Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408:front:0:p73
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Character Range: 202065–206600

Memorial Art Section advises the Hall of Memory mosaic is the largest in the southern hemisphere, not the world.
                                                                                                                                                                           The statement regarding the Memorial's collection of Victoria Crosses (VCs) is incorrect, and only relates to collections in public hands. The largest collection of VCs is held privately, by Lord Ashcroft, on public display at the Imperial War Museum in the UK. In addition to the Museum's own collection, this exhibition houses the largest collection of VCs on display in a public institution.
                                                                                                                                                                           The statement that the Lancaster bomber is unique is unfounded. There are 17 known largely complete Avro Lancasters in the world and two are airworthy. This makes the AWM's Lancaster rare but not unique.
 Suggested Revision                                                                                                                                                        The AWM is a purpose-built repository, reflecting the integral relationship between the building, commemorative spaces and the collections. This is unique in Australia and rare elsewhere in the world. The values are expressed in the fabric of the main building, the entrance, the Hall of Memory, the collections and the surrounding landscape.
                                                                                                                                                                           The Memorial's collection contains rare and valuable objects including a Lancaster bomber, medieval stone lions at the entrance and the largest public collection of Victoria Crosses in the world. The Hall of Memory contains the largest mosaics in the southern hemisphere.
                                                                                                                                                                           ANZAC Parade, as part of the Parliamentary Vista and as an extension of the AWM, is part of one of the major cultural landscapes of Australia. The grandeur of the ceremonial space is not found elsewhere in Australia. ANZAC Parade is nationally important for its public and commemorative functions.
 Criterion (c) Potential for Information—the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history.
 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                                                                                      The AWM has a unique and important function in the nation in collecting and displaying objects and records on Australians' experience of war. The AWM and other institutions have used these materials to produce research on social, political and military history. The place has the potential to yield further substantial information on Australians' experience of war. These values are expressed through the collections.
 Commentary                                                                                                                                                                The NHL statement provides and accurate evaluation against criterion (c).
 Suggested Revision                                                                                                                                                        No revisions are suggested.
 Criterion (d) Characteristic Values— the place's importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
  – a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or
  – a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments.
 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                                                                                      No values identified.
 Commentary                                                                                                                                                                As discussed in Section 3.3.2 of this report, the AWM is comparable in terms of its architectural grandeur and presence in the landscape with the ANZAC Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney and the Shrine of Remembrance in the Domain Parklands, Melbourne.
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