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a focus for commemoration.

Collectively, the individual memorials are also the ongoing focus 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.

Summary
Anzac Parade meets this criterion because of its role in the development and national life of Canberra as Australia's national capital.

(b) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's possession of uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of Australia's natural or cultural history

Anzac Parade is rare within Australia as it commemorates the Anzac spirit and the relationship between Australia and New Zealand in the form of a formal symbolic landscape composition.

Anzac Parade may be compared with other commemorative roads with a specific Anzac connection, such as Anzac Parade in Sydney from 1917, the axis along Swanston Street to St Kilda road (part of Robert Hoddle's Melbourne grid laid out in 1837) and on to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne from 1934, and Anzac Highway in Adelaide.  There are also many other commemorative roads in Australia, such as the Remembrance Driveway from Sydney to Canberra instituted in 1954, as well as honour avenues such as that at Ballarat from 1917, and in many other States.  These roads often have some landscape quality, especially through tree plantings.  In the case of honour avenues, individual trees often commemorate specific individuals.

In addition, there are other types of commemorative places such as Anzac Square in Brisbane from 1930, and the Anzac War Memorial in Sydney from 1934.  Anzac Square is also a formal symbolic design.

Anzac Parade in Canberra appears to have a stronger formal symbolic landscape composition compared to the other commemorative roads, although there is a symbolic component to them all.  Anzac Parade is embedded into the planning and design of the national capital in both a pragmatic and functional way, as part of Griffin's Land Axis, but also as a place which expresses visually and physically both the commemorative nature of the place and the strong connections with New Zealand.  It expresses a more overt symbolism of the Australian and New Zealand relationship.

Summary
Anzac Parade meets this criterion as a rare form of commemoration of the Anzac spirit and connection between Australia and New Zealand.

(c) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history

There is no evidence of value under this criterion.

(d) the place has outstanding heritage value to the nation because of the place's importance in demonstrating the principal