After the Anzac ceremony wound up in Blackheath on Anzac Day, a group of people wandered from the gardens on the highway down the hill to the Soldiers Memorial Park.
There, Macquarie MP Susan Templeman officially cut the string to reveal a new set of gates dedicated to the memory of those Blackheathens who served in the First World War.
Ms Templeman praised the Blackheath community, which united to bring about the new gates.
It was the brainchild of the Friends of Blackheath Pool and Memorial Park but was a true community effort.
Honorary secretary of the Blackheath-Mt Victoria RSL sub-branch, Tony Jacques, read the list of all those who contributed.
They included Blackheath Rhododendron Festival Committee, Blue Mountains City Council, Blackheath RSL, Blackheath Quota, Rotary, Bendigo Community Bank, Family First Credit Union, realestate.com, Blackheath Streetscape and the Friends of the park.
Others supported with free materials or labour: Art Is An Option (Henrich Toplinski), Tony Crawford and crew, Terence McGarrigle and his crew of local bricklayers, Austral Bricks, Blackheath Mitre 10 , Richardson and Wrench, and Ascent Consulting Engineering.
The project was organised by the community to overcome two anomalies: first that there was no formal entrance to the park, and second, there was nothing that clearly said the correct name of the park.
The gates were designed by Owen Kelly and Sam Trembath, who won a Department of Veteran Affairs grant.
Mr Kelly said the solid metal of the gates is designed to rust. The panels - which list the name of every man who enlisted, what year he joined the war and when he returned (for those who did) - will remain shiny.
"Their names will forever be reflected," he said.
The new gates are at the lower end of the park, near the duck pond on Prince Edward Street.
