Geraldton Memorial

This memorial stands to honour the 645 Australian sailors aboard the HMAS Sydney who were lost off the Western Australian coast during a World War II battle in November 1941. The final resting place of this ship was only located in March 2008. memorial features a silver dome of 645 seagulls to represent each of the lost Sydney sailors. The wall of remembrance shows photographs of the ship and the names of the Sydney crew. To the north, a bronze statue of a woman gazes desperately out to sea as she awaits news of the ill-fated Sydney.

Work in Geraldton

May 22nd 2009
Sunday 17th May, 2009 Today we are off on our caravan trip heading north and eventually going through the centre of Australia to the south coast, returning via Esperance before returning sometime in September. We have organized some work on the way to help defray the expenses and to meet some of the locals. We didn't get away from home until 10am, our first stop a petrol station to put more ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Geraldton

Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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