Australia's World Peace Bell is located in Cowra., a small town in (The Central West), central and western New South Wales.
In August 1944, more than 1000 Japanese prisoners tried to escape from the camp, killing 231 of them and four other Australians, known as the "The Cowra Breakout", once home to Cowra, where Japanese prisoners were held during the second World War. This true history was put on screen by Australians in 1991. After the war, Australia and Japan shook hands and, Australia's World Peace Bell was built to commemorate the hard-won peace. This is a copper clock hanging under a hexagonal pavilion on the street, a replica of a big clock outside the United Nations headquarters building. This is the only one in Australia. As we approach the Peace Bell, an audio describing the history of the Peace Bell will automatically ring, and visitors can also ring the Big Bell on their own.
