Parks and Gardens: Anzac Centenary Park

At the exit of the Moree Bypass, Anzac Centenary Park was established in 2015 to honour the memory of local people who served Australia & the British Empire in WWI. The park offers visitors the chance to rest and reflect with information about key sites just a short walk away, including the Victoria Hotel, Moree Artesian Aquatic Centre, and Moree Railway Station.

The park is dedicated to the memory of the rural men who rallied to the call of King & Country, gathering in their local towns to enlist. Men from this region were called the Kurrajongs after the trees native to the Moree Plains. The Kurrajong trees in the park symbolise the sacrifice many rural families made in defence of their country. When they enlisted, troops marched from Moree's town centre to the Victoria Hotel, where they waited for the train that would take them to Sydney and their journey to Europe. When the soldiers returned, they followed the same route, remembering the 206 men and women who did not return home.

The centrepiece of the park is 12 plinths that represent the trenches in which the soldiers lived, fought and died. The plinths bear the names of those who fell in battle, died as a result of their wounds or succumbed to illness whilst serving as soldiers and nurses. Many of those listed on the plinths have no other known grave, and this memorial serves as their last resting place. Totem posts depicting regional fauna honour the local Gamilaroi people, many of whom served.