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31-DEC-2009 AKMC

4106 Bellona

Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT view map

A sculpture of the Roman goddess Bellona in the memorial's Sculpture Garden.

It was created by Bertram Mackennal, who had been moved by the Australians' actions at Gallipoli and presented it to the Commonwealth in 1920.

The tree that frames the statue grew from a pine cone which had been sent to the mother of two Australian soldiers from the battleground at Lone Pine. One of her sons had died there in the battle of Lone Pine in August 1915. The other later found the pine cone on the branches that the Turks had used as cover for their trenches, and sent it to his mother. She in turn presented the resulting tree to the Memorial.

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