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Australia's natural or cultural history.

 Official Statement of Heritage Value  The Memorial building is a purpose-built repository where the nature of commemoration is based in equal parts in the relationship between the building, the collections of objects and records and the commemorative spaces. This is unique in Australia and believed rare in the world.
                                       Attributes
                                       The equal relationship between the building, the collections of objects and records and the commemorative spaces.
 Commentary                            The AWM is rare for its nature in Australia. However, the current Commonwealth Heritage listing does not clearly establish a justification for the claim that the Memorial's nature as a place where commemoration is based on the relationship between the building, the collections and the commemorative spaces is rare in the world. Further investigation and comparison with other similar places would need to be undertaken to establish this as a globally rare characteristic of heritage significance possessed by the Memorial. This investigation should be undertaken as part of a comprehensive review of the heritage values as part of future updates to this HMP to validate this claim.
                                        Minor editorial changes to CHL text are recommended to reflect the scope of available information at this time about the rarity of the AWM nationally and globally.
 Suggested Revision                    The Australian War Memorial is the only purpose-built institution in Australia that performs the collective function of a memorial, museum and archive.
                                       Attributes:
                                       The collective function and equal relationship within the AWM site as a shrine, with its commemorative spaces, and as a museum and archive of records.

    Criterion (c) Potential for Information—the place's potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Australia's natural or cultural history.

 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                            No assessment is included in the official assessment.
 Commentary                                                                                                      The assessment does not consider the potential information that the AWM's collection could yield.
 Suggested Revision                                                                                              The Memorial's collection, comprising documentary archival material and objects, provide opportunity for further investigation and research into the experiences of Australians in war.
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                                                                                                                 The Memorial's collection.
 Criterion (d) Characteristic Values— the place's importance in demonstrating the principal characteristics of:
  – a class of Australia's natural or cultural places; or
  – a class of Australia's natural or cultural environments.
 Official Statement of Heritage Value                                                                            The building is one of Canberra's earliest major examples of Australian Art Deco architecture, with fine examples of applied art in the same style. The building's design also successfully fulfils its special functions and reinforces the role of the place as a Shrine.
                                                                                                                 Attributes
                                                                                                                 Its architectural styling and design, plus its applied art.
 Commentary                                                                                                      The assessment could be explained further with reference to the comparative analysis in Section 3.3 of this report.
 Suggested Revision                                                                                              The AWM, specifically the