King George V memorial

Canberra, Australia

The King George V Memorial has been located outside Old Parliament House, Canberra since the 1940s. Commissioned in 1936 and largely completed by 1941, it took until 1953 to officially unveil the monument due to delays to the final elements of its construction which resulted from the Second World Wa

r. The Memorial was originally located directly in front of the-then Parliament House, but was moved to its current location in 1968.

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