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the extension of the transept wings which provided additional gallery space and the closing of skylights in favour of artificial lighting. Other accommodation in the building provided initially or later includes the library, war records storage, office space and workshop facilities.

Landscape

The landscaping work around the Memorial initially reflected the 1940 design of John Crust and T Parramore, however, later works obliterated the evidence of this design. In 1959 a masterplan for the site was prepared by Meldrum and Noad which included the amphitheatre in front of the Memorial. Plans for the kiosk also date from this time, although there have been

variations from the 1959 plan. The current roads and carparks were planned in 1965-69 and the paved display area to the west of the Memorial dates from the late 1960s.

To the east of the building the planting has been developed using eucalypts and wattles, appearing to be an extension of the natural vegetation of Mount Ainslie as proposed in the planting plans of 1952. Within this area Maidens Gum, Tasmanian Blue Gum and Camden Woollybutt have established. To the west of the building are mixed exotic plantings of deciduous and coniferous trees.

The Lone Pine planted in the grounds is an Aleppo pine raised from seed collected by a soldier on Lone Pine Ridge at Gallipoli in 1915. It was given to the Memorial by his mother in memory of her second son who was killed at Gallipoli. The tree was planted by the Duke of Gloucester in 1934.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

The Australian War Memorial is located at the northern end of the land axis, the major planning axis which runs from Parliament House on Capital Hill, through Federation Mall and Parkes Place, along Anzac Parade to Mount Ainslie. The Memorial has an elevated position at the end of Anzac Parade and is framed by Mount Ainslie in the background.

The immediate site of the Memorial is the area bounded by Limestone Avenue, Fairbairn Avenue and Treloar Crescent. The Memorial is part of a larger landscape which is structured by the land axis and includes Anzac Park and Anzac Parade as well as the Remembrance Nature Park on the slopes of Mount Ainslie behind the Memorial. The Australian War Memorial is also associated with the many memorials which line Anzac Parade and commemorate specific aspects of Australia's involvement in war.

Architectural Design Importance

The main Memorial building is a stone faced War Memorial Museum in the Art Deco style which displays Byzantine modelling in its interpenetrating masses and a front entrance showing Egyptian influences in its pylons and massing. The features of the style displayed by the building include: a stepped skyline, concentration of ornament on