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Pavilions as Memorials

conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-25, 00:36 authored by Katherine Darian-SmithKatherine Darian-Smith
On 1 January 1901, a crowd of 250,000 people gathered in Centennial Park in Sydney to celebrate the Federation of the Australian colonies. In a special pavilion erected for the occassion, Lord Hopetoun and Edmund Barton were sworn in, respectively, as the inaugural Governor-General and Prime Minister of the Australian nation. Constructed of plaster, the pavilion was never intended to be permanent, and by 1903 its deteriorated form was removed. In 1988, during Australia’s Bicentennial, a new and permanent commemorative Federation Pavilion was erected in Centennial Park to mark this historic event. This paper explores how pavilions may serve as memorials for communities and the nation. Many of these are associated with commemorating the loss of Australians in war, ranging from the elaborate Geelong Peace Memorial Pavilion (Buchan, Laird & Buchan, Percy E. Everett), dedicated in 1926 in the aftermath of World War I, to the utilitarian sports and community pavilions that were built throughout Australian after World War II. Pavilions, large and small, have been a remarkably adaptive memorial form within the Australian landscape.

History

Publication title

Pavilions: a Symposium

Department/School

College Office - College of Arts, Law and Education

Publisher

Australian Institute of Art History

Place of publication

Melbourne, Vic

Event title

Pavilions: a Symposium

Event Venue

University of Melbourne

Date of Event (Start Date)

2016-10-03

Date of Event (End Date)

2016-10-04

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Conserving the historic environment

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