Canecutters Memorial, White marble monument at Fitzgerald Esplanade, Innisfail, Australia
The Canecutters Memorial features a life-size statue of a man in traditional attire, holding a cane knife and standing upon an octagonal pool with a square plinth.
The memorial was constructed in 1959 to mark Queensland's centenary of separation from New South Wales and commemorate the sugar industry's regional development.
The Italian community of Innisfail funded and commissioned the memorial, selecting Renato Beretta's design which was later carved from Carrara marble in Italy.
The monument includes inscriptions in English and Italian, detailing the sugar industry's pioneers and stands near the Johnstone River with decorative railings representing sugar cane stalks.
The memorial gained additional significance as mechanical harvesting replaced manual cane cutting in the 1960s, making it a record of obsolete agricultural practices.
GPS coordinates: -17.52388,146.03250
Latest update: March 4, 2025 10:29
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