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one of the Menin Gate lions.

  Figure 3.9 The Pool of Reflection with the Roll of Honour on each side and the Hall of Memory at the far end.

  Figure 3.10 The courtyard and Roll of Honor behind the cloisters.

  Figure 3.11 The Roll of Honour with remembrance poppies.
  Figure 3.12 One of the Wondabyne sandstone carved figures designed by Leslie Bowles.
  Changes to this area were carried out between 2012 and 2017 as part of the First World War Centenary commemorative project. These included conservation and maintenance works, such as re-grouting the Pool of Reflection, and replacement of the bronze bracket for the eternal flame. Other works relating to visitor experience include the introduction of accessible ramp access from the main entry, additional lighting of the courtyard, a soundscape within the Roll of Honour and WiFi.

      Courtyard and Roll of Honour

  The entrance to the main Memorial building, with a low pyloned arch, provides a dramatic introduction to the central cloistered space (refer to Figure 3.8). At the centre of the courtyard is the Pool of Reflection, reinforcing the axial space, with steps at its northern end leading up to the Hall of Memory (refer to Figure 3.9 ). The arched cloisters line the courtyard and behind them lies the broad expanses of the Roll of Honour (refer to Figure 3.11). The Roll of Honour contains the names of over 102,000 Australians killed in war between the Sudan War in 1885 to Afghanistan in the 2000s. Each cloistered bay around the commemorative area is marked with bronze letters naming 34 theatres of war; 15 on the eastern cloister, 15 on the western cloister and 4 on the southern wall, in which Australians have been involved.

  In 1977, a perceived need to soften the austere appearance of the stone courtyard resulted in the introduction of plantings in newly constructed planting boxes. The rosemary and pencil pines used in the courtyard are symbolically associated with remembrance and sacrifice. These planters were replaced and waterproofed during conservation works between 2012 and 2017.

      Carved Stone Figures

  Twenty-six Wondabyne sandstone carved figures adorn the main courtyard of the Commemorative Area (refer to Figure 3.12). They were designed by Leslie Bowles, who produced plaster models for the figures. These models were used as a guide by the sculptor, W Swan, who carved them in situ during the construction of the AWM in 1940. All but one of the plaster models remain in the Memorial's collection.

  The carved stone figures depict various Australian fauna and Australian Indigenous people and were designed to

   provide the drainage for the balconies around the courtyard. On the western side of the courtyard are an Indigenous female, kangaroo, wombat, bush turkey,