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of substantial national commemorative activities.

The commemoration of war has been a major theme in Australia's national history, and Anzac Parade, while not an early expression of this theme, has become an important national focus.

Anzac Parade is also a conspicuous and major part of the Land Axis, and its concept is strongly associated with the Griffins' vision and plan for Canberra, as a major structural planning element around which the city was conceived and developed.  While the work of the National Capital Development Commission in the 1960s has dramatically re-conceptualised Anzac Parade in response to the changed character of the northern Land Axis through the placement of the Australian War Memorial, the overall result is a layering of designs.  In historical terms, this complex, evolving design is an important part of the story of the national capital, the Land Axis and Anzac Parade in particular.

(Criterion (a))

Anzac Parade is of outstanding heritage value by being rare within Australia in commemorating the Anzac spirit and the relationship between Australia and New Zealand through a formal symbolic landscape composition.

The Parade appears to have a comparatively stronger formal symbolic landscape composition than other such places, and it is also more overt in its symbolism of the Australian and New Zealand link.

(Criterion (b))

Anzac Parade is of outstanding heritage value because its aesthetic qualities are widely recognised across the Australian and Canberra communities, and in the armed services community.  It is recognised as a powerful and iconic place, and its purpose and meanings are widely recognised, and add to its power to move people emotionally.

Anzac Parade, as major part of the Land Axis, is part of Canberra's signature.

Individual memorials offer powerful experiences of place and time, especially for those with a connection to that memorial, but also for visitors who choose to engage more closely.

(Criterion (e))

Anzac Parade is important as part of the Land Axis and Parliament House Vista, as part of the core of the planned city of Canberra, and as a landscape of outstanding heritage value.  Its current specific form is also outstanding as a highly symbolic and formal landscape.  While the original function of what is now Anzac Parade changed, especially after World War 2, its role as a part of the Land Axis remains as one of the major and fundamental components of the planned city.

Anzac Parade is also outstanding as a highly symbolic and formal landscape.  It demonstrates a formal approach to landscape design and symmetry which reflects both the structure of the Land Axis and the nature of commemorative places.  In a creative sense it integrates these two qualities in a symbolic manner.  The Parade uses formality and a