Sign at Anzac Square
ANZAC Square, which is 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. It is located between Ann
Street
and Adelaide Street
(opposite Post Office Square
), in Brisbane
, Queensland, Australia.
ANZAC
Square is adjacent to ANZAC Square Arcade
.
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.
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.
The
external wall of the Shrine of Memories is dedicated to the 60 000
Queenslanders who fought in World War
I. 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.
Photos of ANZAC Square
Image:ANZAC Square Brisbane.jpg|ANZAC Square and the
Shrine of Remembrance,
Brisbane (1920s)
Image:Anzac-Square-and-Central-Station.jpg|ANZAC
Square, Brisbane
Shrine of
Remembrance and Central Railway Station
(photo taken from Post Office
Square)
Image:Anzac-Square-Adelaide-Street.jpg|ANZAC
Square
— photo taken from the
Shrine of Remembrance, Ann
Street façade
Image:Anzac-Square-park.jpg|View of ANZAC
Square from Ann
StreetImage:AnzacSquare-PostOfficeSquare.jpg|ANZAC
Square — with Post Office Square and General Post Office
in the
distanceImage:Shrine-of-Remembrance-Anzac-Square.jpg|
Shrine
of Remembrance and the 'Eternal Flame' — (dedicated on
Tuesday
11 November 1930)
Image:Boer-War-Memorial-Statue-Amzac-Square-Brisbane.jpg|
Second Boer War Memorial
StatueImage:Memorial-sculpture.jpg|
World War
I
memorial sculpture on the external wall of the
World War II
Shrine of Memories
Image:Shrine-of-Memories-view-from-window.jpg|View from window of
World War II Shrine of
MemoriesImage:Anzac Square and Central Railway.jpg|ANZAC Square and
Central Station — The statue in the centre of the photo is a
memorial to Queenslanders who fought during the
Second Boer War -
1899-
1902Image:AnzacSquare-Arcade.jpg|ANZAC Square —
with ANZAC Square Arcade on the right side of the
imageImage:ShrineofRembrance-AnzacSquare.jpg|Shrine of
Remembrance
ANZAC Square façade — showing the
Queensland granite steps to the Shrine
Image:Boer-War-Memorial-Statue-Anzac-Square-Brisbane.jpg|
Second Boer War Memorial
StatueImage:The-Shrine-of-Remembrance-and-Central-Railway.jpg|The
Shrine of Remembrance and Central Station
Image:Brisbane_CBD.jpg|View of ANZAC Square,
Post Office
Square and Brisbane GPO from Central StationImage:Central-Station-and-Anzac-Square-from-Brisbane-GPO.jpg|View
of Central Station, ANZAC Square, and Post Office
Square from Brisbane GPO
References
- " Anzac Square". Queensland Government,
Environmental Protection Agency.
- Shrine of Remembrance, ANZAC Square,
Brisbane
- Photo of the Dawn Service on ANZAC Day, at ANZAC
Square
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