The Australian War Memorial is a memorial to the 102,000 Australian dead of the First and Second World Wars at Hyde Park Corner in London. It consists a semicircular curved wall of grey-green West Australian granite, with the names of 47 battles in which Australia was involved and the names of 23,844 towns in which the soldiers were born carved into it, with water running down over the names.
Water flows down from the top of the monument over the names of the towns and battles. The blocks in front represent the sweep of the Australian landscape. There are lights concealed behind the blocks.
The memorial was designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and the artist Janet Laurence. It was unveiled on 11 November (Armistice Day) 2003 by Queen Elizabeth II, John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia and Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK .
The map shows the locations of the battles.
Normandy
The names of towns of birth of the soldiers, including some European names which reflect the varied origins of the Australian soldiers.
Berlin
Water flows down from the top of the monument over the names of the towns and battles. The blocks in front represent the sweep of the Australian landscape. There are lights concealed behind the blocks.
The memorial was designed by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer Architects and the artist Janet Laurence. It was unveiled on 11 November (Armistice Day) 2003 by Queen Elizabeth II, John Howard as Prime Minister of Australia and Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the UK .
The map shows the locations of the battles.
Normandy
The names of towns of birth of the soldiers, including some European names which reflect the varied origins of the Australian soldiers.
Berlin
Looks like they've learnt the lessons from the Diana Memorial!
ReplyDeleteA worthy belated acknowledgement.