The South West Migrant Memorial
Image source City of Bunbury
Artist: Unknown
Asset Type: Memorial
Year of Work: 2019
Location: Queens Garden, Bunbury
Provenance: City of Bunbury
Description: The memorial is described as "a modern interpretation of a tree combining a trunk, branches and cascading leaves."
The trunk represents an integration of the early settlers, natural habitat and later migrants. The branches are representative of what grew from the trunk and represent the descendants and the leaves represent new growth and continued prosperity. A series of plaques are attached to each leaf and honour individual migrants from various countries.
The Memorial dates to November 2018 with the last 200 names added in November 2020, a total of 800 names are now included. Information panels give a good informative overview of the contribution and sacrifices of the early settlers.
[Taken from a post by Dan L on Tripadvisor]
