page_title: Australian War Memorial
section_title: Sculpture garden
hierarchical_section_title: Australian War Memorial / Sculpture garden
caption_attribution_description: Dusk at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. During dry times kangaroos make their way in from the surrounding bushland to feed on the well-watered green lawns of the Memorial. Here a couple pose before a 5-inch gun turret from now scrapped HMAS Brisbane, which saw service in Vietnam. See also File:HMAS Brisbane AWM Nov 08.JPG for same view in November 2008 after addition of HMAS Brisbane's bridge.
context_page_description: The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organisations who have died or participated in wars involving the Commonwealth of Australia, and some conflicts involving personnel from the Australian colonies prior to Federation. The memorial includes an extensive national military museum. The Australian War Memorial was opened in 1941, and is widely regarded as one of the most significant memorials of its type in the world.
  The Memorial is located in Australia's capital, Canberra, in the suburb of Campbell. The Australian War Memorial forms the north terminus of the city's ceremonial land axis, which stretches from Parliament House on Capital Hill along a line passing through the summit of the cone-shaped Mount Ainslie to the northeast. No continuous roadway links the two points, but there is a clear line of sight from the front balcony of Parliament House to the War Memorial, and from the front steps of the War Memorial back to Parliament House.
context_section_description: The sculpture garden on the west lawn of the Memorial contains a variety of outdoor monuments. The footpath through the garden is embedded with bronze plaques commemorating various branches of service, specific units and historical events. There is also a number of sculptures, including a gigantic figure of a World War II-era Australian soldier that was originally located in the Hall of Memory, before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was placed there. There is a gun turret and Bridge from HMAS Brisbane, a gun barrel from the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia and the barrel from the Amiens Gun – a huge railroad gun captured from the Germans during World War I.
  At the rear of the Memorial outside ANZAC Hall there is a Centurion Tank and a Thales Bushmaster.
  This area is used for special displays during annual Memorial Open Days, and summertime band concerts are held on the nearby lawn.
caption: Kangaroos standing before a naval gun turret. The domed structure in the background is the Hall of Memory.
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