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Korean War Memorial, Sydney

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19: 221: 85:, the national flower of South Korea, represent the fallen troops from New South Wales. Eleven jagged pieces of concrete, depicting the rugged Korean landscape, carry the names of the battle in which Australians were awarded battle honours. 54: 287: 73:. The pathway carries the names of the twenty-one countries of the UN task force. At the centre of the memorial are two granite stones quarried at the location of the 258: 277: 182: 135: 282: 131: 103: 251: 244: 108: 46: 30: 70: 18: 74: 228: 78: 220: 157: 65:
The memorial is circular in plan, with a curving path through it forming the shape of the
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Rose of Sharon
"Korean War Memorial unveiled in Sydney"
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"Sydney memorials declared nationally significant"
Minister for Veterans' Affairs (Australia)
"Korean War Memorial"
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