Australian military memorials and cemeteries - Great Ocean Road, Shrine of Remembrance, National War Memorial, Fromelles Military Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Kings Park, Western Australia, South African War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Chapters: Great Ocean Road, Shrine of Remembrance, National War Memorial, Fromelles Military Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Kings Park, Western Australia, South African War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Hobart Cenotaph, ANZAC Parade, Canberra, ANZAC War Memorial, Kahibah Public School, Hellfire Pass, Shrine of Remembrance, Brisbane, Ex Prisoner of War Memorial, List of Australian military memorials, Kokoda Track Memorial Walkway, Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Canberra, Korean War Memorial, Canberra, Sydney Cenotaph, Australia ¿ New Zealand Memorial, Canberra, Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, Mounted Memorial, Canberra, Hellenic Memorial, Canberra, Queens Gardens, Brisbane, Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Royal Australian Air Force Memorial, Australian War Memorial, London, Mont Saint-Quentin, Regimental Square, Rats of Tobruk Memorial, Australian Army Memorial, Canberra, ACT Memorial, Australian Service Nurses National Memorial, Australian Merchant Navy Memorial, Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Royal Australian Navy Memorial, Remembrance Driveway, Kangaroo Ground War Memorial Park. Excerpt: The Shrine of Remembrance, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. It is a site of annual observances of ANZAC Day (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November) and is one of the largest war memorials in Australia. Designed by architects Phillip Hudson and James Wardrop who were both World War I veterans, the Shrine is in a classical style, being based on the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus and the Parthenon in Athens. Built from Tynong granite, the Shrine originally consisted only of the central sanctuary surrounded by the ambulatory. The sanctuary contains the marble Stone of Remembrance, upon which is engraved the words "Greater love hath no man". Once a year, on 11 November at 11 a.m. (Remembrance Day), a ray of sunlight shines through an aperture in the roof to light up the word "Love" in the inscription. Beneath the sanctuary lies the crypt, which contains a bronze statue of a soldier father and son, and panels listing every unit of the Australian Imperial Force. In 2002-2003 a Visitor Centre was built within the foundations of the Shrine. The visitor centre incorporates an education centre (including three classrooms and meeting room), an audio-visual centre, gallery space, a retail shop and an administration office, as well the Hall of Columns (in which the Changi Flag is on display) Gallery of Medals, entry courtyard and Remembrance Garden. The walls of both the entry courtyard and Remembrance Garden have been built to complement the Ray of Light ceremony that takes place on 11 November of every year. The Shrine went through a prolonged process of development which began in 1918 with the initial proposal to build a Victorian memorial. Two committees were formed, the second of which ran a competition for the memorial's design. The winner was announced in 1922. However, opposition to the pr