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along the eastern boundary of the site.

   The bedrock geology of the area is dominated by the Ainslie volcanics, which consist of Devonian rocks including rhyolite, dacite, tuff, and quartz porphyry.1 Soils within the area typically include red earths and red and yellow podzolic soils. Massive earths of a red or brown colour occur on the fan deposits flanking Mount Ainslie.2

   The area is characterised by a constructed, undulating landscape where extensive landscaping and modification has subsumed the original landscape topography. Vegetation at the AWM site largely represents cultural plantings since the 1940s. The native vegetation is discussed further in Section 3.2.10.

      3.2   Physical Description

   The AWM is located at the northern end of the land axis, the major planning axis that runs from Parliament House on Capital Hill through Federation Mall and Parkes Place and along Anzac Parade to Mount Ainslie (refer to Figure 3.1). The AWM has an elevated position at the end of Anzac Parade and is framed by Mount Ainslie in the background (refer to Figure 3.2).

   The immediate site of the AWM is the area bounded by Limestone Avenue, Fairbairn Avenue and Treloar Crescent. The AWM is part of a larger landscape 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 AWM. The AWM and Anzac Parade form part of the Parliament House Vista and are visually linked to the nearby Reid Conservation Area (refer to Figure 3.3). The AWM is associated with the many memorials that line Anzac Parade and commemorate specific aspects of Australia's involvement in various theatres of international conflict.

   Individual elements that comprise the AWM are briefly described below and are shown in Figure 3.4. Detailed descriptions, location maps and plans of the different elements of the place briefly outlined below are to be found in the Heritage Register and are to be used in conjunction with this HMP. The Heritage Register also contains a full list of the awards the Memorial has received recognising the creative and technical achievement of the AWM.

   At the time of drafting this plan September 2018–June 2021, a project to expand the AWM is scheduled to commence. The development project will result in changes to the physical layout and features of the site, including internally in galleries and visitor amenity spaces, and externally with the creation of a new iteration of Anzac Hall, a glazed link between the new Anzac Hall and the main Memorial Building, a new Research Centre, the Parade Ground and the surrounding landscape. The physical descriptions in this section respond to the site before the development project commenced, and may change as the