Memory Lines Memorial

Darling Harbour Art and SculptureMemory Lines Memorial

The Memory Lines Memorial by artist Ingrid Skirka, is dedicated to those Australian workers who died at work or as a result of work related diseases. This memorial was unveiled on the Workers International Day of Mourning on the 28th of April 2004.

In this memorial, the artist has created a sculpture that represents the life cycle of a person’s working life, the void we feel when a loved one is lost, and the memory lines that are left behind.

The sculpture has been designed to relate to the human body, so that people can look into and beyond the void, and so that flowers can be laid within it. The stainless steel poles are symbolic of the lines of memory. On remembrance days memory cards or photographs can be tied to the ‘lines of memory’ poles.¹

This memorial is dedicated to those Australian workers who never returned home from work and to all those whose lives have been tragically cut-short in the pursuit of earning a living.

The life cycle, the void of loss and lines of memory are symbols represented in this sculpture.

Unveiled by the Hon John Della Bosca MLC, Minister for Commerce on International Mourning Day 28th April 2004.

“Memory Lines” by sculptor Ingrid Skirka

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