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visually strong formal element in this powerful and symbolic landscape, and a key part of the design vision for Canberra.
The visual power of the landscape is strongly evident in the Parliament House Vista heritage management plan assessment, even though this assessment is looking at only one of the possible viewpoints.  Anzac Parade is a distinctive element within that sightline, and its form, colour and simplicity appear to be highly valued aesthetic qualities.

Lake Burley Griffin is similarly a key element in the Land Axis, and values studies of the lake have revealed the importance of the view from Parkes Way to the Australian War Memorial and Anzac Parade, at least to Canberrans, though it does not seem too much of a stretch to say that Australians who have visited Canberra would also share these values.

The National Heritage listing for the Australian War Memorial and the Memorial Parade recognises Anzac Parade as a 'national landmark that is highly valued by the Australian community' and as making a 'major contribution to the principal views' along the Land Axis, recognising 'the views from Anzac Parade to the Hall of Memory and from the Hall of Memory along the land axis [sic]' as outstanding.

The earlier ACT Heritage citation (1998) notes the 'vista down the Parade is among the most recognised images of Canberra', assessing Anzac Parade to be of aesthetic significance to all Australians.

The investigations undertaken as part of this plan support these contentions.  Within this understanding of broader landscape values, Anzac Parade has outstanding aesthetic values as an element of a larger whole.  Anzac Parade is an iconic element of the Land Axis, and is itself a highly recognised and recognisable place.

While not the subject of an extensive collection of significant art, Anzac Parade is amongst the most photographed of Canberra places, with the symmetrical strength of the landscape composition and the dramatic contrast of the central red median within the framing eucalypts set against the soft bush backdrop of Mount Ainslie.  The most common images look down Anzac Parade from the Australian War Memorial and this view seems to strengthen the symbolic meanings and its emotional power, with the 'bloodshed' red of the gravel dominant.  Similarly, the vast scale of the Parade and the sweep of history and tradition it reflects are breathtaking.  This is truly a powerful urban landscape.

For those who attend commemorative events within Anzac Parade, the contrast between the scale of the landscape and the intimacy and personal connections likely to be felt also indicate the power of this landscape to generate emotional responses.  And it is a landscape so redolent with history, events of national importance and personal connections, it has certainly