Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00408:front:0:p154
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Character Range: 497367–501590

the relationship between the building, the collections of objects and records and the commemorative spaces. This is unique in Australia and believed rare in the world (Criterion B.2). The building is one of Canberra's earliest major examples of Australian Art Deco architecture, with fine examples of applied art in the same style. The building's design also successfully fulfils its special functions and reinforces the role of the place as a Shrine (Criterion D.2). The War Memorial is an important landmark in Canberra, Australia's National Capital. As the terminating building at the northern end of the land axis of Griffin's city design and one of only three buildings sited on the axis, the Memorial makes a major contribution to the principal views from both Parliament Houses (Criterion E.1). The success of the Memorial as a landmark is due in part to its distinctive massing and symmetry; its relative visual isolation given its privileged siting on the land axis; landscaped grounds and the backdrop of the forested slopes of Mount Ainslie.
The role of the Memorial as a National icon is reinforced by its central location in the nation's
capital (Criterion F.1). The Memorial's success as a shrine, an architectural form and as part of Canberra's urban plan results in part from special associations with the lives and works of a

number of individuals whose activities have been significant in Australia's history. These include the Memorial's founders Charles Bean, John Treloar and Henry Gullett; architects Emil Sodersteen and John Crust; and M Napier Waller who created artworks for the building (Criterion H.1).

Official Values:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Criterion: A Processes
   The Australian War Memorial is Australia's National Shrine to those Australians who lost their lives and suffered as a result of war.

   Attributes
   The whole building, setting and contents that illustrate Australia's historical involvement in war.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Criterion: B Rarity
   The Memorial building is a purpose built repository where the nature of commemoration is based in equal parts in the relationship between the building, the collections of objects and records and the commemorative spaces. This is unique in Australia and believed rare in the world.

   Attributes
   The equal relationship between the building, the collections of objects and records and the commemorative spaces.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Criterion: D Characteristic values
   The building is one of Canberra's earliest major examples of Australian Art Deco architecture, with fine examples of applied art in the same style. The building's design also successfully fulfils its special functions and reinforces the role of the place as a Shrine.

   Attributes

   Its architectural styling and design, plus its applied art.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Criterion: E Aesthetic characteristics
   The War Memorial is an important landmark in Canberra, Australia's National Capital. As the terminating building at the northern end of the land