Amos200 Cairn

The concept is that the Amos200 Cairn is placed in a “garden” and that the garden can be as sparse as the surrounding landscape, not a garden in a traditional sense rather the Cairn and associated structures sit within its surrounds. A strong path through the two existing gum trees leads to the Cairn, and then moves towards the church in a less formal way, before blending into the landscape. Alignment roughly West/Nth West to East towards Gala Kirk.

The symbolism is a vertical structure in a horizontal landscape and denotes the arrival (of Scots) in a new land and setting down roots. The strong path represents Amos family settlers from Scotland which could be seen as a river, a flow of immigrants from a foreign land. 

The Cairn represents “settlement” our ancestors chose specific pieces of land, while the original aboriginal inhabitants lived and traversed across their tribal landscape. The pathway beyond suggests becoming one with the land – less being Scottish and more becoming Australian, the Amos family growing, diverging and spreading its wings across Australia.  

While the symbolism here is strong, it is however intended to be an organic and dynamic interpretative environment, one that could mean different things to different people.