area around the memorial was upgraded in 1999, and the Centenary of Western Australian Women's Suffrage Memorial was added nearby.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority - Pioneer Womens Memorial". www.bgpa.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  2. 1 2 "Fountain to Commemorate Pioneer Women". The Beverley Times. 60, (3). Western Australia. 29 January 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 13 September 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Pioneer Women's Memorial Fountain collection, 1890, retrieved 11 April 2016
  4. ↑ Wilson, W. E. Mrs (1965), Pioneer Women's Memorial Fountain collection, 1965-1966, 1965-1966, retrieved 11 April 2016
  5. 1 2 "Pioneer Women's Memorial Fountain collection [manuscript]. - Version details". Trove. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
  6. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23604/20040615-0000/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/cabinet/mediast/dg99-06/parpio.html Pioneer Women's Memorial in Kings Park redevelopment

Coordinates: 31°57′46″S 115°50′20″E / 31.9627°S 115.8389°E / -31.9627; 115.8389

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