The South African War Memorial, on the corner of North Terrace and King William Street, Adelaide, commemorates the Australian soldiers who fell during the Boer War, 1899 - 1902.
This Boer War Horseman Statue, of granite and bronze, erected in 1904, has recently been cleaned and restored, and unveiled on May 6th 2007.
Twenty thousand Australians served and about a thousand were killed in this, the Second Boer War.
5 comments:
Sorry about that, Monsieur B. We Poms did have a habit of throwing Australians at our enemys' guns.
Cool statue, though.
I've never seen a guy skidding a horse before.
Sad. Lovely statue.
M.Benaut I couldn´t resist your little jokes down in Rio (and Mme. and Lynn´s too!)today... I contributed a little but am not sure I am as good as you guys. Take a look there!
Great movement in this statue!
Wow. What a transformation from when I last saw it, on holiday six months ago!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/parkaboy/475874437/in/photostream/
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