On October 30, the NSW Department of Education, together with the Lysicrates Foundation, organised the second Annual Children’s Walk from Parramatta Square, where a statue of the 12-year-old James Martin striding off to school stood in front of the Civic Centre, to Martin Place, where the twin of that statue looked down over the grand boulevard named by Henry Parkes after the boy who braved bushrangers and the dark of night.
On that day, at 7:45 am, in the presence of Premier Chris Minns, Minister Stephen Kamper, Minister Jihad Dib, Parliamentary Secretary Greg Warren, Member for Parramatta Donna Davis, Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman, Lord Mayor of Parramatta Martin Zaitar, and other senior political leaders, 22 gutsy students set off themselves, taking as close a route as possible to the one Martin himself would have followed.
When they arrived at Martin Place, they were greeted by the Chief Justice of NSW, Andrew Bell, and given a commemorative medal and a certificate.
