Australian Soldier Park, Memorial park in Beersheba, Israel
Australian Soldier Park is a memorial park in Beersheba with multiple monuments, gardens, and artificial waterfalls throughout the grounds. A large playground covered by a tent structure and informative aluminum display boards provide additional features and context about the site.
Australian Soldier Park was inaugurated in 2008 in Beersheba's Neighborhood 11 to commemorate the Australian Light Horse regiments that took the town from the Ottoman Empire in World War I. The bronze "Australian Horseman" statue at the eastern corner, made by Australian sculptor Peter Corlett, shows a mounted rider on a charging horse, and boards around it explain the battle. The project cost over three million dollars, funded partly by the Australian Pratt Foundation and the Beersheba Fund.
The park's name and its bronze horseman by Australian sculptor Peter Corlett tie the site to the Light Horse charge of 1917. Explanatory boards around the statue present the battle in three languages, so Hebrew, Arabic and English readers can follow the same account. The grounds are fenced with set opening hours and a permanent guard.
The park is fenced, has permanent security and set opening hours, and is maintained by its own staff. Most of the playground is accessible to children in wheelchairs: some slides are reached by ramp, and the carousel has two regular benches plus two secured wheelchair places. Disabled parking bays sit inside the park itself, close to the facilities.
A bronze statue of a mounted Australian lighthorseman stands at the eastern corner, paired with trilingual documentary materials. The sculpture and its surrounding displays tell specific details about the battle and its participants.
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