| Place | Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Lithgow |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | AWM2017.1118.2 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Aberhart, Laurence |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Lithgow |
| Date made | 1997/1999 |
| Conflict |
Period 1990-1999 First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
War Memorial, Lithgow, NSW, 6 August 1997
Description
Original caption: War Memorial, Lithgow, NSW, 6 August 1997 silver gelatin, gold and selenium toned 1997/1999#1 24.5 x 19.4 cm
This collection of 23 images represents Australian First World War memorials as photographed by Laurence Aberhart, an internationally renowned New Zealand photographer. They are a subset of a larger ANZAC series of images taken by Aberhart between 1980 and 2013 in New Zealand and Australia.
As documented in Ken Inglis’ book, Sacred Places, after the First World War, Australia ‘embarked on a remarkable programme of war memorial construction...’ These photographs document the memorials that came out of this post-war period and depict them as found in recent years. The images are a visual study of memorials showing both similarities in form but also their uniqueness as each was created by their communities to mark their mourning and loss.