Monument
The Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial stands at the top of a hill on a traffic island at the junction of Kings Park Road, Malcolm Street and Fraser Avenue, immediately opposite the main entrance to Kings Park. It is about six metres high, and is built from Donnybrook freestone in the Inter-War Art Deco style. In addition to a working clock, it features a bronze plate with a full face portrait of Cowan, and a plaque with the inscription
| ERECTED IN HONOUR OF EDITH DIRCKSEY COWAN O.B.E., J.P. BY THOSE WHO ADMIRED HER MANY GOOD WORKS FOR HUMANITY 1861–1932 FIRST WOMAN MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT IN AUSTRALIA A LIFE OF SERVICE |
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