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Street intersection;
     * gravel/crushed brick paved areas including the wide Anzac Parade median or central strip, central part of the roundabout, as well as at the entrances to most of the memorial niches;
     * raised concrete planter beds in the central median;
     * concrete footpaths along the Parade;
     * low concrete walls, some incorporating timber seating;
     * bronze signs set into the landscape in the vicinity of each memorial;
     * major modern decorative street lighting;  and
     * traffic lights as well as various street name, traffic and tourism direction signage.

  Figure 9.  Typical concrete wall and timber seat on Anzac Parade with the Australian Service Nurses National Memorial in the background
  Source:  Duncan Marshall

Memorials

The following brief description of the 13 existing memorials has been drawn from the NCA's website (www.nca.gov.au/anzac).

Australian Hellenic Memorial
The design includes a marble memorial which recalls the shape of an amphitheatre amidst an olive grove.  The Doric column symbolises the birth of civilisation.  This column is also embossed with the cross of the Greek Orthodox Church, representing a soldier's grave.  The column stands on a mosaic pavement which represents the rugged coastline and terrain of the battlefields.  The damaged steel fragment reflects the futility and destruction of war.

  Figure 10.  Australian Hellenic Memorial
  Source:  Duncan Marshall

Australian Army National Memorial
The central focus of the memorial is two bronze figures representing Australian soldiers facing east towards the rising sun.  The figures stand on a raised podium paved in a radial pattern, which refers to the Army insignia.

Seven cylindrical pillars recall the seven major conflicts in which the Australian Army has been involved in the twentieth century.  The pillars stand in water, reminding the visitor of the long sea journeys involved in all Australian campaigns.

  Figure 11.  Australian Army National Memorial
  Source:  Duncan Marshall

Australian National Korean War Memorial
The design characterises the period of the Korean War.  The use of white and grey tones in the memorial, and granite and gravel, recall the harsh climate and terrain in Korea – lasting impressions of those who fought there.

A central walkway leads to a semi-enclosed contemplative space.  A boulder from a Korean battlefield is a commemorative focal point and a word in Korean script represents 'Peace and Independence'.  A scroll recognises the 21 countries that committed combat or medical units to the United Nations Command.  On both sides of the memorial are bronze figures representing the Australian sailors, soldiers and airmen who served in Korea.  Battlefield boulders are set in fields of stainless steel poles which symbolise those who died.

The obelisk commemorates those who died with no known grave.  The inscription, taken from the United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, is a poignant