Monuments in Australia

The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.

All that remains of the first colonial naval ship in Australia is located in a park in Queenscliff.

Dedicated to the first flight of an aircraft to be designed and built in Australia.

Dedicated to a pivotal figure in the region's tourism industry.

A neat pile of shale marks an early English trip to the Yarra River.

Commemorating the 19th-century labor movement in Australia.

To commemorate a century of gold mining, this Australian city built a monument that features a replica of a 150-pound gold nugget found there in 1858.

This unusual stone monument marks the starting point of the epic and tragic event.

This stone obelisk commemorates the discovery of the world's largest gold nugget.

A monument to the 4,114 Irish orphan girls who arrived in Australia between 1848 and 1850.

This strange portrayal of the state's first lieutenant-governor literally stands on its head.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.

A monument to a working class martyr.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A plaque at the lighthouse where Frederick Valentich made his last radio contact before he vanished without a trace.