National Boer War Memorial

National Boer War Memorial

National Boer War Memorial Plaque

Nick Andriotakis

Key Information

Memorial Name

National Boer War Memorial

Address

Anzac Park, Reid ACT 2612

Memorial Type

Statue

Conflicts

South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902

Dedication Date

31 May 2017

Memorial Designer

Louis Laumen (Sculptor) Pod Landscape Architecture & Jane Cavanough (Designers)

Accessibility

Public

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Contributors

Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign

Troy Park

Henry Moulds

Faithe

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National Boer War Memorial

Story

"You wonder if the war is worth the price"

Boer War 1899 - 1902

When the dash and the excitement and the novelty are dead,
And you’ve seen a load of wounded once or twice,
Or you’ve watched your old

The National Boer War Memorial

The memorial design depicts mounted Australian troopers as they seem to break through the trees onto Anzac Parade

The four troopers represent a four-man section for fighting and patrolling.

The four-man section

The figures are one and a half life-size

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Another view of the Troopers

The first information panel

The second information panel

The third information panel

The fourth information panel

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Bronze replica journals showing extracts of letters of Private Frederick Harper Booth

Private Booth served with the 2nd Victorian Mounted Rifles

A letter showing Booth's excitement after arriving in Cape Town and the contingent moving in column

Part of a letter describing the capture of a railway station

Letters telling of the reality of life on the veldt

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Illness, hunger and action

A Boer ambush

Disenchantment with remounts

The sadness of the scorched-earth policy

The lead Trooper

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The Memorial face, with a section of the poem On the Trek by AB Patterson

From On the Trek, by AB 'Banjo' Patterson

A Trooper, alert and watchful

Each Trooper is watching for signs of the enemy

The Memorial commemorates the first war in which Australia participated as a federated nation

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Frances Emma Hines' name on the Roll of Honour at the Australian War Memorial

Story

Selfless Devotion and Sacrifice

As Australia moved towards Federation the individual states still maintained their own defence forces. While the political leaders of the soon-to-be Federated

National Boer War Memorial Plaque

National Boer War Memorial Dedication Plaque 2017

National Boer War Memorial . Banjo Paterson

National Boer War Memorial Committee Plaque

Through the Reins

Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign

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Taken in March 2022.

Taken in March 2022.

Taken in March 2022.

Taken in March 2022.

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Boer War Nominal Roll Trooper Francis Homer Manusu NSW Citizen Bushmen

Francis Homer Manusu Australian of Greek heritage Boer War Veteran and his father Miltiades Michael Manusu

Sunset Ride

Turning the Horse

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Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign

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Boer War Mounted Rifles Down the Slope

Boer War Nominal Roll Corporal Alfred Aristides Manusu 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles

Boer War NSW Draft Alfred Aristides A Manusu Australian of Greek heritage No3 Squadron

Boer War on the Gallop

Boer War -In the Scrub

Joint Committee Battle of Crete & The Greek Campaign

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