On August 2010 , a memorial monument for the Assyrian genocide was erected in Bonnyrigg . The statue , being 4.5 meters tall , is designed as a hand of a martyr draped in an Assyrian flag . The memorial is placed in a reserve to be named the '' Garden of Nineveh '' . The statue and the name for the reserve were proposed in August 2009 . After consultation with the community , Fairfield Council received more than 100 submissions , including some from overseas , and two petitions . The proposal was condemned by the Turkish community . Turkey 's consul general to Sydney expressed resentment about the monument , while acknowledging that tragedies had occurred to Assyrians in the period as well as Turks
Assyrian genocide
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