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A program of ongoing crack monitoring of the main building, including the Hall of Memory, is in place.

      * A new AWM Standard for Design Services and Documentation has been implemented. Existing plans and drawings have been audited and catalogued, to ensure consistency in the production and archiving of building plans and project drawings.

      * An ongoing commitment to the conservation and maintenance of the surviving early building fabric (dating from the 1940s) including: the façade and features of the main building; early furniture and fitout; original floors and ceilings in the galleries; the in situ dioramas and their surrounds in the (former) Sinai and Palestine Galleries; the Shellal mosaic in its display niche; and the Hall of Memory, its dome and art works.

 Inability to access parts of the main Memorial building safely reduces the AWM's ability to actively care for and conserve parts of the building. Of particular note is the Shellal mosaic, built into the original external wall of the main Memorial building—safe access to the space is not provided for, and cleaning cannot be undertaken. While the mosaic is relatively stable, and protected from most environmental contaminants through the installation of a partition, regular monitoring and condition assessment of the mosaic to inspect for degradation and cracking is undertaken by the Memorial's conservators.

    5.3.7  The Condition of Non-Fabric Based Heritage Values

 As discussed in Section 4.0, the AWM also possesses very significant social and cultural heritage values, including significant research potential. Factors to be considered to measure the condition of these intangible heritage values could include visitor numbers, research on the place and the collection, accessibility of the place and collection, and the role of the AWM in the cultural life of the national community. Using these terms, it would suggest that the intangible heritage values of the AWM are in excellent condition. The Memorial's Annual Reports detail research outputs, visitor numbers and visitor

   uses, as well as other significant outreach events undertaken by the Memorial. By any standards the Memorial is a vibrant cultural organisation, focused on key stakeholder and visitor needs.

      5.4   Landscape

5.4.1  Tree Management

   In addition to the identified values of the formal and informal landscape of the AWM as a whole, trees have been planted individually, and as elements within larger monuments. Of particular note is the Lone Pine and two Aleppo pine reserve plantings propagated from the original. The original Lone Pine, planted in 1934, is actively managed to ensure its longevity, with reserve plantings being established to provide continuity of the specimen on the site.

   Other trees on the site, whilst not individually significant, also contribute to the visual setting of the main Memorial building, and the character of