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of the memorial, creating for New Zealanders a 'place to remember your country, not just remember a conflict' (Hedgley, personal communication, 13 October 2011).

From an Australian perspective, Professor Gammage suggests that the New Zealand Memorial can be seen as 'symbolically closing the parade of monuments which the War Memorial begins'.  He continues,

    'No nations share a bond as close as Anzac has bonded Australia, New Zealand, and Turkey.  No memorial should be allowed to stumble onto the ground which commemorates that special bond'  (Gammage, 'The lakeside memorials and the Walter Burley Griffin vision', www.lakewarmemorialsforum.org/opinion-docs.html, accessed 2011, archived at https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/tep/157452)

For example, the Hellenic Memorial is a landmark for Greek people, and its position at the top of Anzac Parade is important.  The use of the term 'Hellenic' rather than Greek in the naming of the memorial refers to the Hellenic peoples – peoples of a like-mind and with shared values – and is deliberately distinct from the concept of the state (Christopolous & Kazan, personal communication, 13 October 2011).  The naming also allows it to include all of the battles fought in this theatre, not just those that took place on the Greek mainland (NCA 2009, 'Anzac Parade Walking Tour Podcast', www.nationalcapital.gov.au/, accessed 2011, not accessible 4 August 2022).

The memorial represents the close ties between Australia and Greece that have come from the two countries 'standing together in battle for the same ideals – democracy and freedom'.  These connections go back to World War 1 when Greece gave the British forces full sovereignty over four islands for the period of the war as the base for their Gallipoli campaign – these island were the base, and where hospitals and supplies were located.  Again Greece and Australia were allies in World War 2, again in Korea, and most recently in Afghanistan.  The Battle of Crete was a key turning point in World War 2.  As well, the Embassy of Greece in Canberra, established 45 years ago, in the largest overseas Greek embassy, a mark of the importance of the state-to-state relationship (Christopolous & Kazan, personal communication, 13 October 2011).

Moreover, the memorials represent a symbolic linking of the peoples not just the states or governments.  For the Greek community of Canberra for example, the Australian Hellenic Memorial is understood to be a symbol of great pride.  They raised the funds for it, and hold wreath laying ceremonies there with significant visitors, as well as participating in Anzac Day, and holding special ceremonies to mark Greek National Day (March 25) and the Battle of Crete (last Sunday in May).

    'The Australian Hellenic Memorial represents the standing, since time immemorial, ideals of the Hellenic civilization.  Freedom, human personality, active involvement in