Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel AO MBE ARRC ED FNM FRCNA Sculpture Dedication Ceremony

The Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel sculpture was commissioned by the Australian College of Nursing in partnership with the Australian War Memorial. The sculpture reflects Bullwinkel’s dignified composure and unrelenting dedication to nursing principles of care. Emanating from her feet
is a gentle watery surface into which a series of 22 stainless steel discs is set. Each represents one of the women killed in the Banka Island Massacre on 16 February 1942.