Australian Soldier Park
{{Short description|Park in Beersheba, Israel}}
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File:PikiWiki Israel 10786 Park of the Australian Soldier.JPG's conquest of the Levant in World War I.]]
The Australian Soldier Park, in Beersheba, Israel is dedicated to the memory of the Australian Light Horse regiments,[http://www.mapa.co.il/ng/buildrecord_LP3.asp?id=90915 The park at Mapa] that captured the town from the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
The park was established in 2008 on a large area, and is maintained by a team of its own employees. On its eastern corner there is a memorial statue of a mounted Australian lighthorseman as well as documentary materiel on aluminum boards, written in three languages. The park also includes an area for picnics, gardens, artificial waterfalls, a maze, and a large playground under a circuses-tent-like shade that protects visitors from the desert sunlight.
Most of the playground facilities are fully accessible for children who use wheelchairs. It includes slides one can climb to via a wheelchair ramp, a carousel with two regular benches and two secured places for wheelchairs, hammock and swings one can easily use without sitting straightly and without holding tight, and so on. Disabled parking bays are located in the middle of the park, much closer to the facilities than the rest of the parking spaces.
The three million dollars of funding for the park was contributed by an Australian fund,[http://tayarut.index.co.il/siteFiles/1/33/315168.asp The park at Tayarut Index] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135429/http://tayarut.index.co.il/siteFiles/1/33/315168.asp |date=July 21, 2011 }} and by the Fund for Beersheba Development.[http://www.prattfoundation-israel.co.il/?parkabout The park at Pratt Foundation][http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/beersheba-memorial-honours-light-horsemen/news-story/64a4174ccb5dcb22d4a18dc249bbb3a7 Beersheba memorial honours Light Horsemen]
Gallery
File:PikiWiki Israel 10789 Park of the Australian Soldier.JPG|The accessible side array under the shade
File:Möbius strip IMG 0765.JPG|Möbius strip-like device in the park
File:PikiWiki Israel 10785 Park of the Australian Soldier.JPG|The playground
File:Maze, The Australian Solder Park, Beersheba, Israel IMG 0718.JPG|Approach to the maze
See also
{{Portal|Military of Australia}}
References
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External links
{{Australian war memorials}}
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Category:Australia–Israel relations
Category:Australian military memorials
Category:Military monuments and memorials in Israel