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the building, tower feature and a monumental entrance. The building has a cruciform plan with two floors of galleries, a library, war records storage, office space and workshop facilities. The major commemorative features are the central courtyard and pool, the flanking cloisters with the Roll of Honour, and the copper domed Hall of Memory.

The Hall with its stepped cubic forms and copper dome is the key architectural and landmark element of the place. As the major vertical element in the architectural composition, it closes the view from within the courtyard and is a prominent terminating feature of the land axis. The mosaics and stained glass windows within the Hall are outstanding pieces of monumental applied art in the Art Deco style and identify the principal contemplative space.

Features of Importance

Major features of the site include the main Memorial building; the ceremonial landscape immediately in front of the main building; the Lone Pine, external displays and sculptures; Administration Building; kiosk; ANZAC Hall; roads and carparks. The Memorial Hall also now incorporates the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier and as such demonstrates changing and evolving concepts of commemoration.

The Roll of Honour is a document and visual statement of the extent and identity of Australia's war dead. It is a key element of the founding concept of the Memorial, although only installed in the 1960s.

The galleries display the Memorial's collection in a way which leads to an understanding of its commemorative function. While most of the galleries have been altered dramatically since construction, the Sinai Palestine Gallery is relatively original and intact.

The World War One dioramas are important icons of the Memorial, especially those in situ since 1941 in the Sinai Palestine Gallery. They are rare surviving examples of artist created three dimensional display models, important as documents that were specifically created to record historical events and as highly creative interpretive devices. This gallery has the last large diorama, the battle of Romani and the last diorama series, the Transport series, in their original locations. The gallery also has its original rubber tile flooring and its original ceiling pattern largely intact .

The open space of the landscape surrounds of the building and the natural landscape of the Mount Ainslie backdrop are important features of the complex. The Queen's Tree marks the site of a tree planted by Queen Elizabeth II that was later vandalised and replaced with a EUCALYPTUS NICHOLII. This tree has not survived and a group of three trees were planted by the Governor General on 1 November 2002 in Remembrance Park to mark the Canberra end of the Remembrance driveway linking the national capital to Sydney. There are five commemorative trees commemorating various