Australian-American Memorial

Ceremony May 2011. United States 7th Fleet Band (left); Royal Australian Navy Band (right)

Memorial information

Description

Located near the northeast tip of Newstead Park at the mouth of Breakfast Creek, the memorial consists of a 10.7m high Helidon sandstone pillar, with an American Eagle mounted at the top.

A plaque attached to the west side of the pillar records the erection of the memorial, while a plaque on a marble plinth at the base of the same side was added for the Australian bicentenary in 1988.

A plaque mounted on a marble plinth at the base of the east side of the memorial was added in 1995 to commemorate 50 years since the end of the War in the Pacific.

There are two flagpoles to the west.

Inscription

Main plaque, west side of pillar:

THEY PASSED THIS WAY

THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY THE PEOPLE OF QUEENSLAND
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE CONTRIBUTION
MADE BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
DURING THE 1939-45 WAR LONG MAY IT STAND
AS A SYMBOL OF UNITY
OF ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES
IN THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM

Plaque at base of west side of memorial:

AUSTRALIA 1788-1988

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
200 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN
AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP,IN PEACE AND IN WAR.
MAY THE NEXT 200 YEARS
BRING ONLY PEACE.

Plaque at base of east side of memorial:

AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS
1945-1995

IN THE FIFTIETH YEAR
OF VICTORY
IN THE PACIFIC
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO
THE AUSTRALIAN & AMERICAN
SERVICE MEN & WOMEN
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
SO THAT WE MAY ENJOY PEACE

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.