Arthur Park is located in the suburb of Botany on land owned by Bayside Council. Its street boundaries are Botany Road to the north, Chelmsford Avenue to the west, and Edgehill Avenue to the east.
The park was first developed in 1946 as a living memorial to acknowledge the servicemen from the Botany area who gave their lives during the Second World War. A series of Lombardy Poplar (Populus nigra), were planted in the park, one for each servicemen from the area who had died during the war, each with an individual name plaque. However, following an upgrading of the park in 1985, several trees were found to be in poor health and in order to preserve the brass plaques, they were removed from the trees and set into a concrete block which was placed in a central position within the park for easy public viewing. In 2003 the plaques were reattached to a new sandstone plinth. This plinth was vandalised over the following years to the point that by 2018, only seven of the original plaques remained insitu. It was then decided to create a new memorial plaque plinth within the park whilst finding a way to preserve the remaining name plaques.
On 15 August 2019 the new memorial plaque plinth was unveiled at Arthur Park to honour the sacrifice and contribution of those Botany men and women who served their country during both the First and Second World Wars. The seven remaining original plaques were removed and restored before being framed and placed on permanent display in the Mascot Library in 2022.