CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO TO THE EXAMINER'S STORYAurora Stadium ground manager Robert Groenewegen, park steering committee member Lionel Morrell and Launceston City Council landscape architect Niall Simpson reflect at the newly established Elizabeth Gardens. Picture: PAUL SCAMBLER
A memorial site dedicated to those who have lost their lives in workplace accidents will be opened on Saturday, 18 June.
The site, now called Commemorating Tasmanian Workers, is in Elizabeth Gardens, one of Launceston’s under-used green spaces.
Chairman of the committee that realised the project, Robert Groenewegen said: “Elizabeth Gardens was established to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and was originally a rose garden, however, of recent years, it has mostly been the green rectangle passed by busy motorists on Invermay Road while travelling between the city and the northern suburbs. “Commemorating Tasmanian Workers gives a new emphasis to the reserve while it retains its original name,” Mr Groenewegen said.
The meeting circle may be accessed through a path of sentiments, cleverly cut into metal, atop a beautiful bluestone wall.
The sentiments, by poet Tim Thorne, are those thoughts that survivors have on first hearing and then living with the loss of a loved one in a work place accident.
Mr Groenewegen said: “The meeting circle is dominated by a large healing stone, with an array of smaller stones, all acquired from Tasmania’s North East Highlands. “The committee hopes that those affected by a work place death will use the site as a memorial to their lost family member or friend and that people walking through the park, or travelling beside it, may be reminded of the necessity of work place safety,” Mr Groenewegen said.
“The site has already been used on International Workers Memorial Day, onApril 28 and the committee hopes that this use will continue and expand, as this site is the only one in Tasmania dedicated to the workers who have lost their lives in work place accidents,” he said.
The site will be officially opened on Saturday (June 18 2011) at 10.30am.
At the same event we will be launching the website which has been designed to offer a first port-of-call for those suffering trauma from a workplace death. The website will have links to counselling services.
The major sponsors of Commemorating Working Tasmanians are:
The site, now called Commemorating Tasmanian Workers, is in Elizabeth Gardens, one of Launceston’s under-used green spaces.
Chairman of the committee that realised the project, Robert Groenewegen said: “Elizabeth Gardens was established to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 and was originally a rose garden, however, of recent years, it has mostly been the green rectangle passed by busy motorists on Invermay Road while travelling between the city and the northern suburbs. “Commemorating Tasmanian Workers gives a new emphasis to the reserve while it retains its original name,” Mr Groenewegen said.
The meeting circle may be accessed through a path of sentiments, cleverly cut into metal, atop a beautiful bluestone wall.
The sentiments, by poet Tim Thorne, are those thoughts that survivors have on first hearing and then living with the loss of a loved one in a work place accident.
Mr Groenewegen said: “The meeting circle is dominated by a large healing stone, with an array of smaller stones, all acquired from Tasmania’s North East Highlands. “The committee hopes that those affected by a work place death will use the site as a memorial to their lost family member or friend and that people walking through the park, or travelling beside it, may be reminded of the necessity of work place safety,” Mr Groenewegen said.
“The site has already been used on International Workers Memorial Day, onApril 28 and the committee hopes that this use will continue and expand, as this site is the only one in Tasmania dedicated to the workers who have lost their lives in work place accidents,” he said.
The site will be officially opened on Saturday (June 18 2011) at 10.30am.
At the same event we will be launching the website which has been designed to offer a first port-of-call for those suffering trauma from a workplace death. The website will have links to counselling services.
The major sponsors of Commemorating Working Tasmanians are:
- WorkCover Tasmania
- The Launceston City Council
- Unions Tasmania and
- The Premier’ Office.
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