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Encyclopedia > ANZAC Square, Brisbane
The Shrine of Remembrance
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The Shrine of Remembrance
Memorial sculpture at Anzac Square
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Memorial sculpture at Anzac Square

Anzac Square, which is dedicated to the Anzacs (the Australian and New Zealand
Army Corps), is situated between Adelaide Street and Ann Street, Brisbane. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1040x722, 147 KB)Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Brisbane ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1040x722, 147 KB)Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square, Brisbane ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1547x950, 156 KB)Sculpture at the Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1547x950, 156 KB)Sculpture at the Shrine of Remembrance, Anzac Square. ... The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front. ... Brisbane city by night, looking north along the Brisbane River towards the CBD. Brisbane city by day, looking westerly over the southern approaches to the Story Bridge. ...


Anzac Square contains the "Shrine of Remembrance" memorial and its
'Eternal Flame'. Sculpture on the Discoveries Age and Portuguese Navigators in Lisbon, Portugal A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ...


On a wall near the Shrine of Remembrance, there is a memorial sculpture dedicated
to the Queensland men and women who fought during World War I. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...


In the nearby pedestrian tunnel, there is the World War II Shrine of Memories. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...


Central Railway Station, with its Clock tower, can be seen beyond Anzac Square and the Shrine of Remembrance. The Clock Tower in the Medieval Citadel of Sighisoara. ...

Anzac Square, Brisbane Photo taken from Post Office Square
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Anzac Square, Brisbane
Photo taken from Post Office Square


Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1160x471, 120 KB)Anzac Square and Central Railway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1160x471, 120 KB)Anzac Square and Central Railway, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ( this photograph was taken by Figaro ) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...


External link

  • Shrine of Rembrance - Anzac Square, Brisbane - Anzac Day War Memorials official website
  • Brisbane's Anzac Square - Digger History official website


 
 

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