On the corner of the Pacific Highway and Burleigh Street in Lindfield sits Millwood Park, a small rest park and home to one of the most interesting sculptures in Ku-ring-gai.

The park itself is named after Millwood Farm, 40 acres that local pioneer William Henry once owned and used as a vineyard around 1814.

Rising up from behind a well-kept hedge of wild grass and reeds is the attention-grabbing statue of Millwood Park, a well-proportioned naked woman, throwing her arms to her head and bearing her chest for the thousands who make their way along the Pacific Highway each day.

Known to many out-of-towners for its nature and conservatism, Millwood Park's single statue is one of the most interesting sculptures in the Ku-ring-gai area, if not for its bold classicism, then for the meaning behind it.

While Millwood Park may be positioned to grab the gaze of passers by, it's roadside location means it is not the most popular picnic location in the area, and as such the full gravity of the intriguing sculpture is often overlooked.

What appears to be a sculpture that Norman Lindsay would quite happily put his name to, is actually a war memorial carved by Wahroonga resident Trygve Torma. The woman depicted is kneeling in a bone riddled war marsh clutching a skull to her shoulder. The unnamed woman's face is stricken with grief, not naturist glee.

While war memorials aren't known for their nudity, Torma's sculpture is effective in evoking a sense of grief and despair as a wife and mother of a fallen soldier is left bereaved and alone.

The accompanying plaque reads: "'Why? God why? She cried when realising the loss of her husband and only son.' This sculpture commemorates women who lost their loved ones in war."

The sculpture was unveiled in early 1998 by Richard Geddes, who was mayor at the time. The sculpture has already a familiar piece of the local landscape, a piece of the attention-grabbing artwork with a political message that is still relevant today.