The SIEV X memorial is a reminder of the 400 children, mothers and fathers who died on a refugee boat which sank in Indonesian waters inside a temporary Australian border protection surveillance area around the Christmas Islands in October 2001. 

Each pole represents one person who died. Information nearby states: ‘Our message in making the memorial is that Australia is not a country defined by fear and greed. Love is stronger than fear. Kindness is stronger than greed’.

A challenge to live out in Australia and across Europe.