Description: The SievX National Memorial Project is an Australia-wide Young People's Art Collaboration, to design and build a memorial to the refugees of SievX, on the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, the national capital.
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To get there simply drive along the lakeshore towards Yarralumla, and turn right into Weston Park. The memorial is a kilometre into the park on the waters edge.
Aerial photos of SIEV X Memorial, Weston Park, Yarralumla, September 2007
Although the ACT government supported the installation of the memorial, the National Capital Authority were placed in an awkward position as it was strongly opposed by the government of the time. Permission was withheld for a year, and in an act of defiance, 2,000 Canberrans joined the 300 artists, church and school groups and in a special ceremony held the memorial up by hand for five minutes. (See video below). It was one of the most moving and powerful statements of the whole refugee era, and was covered