Australian War Memorial

Australia War Memorial is definitely one of the most important landmark to be visited in Australia. It is a memorial built in memory of the armed forces personnel, who gave up their life, fighting the wars participated by Australia. It was built on Nov 11, 1941 in Byzantine architecture and has two floors. The upper floor is dedicated to the Australian artefacts from two World Wars. Guided tour of the memorial is available daily at I hour interval between 10 AM to 2PM. The memorial building is divided into three sections. It has a shrine to commemorate the martyrs, a museum which houses artefacts recovered during the war retelling the poignant moments of the wars involving Australian troops and an Archive, which contains historical records of the wars, which can be accessed by public with permission from the Memorial authorities. Only 5% of the Memorial’s collection is displayed at any time. The rest of them are stored at Treloar Resource Centre in the Suburb of Mitchell in ACT. It also has an outdoor sculpture garden. There you can see a variety of monuments commemorating specific events and units of the defence forces. Here, they had built poppies, in memory of each of the personnel who died in the war. These are permanent colorful landmarks in the precinct facing the War Memorial. The Memorial building itself is an architectural beauty and from here you can see the uninterrupted view of the Parliament built into the Capital Hill. Every year on 11th day of the 11th month of the year, at 11 AM , the Remembrance day National Ceremony is conducted at the War Memorial. In 2018 they held the Centenary celebration of the Remembrance day, to mark the 100th year of the end of World War 1. A ceremony called The Last Post Ceremony is held every day to commemorate the martyrs listed on the List of Honor, followed by the recital of the story of one personnel each day. It is expected that they will exhaust the entire list by 2295 AD. This event can be witnessed by the public, but has to be booked to ensure that we find a place in the limited space of the square, where the ceremony is conducted.

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