Memorials

John Forrest

This statue honours the first Premier of Western Australia and the first President of the Kings Park Board.

ANZAC Bluff Commemorative Plaque

This plaque is dedicated to the 2500 men of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps known as ANZAC, who lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.

The area below the Cenotaph was renamed Anzac Bluff in 1974 as it resembles the site where the soldiers first landed at Gallipoli.

Cenotaph

An 18 metre granite obelisk commemorates all Western Australians who gave their lives in the service of their country.

The internal walls of the undercroft list the names of more than 7000 members of the services killed in action or who died of wounds or illness in WWI.

Bronze plaques on the outside walls of the undercroft list the names of nearly 4000 Australians who lost their lives in WWII. Names of the fallen from subsequent conflicts are also included here.

Court of Contemplation

Commemorates the conflicts in which Western Australians have fallen. The walls feature the names of major battlefields. The seat is designed to act as a whispering wall.

The Flame of Remembrance within the Pool of Reflection burns continuously. It symbolises the promise of all Western Australians that

"We will remember them".

10th Light Horse Memorial

The 10th Light Horse Regiment is one of the country's oldest and best known. It was formed in 1900 and was trained in Western Australia.

The Memorial honours 301 men from this regiment who fell in WW1.

South African War Memorial

The first war memorial erected in the Park. It honours Western Australian soldiers killed in the Boer War (1899-1902).

The Krupp field gun was captured at Bothaville and presented to the State by the British Government in 1906.

Queen Victoria Statue

Presented to the people of Western Australia by Mr A. Stoneham in 1902, the two guns dated 1843 may have been used in the Crimean War. Those dated 1813 and 1814 may have been used by Wellington's army at Waterloo.

Floral Clock

A bequest from Mr F. Wittenoom, a Western Australian pastoralist, was used to build a floral clock that was unveiled in 1962. The call of the Rufous Whistler, a bird found in Kings Park bushland, indicates the half hours. Native Western Australian plants surround this area.

HMS Queen Elizabeth Shells

Presented to the Park by the Admiral of the British Fleet in 1921. The HMS Queen Elizabeth helped to cover the operations of the Australian Imperial Forces at Gallipoli in 1915.

Leake Memorial Fountain

Erected as a memorial to George Leake who became Premier of Western Australia in 1901.

2/16th Battalion Memorial

Honours the men of this battalion who fought in Syria, New Guinea and Borneo in WWII.

Kokoda Memorial Plaque

Commemorates all units who served on the Kokoda Track in WWII.

Jewish War Memorial

Erected in 1920 to honour soldiers of the Jewish faith who died in WWI. A plaque was added in 1953 to commemorate those who died in WWII.

Bali Memorial

The Bali Memorial is dedicated to Western Australians who died, or were injured, in the Bali terrorist attacks on 12 October 2002 and honours the courage and support provided by many individual volunteers and organisations following the incident. It was officially dedicated on 12 October 2003.