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Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (other)
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden may refer to: * Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Adelaide) * Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Melbourne) The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden is located in Kings Domain, Melbourne, Australia and honours the contribution of women settlers to the development of the state of Victoria. In 1933, plans for the celebrations for the 1934 Centenary of Mel ... See also * Pioneer Woman (other) * Pioneer Women's Memorial (other) {{geodab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Adelaide)
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Park 12 of the Park Lands of Adelaide, South Australia, is a tribute to the pioneer women of South Australia. The garden was designed by landscape designer Elsie Cornish (1887-1946), and the statue created by Ola Cohn was unveiled by Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey) on 19 April 1941. The main entrance is located off King William Road opposite the Adelaide Festival Centre, between the Torrens Parade Ground on the north side and the rear of Government House on the south. The shady garden and surrounding lawned areas are used for quiet recreation throughout the year, and for a week each March becomes a hive of activity when the Adelaide Festival presents the Adelaide Writers' Week there. History The garden was proposed in May 1938 by the Pioneer Women's Memorial Trust of South Australia. Two representatives of this organisation, Miss Phebe Watson and Chair of the Trust Adelai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Melbourne)
The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden is located in Kings Domain, Melbourne, Australia and honours the contribution of women settlers to the development of the state of Victoria. In 1933, plans for the celebrations for the 1934 Centenary of Melbourne began to be made, and a Women's Centenary Council was formed to ensure women's opinions were included. At the first meeting, it was agreed that a memorial garden of remembrance would be created in Kings Domain. A variety of fundraising ventures followed, including producing and selling a commemorative book, and receiving public subscriptions to have a particular woman's name inscribed on a "sheet of remembrance". These sheets were later buried underneath the sundial in the garden. The garden was designed by Hugh Linaker and is a formal, symmetrical garden traversed by a watercourse. This flows into a grotto which contains a bronze statue of a woman by the sculptor Charles Web Gilbert. Two plaques in the garden were unveiled at a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pioneer Woman (other)
The ''Pioneer Woman'' is a statue created by Bryant Baker in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Pioneer Woman or Pioneer Women may also refer to: *''Pioneer Woman'', a statue created by Leo Friedlander for Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas * ''Pioneer Woman'' (Littman), a statue in Portland, Oregon * ''The Pioneer Woman'' (TV series), television series that airs on Food Network ** Ree Drummond, chef and host of the series *''Pioneer Woman (film)'', a 1973 made-for-TV movie starring Joanna Pettet, William Shatner, and David Janssen *''Pioneer Women'', memorial in Atlanta, Georgia *"Pioneer Women", a 1952 episode of ''I Love Lucy'' *Pioneer Women, the US branch of an international women's organization, renamed Na'amat in 1981 See also *''Madonna of the Trail'', a series of statues created by August Leimbach * Pioneer Women's Memorial (other) * Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (other) Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden may refer to: * Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Adel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
