About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Shrine of Remembrance, Old Parliament House, Canberra, Fremantle Prison, General Post Office, Perth, Old Government House, Queensland, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Royal Exhibition Building, State Library of New South Wales, State Library of Victoria, Australian Museum, Supreme Court of Victoria, Parliament House, Melbourne, Eildon Mansion, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, Customs House, Brisbane, Sydney Town Hall, Elizabeth Bay House, Government House, Adelaide, Government House, Melbourne, Ayers House, Melbourne Town Hall, Customs House, Sydney, Victorian Trades Hall, Springthorpe Memorial, Parliament House, Adelaide, General Post Office, Sydney, Martindale Hall, General Post Office, Melbourne, St Kilda Town Hall, Glen Eira Town Hall, Box Hill Town Hall, Government House, Brisbane, Museum of Brisbane, Geelong Town Hall, Adelaide Town Hall, Fitzroy Town Hall, Williamstown Town Hall, Richmond Town Hall, Northcote Town Hall, Port Melbourne Town Hall, Old State Library Building, Brisbane, Kensington Town Hall. 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...
