'In February 2017, a new war memorial, The Garden of the Grieving Mother, was unveiled in Ballarat, joining the thousands that dot the cities and regional towns of Australia. This memorial challenges the way mainstream Australia collectively remembers the First World War. At the centre of the memorial is a 1.8-metre bronze statue of a bereaved mother who stands, head bowed, clutching a photograph of her son. This woman represents tens of thousands in her anonymity, a tribute to all mothers who suffered the anxiety, trauma and grief of losing a child to war.' (Publication abstract)
