page_title: Yarri (Wiradjuri)
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: Yarri (Wiradjuri) / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: The Great Rescue of 1852 Unveiling 10 June 2017
context_page_description: Yarri also spelled "Yarrie", "Yarry" or "Yarra" was an Australian Aboriginal man of the Wiradjuri language group who took a major part in the rescue of 49 people from the flooded Murrumbidgee River in Gundagai over three days, from the night of 24 June to 27 June 1852.
context_section_description: There are several tributes to Yarri in the Gundagai area including a town memorial, sundial, marble plaque and black marble headstone. A mural painted around the walls of the lounge bar in the Criterion Hotel in Gundagai depicts the scene. Yarri Park, a recreation area below the main street in Gundagai, commemorates his feat, and a sundial was erected in his honour by descendants of Fred Horsley, one of the people he saved.
  In 2017 a Gundagai community committee, including members of the Wiradjuri community and descendants of those saved by Yarri and Jacky Jacky, erected a bronze sculpture in Sheridan Street, Gundagai entitled "The Great Rescue of 1852" in honour of the Wiradjuri heroes.
  John Warner has composed a Song & Verse Cycle titled Yarri of Wiradjuri.
caption: The Great Rescue of 1852 Unveiling 10 June 2017
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