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represent all Australians who lost their lives in World War I.

 Following much debate and division regarding the purpose and style of the memorial, a design competition for the new building was launched in 1923. Included in the competition's restrictions were Australian applicants only and a cost limit of £75,000, and the building was required to have office accommodation for the RSSILA and other soldiers' associations. The competition was won by Sydney architect Charles Bruce Dellit. Dellit deviated from the classical symbolism of the time in favour of more abstract images, incorporated into an Art Deco style stepped ziggurat.12 For example:13

    The statues on the four corners at the top of the edifice were to be the 'Four Seasons, representing Eternity'. Lower down on the sixteen buttresses were 'symbolical figures representing the arts of war and peace' and level with the top of the buttresses were 'bas reliefs of Australian soldiers'. On the eastern and western sides were 'symbolical groups' of statuary – one representing 'peace crowning endurance and courage', the other 'victory after sacrifice'. Above the northern and southern doors were classical quotations.

   In front of the main monument, the Pool of Reflection extends westward into Hyde Park, surrounded by poplar trees.

   Construction of the new memorial took place between 1932 and 1934.

   The Memorial is included in the NSW Heritage Register as a place of state significance (Place ID: 01822).

        Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne

   Figure 3.52 Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

   The Shrine of Remembrance is considered the largest and most important war memorial in Victoria. The need for a memorial was established in response to the extensive loss of lives in World War I where 114,000 Victorians enlisted and 19,000 were killed.

   Construction of the memorial began in 1927 and was completed in 1934. Later design elements were included in 1955.

   Construction of the memorial was completed in 1934 to a design by Philip Hudson, James Wardrop and Kingsley Ussher.

   The Shrine was included in the Register of the National Estate (RNE) in 1998 and is currently included in the Victorian Heritage Register (Place ID: 806).

   The following description of the memorial comes for the RNE citation:14

      The building consists of a truncated stepped pyramid set on a square podium with upper and lower terraces. The two north and south facing porticos each incorporate eight Greek Doric columns supporting a pediment with allegorical sculpture in the tympana. The external walls and steps are a light grey granite from Tynong, the internal walls are a light beige sandstone from Redesdale and the sixteen black marble monolithic columns of the Ionic order in the sanctuary were quarried at Buchan.

    English sculptor Paul Raphael Montford designed the four