Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408:front:0:p81
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 236619–242796

the ongoing commitment of the Memorial to employ artists and sculptors to create this form of interpretive display, which is now closely associated with the AWM.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      * the distinctive massing and symmetry of the main Memorial building, its prominent siting at the northern extent of Griffin's Land Axis and within a designed setting, against the backdrop of Mount Ainslie;
                                                                                                                                                                                      * individual sculptures and associated plantings/landscaping and memorials;
                                                                                                                                                                                      * Hall of Memory mosaics; and
                                                                                                                                                                                      * collection of dioramas.
 Criterion (g) Social Values— the place's strong or special associations with a particular community or cultural group for social, cultural or spiritual reasons.
 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                                                                                            The Australian War Memorial is Australia's National Shrine to those Australians who lost their lives and suffered as a result of war. As such it is important to the Australian community as a whole and has special associations with veterans and their families and descendants of those who fought in wars.
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                                                                                                                                                                                 The whole building, including its commemorations, displays and records.
 Commentary                                                                                                                                                                      The assessment could be expanded to further explain these associations and how they are demonstrated.
 Suggested Revision                                                                                                                                                              The Australian War Memorial is a place of significant social, cultural and spiritual meaning to the Australian community at large. As the national shrine, the AWM is a place of pilgrimage, particularly for major events and anniversaries such as ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day.

                                                                                                                                                                                        The AWM, through the Commemorative Area, and areas of quiet reflection within the grounds, invites reflection on the intangible values of sacrifice, identity, ANZAC spirit, loss, grief, pride and memory.
                                                                                                                                                                                        The exhibitions through their display of the physical remains of war, and communication of the collective and individual stories of Australians, provide visitors with secondary experiences of conflict/war.
                                                                                                                                                                                        The AWM as a whole—including the Commemorative Area, galleries and landscape—induces personal and emotional experiences through participation in the collective act of remembering.
                                                                                                                                                                                        The connections are varied and unquantifiable but are based on a strong and special connection with the AWM as a physical place and symbol of Australia's participation in armed conflict.
                                                                                                                                                                                        While community-based research on the significance of the AWM's galleries has not been undertaken, the significance of the AWM under this criterion is arguably demonstrated in the high number of guests who visit the place to pay their respects, the rates of participation and attendance in special events, and through visitor response data, such as TripAdvisor and exit surveys undertaken by exhibition staff.
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                                                                                                                                                                                        The whole AWM site, including its commemorations, displays and records.
 Criterion (h) Significant People— the place's special association with the life or works of a person, or group of persons, of importance in Australia's natural or cultural history.
 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                                                                                                   The Australian War