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El Alamein Fountain

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El Alamein Fountain, Sydney
El Alamein Fountain, Sydney

The El Alamein Memorial Fountain is a heritage-listed fountain and war memorial located at Macleay Street in the inner Sydney locale of Kings Cross in the City of Sydney local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by the Australian architects Robert Woodward and Phill Taranto as employed by architectural firm Woodward and Woodward. The fountain was built from 1959 to 1961. It is also known as El Alamein Fountain, Fitzroy Gardens Group, Kings Cross Fountain and King's Cross Fountain. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 14 January 2011. The El Alamein Fountain was commissioned as a memorial to soldiers who died in 1942 during World War II in two battles at El Alamein, Egypt.

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El Alamein Fountain
Macleay Street, Sydney Elizabeth Bay

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El Alamein Fountain

Macleay Street
2011 Sydney, Elizabeth Bay
New South Wales, Australia
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