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Geraldton is important to the maritime history of Australia.
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High on Mount Scott, overlooking the Indian Ocean and to City of Geraldton is a most evocative memorial to HMAS Sydney.
HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands in a mysterious battle, believed to be off the Geraldton coast. The centre of the memorial is a dome, 12 metres across, raised on pillars 3 metres tall. It is seafaring tradition that the souls of lost sailors are embodied in seagulls. The dome consists of 645 stylized stainless steel seagulls, representing the 645 souls lost when HMAS Sydney was sunk with all hands in November 1941.
The story of HMAS Sydney remains an official secret, sixty odd years after the event.
HMAS Sydney Geraldton North West WA - Western Australia
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Western Australia - Map of Geraldton Australia
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