If you haven’t see it yet get down to Leichhardt Library to see the fantastic historical Display of Callan Park.
LEICHHARDT– Exhibition
Compassion & Conflict In The Asylum
Leichhardt Library and friends of Callan Park
Exhibition / Display – No phrase more successfully captures the therapeutic environment and conflicted history of this psychiatric institution. After decades of ‘bad press’, former Asylums the world over are now being reassessed in light of new thinking about the value of respite. The imperative to retain green, open space within our increasingly urban surroundings is also keenly understood. A new, modern model of care proposed for Callan Park could be a beacon for re-channelling compassion and conflict. Hear the stories of people who experienced living at Callan Park in the past.
When: 1-29 April 2015, Library opening hours, see website for details.
Where: Leichhardt Library 23 Norton St, Piazza level, Italian Forum. Leichhardt 2040
Cost: Free
Contact: localhistory@lmc.nsw.gov.au
Website: www.callanpark.com and www.leichhardt.nsw.gov.au/Library
In 1922 thousands gathered around Leichhardt’s 1st memorial which was situated in the middle of Marion and Norton Street. Look at that crowd, it was just one year after the Council’s Jubilee year celebrations in 1921.The memorial was relocated in 1949 to Pioneers Park (previously Balmain Cemetery)The magnificent figure of peace was designed by Gilbert Dobel, it is a grey marble obelisk surmounted by 3 steps and the figure of a lady at the top.The memorial commemorates the names of 379 men who fought in World War 1 with a total of 537 names for the Boar War, World War 1, World War 2. The memorial was dedicated on 9th April 1922.Image Courtesy of State Library NSW and Posted by sydneythenandnow
Image of The figure of peace by Patriccia Baillie c.2008 from the Leichhardt Library Image collection.
Put it in your Diaries ANZAC Day Dawn Service and March on Darling Street commences at 5:45am
Loyalty Square This is possibly Australia’s first memorial to WW1 soldiers, unusual because it lists only those killed in action prior to the involvement of the AIF on the Western Front in France. It was unveiled on 23 April 1916 just before the first anniversary of the Gallipoli landing to record the names of soldiers form this district who have fallen in the service of the Empire. It was the subject of a a Balmain Council design competition in 1915.
