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ANZAC Square, named in honour of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, is a Queensland state memorial to men and women who participated in overseas armed service.[1] It is located between Ann Street and Adelaide Street (opposite Post Office Square), in Brisbane, Australia. ANZAC Square is adjacent to ANZAC Square Arcade. It was opened on Armistice Day, 1930.[2]
ANZAC Square contains the Shrine of Remembrance and the 'Eternal Flame of Remembrance' held in a continuously lit bronze urn, dedicated on Tuesday, 11 November 1930.[3][4]
There is also the World War II Shrine of Memories. Daphne Mayo sculptured the Women's War Memorial that forms part of the memorial's wall.[4]
The external wall of the Shrine of Memories is dedicated to the 60,000 Queenslanders who fought in World War I.[4] There are also war-related statues, for various wars, including memorial statues for the Queensland soldiers who fought during the Second Boer War (1899–1902), as well as World War II, the Vietnam War and campaigns in Korea, Borneo and New Guinea.
On 25 April, every year, a Dawn Service is held at the Shrine of Remembrance and ANZAC Square.[5]
ANZAC Square was registered on the Register of the National Estate in 1980 and is listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.
Some of the symbolism used are as follows
- the 18 columns of the Shrine represent the year of peace after World War 1—1918.
- also symbolizing the year (1918) are the number of stairs leading up to the shrine—19 stairs in the first row and 18 stairs in the second row.
- the bottle trees commemorate the Queensland Light Horse Regiments, which served in South Africa's Boer War (1899–1902).
- the palm trees are Middle East date palms and they represent Australia's success in the Middle East during both World Wars. Palms are also a biblical symbol of victory.
Gallery [link]
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ANZAC Square sign
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Second Boer War
Memorial Statue -
Shrine of Remembrance and the 'Eternal Flame', ANZAC Square façade
(dedicated on 11 November 1930)
References [link]
- ^ "Anzac Square (entry CHIMS14837)". Queensland Heritage Register. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.derm.qld.gov.au/chimsi/placeDetail.html?siteId=14837.
- ^ Laverty, John (1997), "William Alfred Jolly: A slave to duty", in Shaw, Barry, Brisbane:Corridors of Power, Papers, 15, Brisbane: Brisbane History Group Inc, p. 141, ISBN 0-9586469-1-0
- ^ Shrine of Remembrance, ANZAC Square, Brisbane
- ^ a b c Readshaw, Grahame (1987). Looking up looking back at old Brisbane. Bowen Hills, Queensland: Boolarong Publications. pp. 10. ISBN 0-86439-032-7.
- ^ Photo of the Dawn Service on ANZAC Day, at ANZAC Square
External links [link]
- Shrine of Remembrance - Anzac Square, Brisbane - Anzac Day War Memorials official website
- Brisbane's Anzac Square - Digger History official website
- "ANZAC Square (entry AHD8336)". Australian Heritage Database. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=8336.
- Digger History official website
- ANZAC Day Web Site
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Brisbane
Brisbane (
i/ˈbrɪzbən/) is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland, and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of 2.3 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred on Brisbane, encompasses a population of more than 3.4 million. The Brisbane central business district stands on the original European settlement and is situated inside a bend of the Brisbane River, about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from its mouth at Moreton Bay. The metropolitan area extends in all directions along the floodplain of the Brisbane River Valley between Moreton Bay and the Great Dividing Range, sprawling across several of Australia's most populous local government areas (LGAs), most centrally the City of Brisbane, which is by far the most populous LGA in the nation. The demonym of Brisbane is Brisbanite.
One of the oldest cities in Australia, Brisbane was founded upon the ancient homelands of the Indigenous Turrbal and Jagera peoples. Named after the Brisbane River on which it is located – which in turn was named after Scotsman Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825 – the area was chosen as a place for secondary offenders from the Sydney Colony. A penal settlement was founded in 1824 at Redcliffe, 28 kilometres (17 mi) north of the central business district, but was soon abandoned and moved to North Quay in 1825, opening to free settlement in 1842. The city was marred by Aboriginal conflict between 1843-1855, and development was partly set back by the Great Fire of Brisbane, and the Great Brisbane Flood. Brisbane was chosen as the capital when Queensland was proclaimed a separate colony from New South Wales in 1859. During World War II, Brisbane played a central role in the Allied campaign and served as the South West Pacific headquarters for General Douglas MacArthur.
Brisbane (surname)
Brisbane is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Brisbane (lunar crater)
Brisbane is a lunar crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon, to the south of the crater Peirescius. To the northwest lie the craters Vega and Reimarus, and farther to the east is the walled plain Lyot. Due to its proximity to the limb, foreshortening of this crater causes it to appear somewhat elliptical in shape, even though it is actually circular.
This is an old, eroded crater with features that have become somewhat softened and rounded due to a history of subsequent minor impacts. There are small craterlets along the rim, most notably along the western wall and the northeast inner wall. There is also a groove overlying the southwest rim. The interior floor is nearly level and contains no significant impacts. There is a slight central rise at the midpoint.
Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Brisbane.
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- Glory and Fame
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- We Are Geelong
- Hawthorn Football Club Song
- The Kangaroos Theme Song
- A Grand Old Flag
- The Power to Win
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- Cheer the Red and the White
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