Historical information

A photo of the Legacy Garden of Appreciation at the Shrine of Remembrance taken from the balcony of the Shrine in September 1998 after the installation of the statue of the Widow and Children.
It is called the Garden of Appreciation 'marking the generosity of Victorians in supporting Legacy in its work of assisting widow sand children of deceased veterans'.
The 'Widow and Children' statue was commission by Legacy and installed in 1998. The Garden is in a cruciform shape and is on the eastern side of the Shrine Reserve near Birdwood Avenue. It was formerly called the Garden of Memory from 1980-1986 according to Monument Australia website. One plaque explains 'the garden features the Flanders Fields poppies, the seeds which came from Villers-Bretonneux, France'.

Significance

A record the Legacy garden at the Shrine after the statue was installed in 1998.

Physical description

Colour photo of the Legacy Garden of Appreciation at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten on the reverse in blue pen 'Sept 1998'.