The La Perouse Anzac Memorial marks the southernmost point of the route along Anzac Pde, some 13km from the Anzac Memorial Obelisk at Moore Park.
Anzac Parade and the Anzac Memorial Obelisk at Moore Park were dedicated in 1917 in memory of the soldiers who fought and died in the Gallipoli campaign and the Great War, and was always intended to be a remembrance parade of national significance.
The centennial parklands were used at the outbreak of war for military parade drills, and the former Randwick Road (Now Anzac Pde) was part of the route the first soldiers took from their training camp at Kensington Racecourse (now UNSW) to the military transport ships in the harbour.
At the 1917 dedication ceremony, the then Mayor of the City of Sydney referred to an Anzac monument at La Perouse, which was forgotten and never created, until a local Randwick resident and a daughter of an Anzac soldier, Margaret Hope, brought it forth. Anzac Parade Monument La Perouse Trust worked closely with the Council to develop concepts for the monument which is to be located adjacent to the coastal footpath on Anzac Parade, just south of the Congwong Beach Walk entrance to Botany Bay National Park. The monument is further especially important for remembering the contribution and service of Indigenous soldiers.
The monument was opened on the 21st of November, 2022.
