This Anzac Parade memorial to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) honours the service and sacrifice of the men and women who have served in the RAAF and its predecessor, the Australian Flying Corps. Continue reading “Royal Australian Air Force Memorial”
In referring to the garrison of 20,000 allied troops (14,000 of whom were Australian) William Joyce aka Lord Haw Haw, the British traitor turned German radio propagandist, likened the troops to ”rats who would be smoked out of their holes”. Not to be down heartened by this reference the troops took up the name and thus were born the “Rats of Tobruk”. Continue reading “Rats of Tobruk Memorial”
This memorial, located at the southern most end of Anzac Parade at the intersection of Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue, is in two parts – two bronze “basket handles” one on each side of the Parade. Continue reading “New Zealand Memorial”
Long overdue, a national Boer War memorial has finally taken its rightful place along with eleven other memorials on Anzac Parade. Continue reading “National Boer War Memorial”
This was the first memorial to be erected on ANZAC Parade in 1968 – unveiled by Prime minister, John Gorton. Perhaps consequentially it lacks the symbolism of later additions to the Parade and is very much in the traditional mode of a piece of sculpture on a plinth. Continue reading “Desert Mounted Corps Memorial”
One of the veteran quotations on this Anzac Parade memorial reads:
WHAT WE DID ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN THE MORNING WAS ON OUR LIVING ROOM TV SCREENS THAT NIGHT
Continue reading “Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial”
A plaque within this memorial, on ANZAC Parade, provides a brief history of the Korean War and Australia’s involvement there-in. I reproduce that in full here for the interest of readers of this page. Continue reading “Australian National Korean War Memorial”
This memorial, on Anzac Parade is dedicated to the all ‘Diggers’ – the Australian Army – who have fought on numerous fronts since the unified Australian Army was formed in 1901. Continue reading “Australian Army National Memorial”
This memorial on Anzac Parade primarily commemorates the dead of two WWII campaigns but is also dedicated to those who died on Greek soil in WWI. Continue reading “Australian Hellenic Memorial”
Anzac Parade is Canberra’s main ceremonial avenue forming part of the Burley Griffin axis joining Mount Ainslie summit, the Australian War Memorial and the Old and New Houses of Parliament. Continue reading “ANZAC Parade – Memorials”
The Rambling Wombat 