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The monument commemorates those who have died while taking illicit drugs.
Location
| Address: | Weston Park Road & Pescott Lane, Weston Park, Yarralumla, 2600 |
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| State: | ACT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -35.292186 Long: 149.092436 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Community |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 16th December, 1996 |
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"...The blossoms are blossoming without you..."
(Jennifer Meyers, "Joshua knew only the winter")
To all who lose their life from our efforts to save them from drugs
"You have gone from earth,
Gone even from the meaning of a name;
Yet something’s there, yet something forms its lips
And hits and cries against the ports of space,
Beating their sides to make its fury heard.
"But I was bound, and could not go that way,
But I was blind, and could not feel your hand.
If I could find an answer, could only find
Your meaning, or could say why you were here
Who now are gone, what purpose gave you breath
Or seized it back, might I not hear your voice?"
(Kenneth Slessor, "Five Bells")
Officially unveiled by Kate Carnell MLA Chief Minister, Australian Capital Territory
Dedicated by Bishop Richard Randerson Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn
16 December 1996
Erected by families and friends for drug law reform
