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The Shrine of Remembrance is located in ANZAC Square
Anzac Square, Brisbane

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....
, between Ann Street
Ann Street, Brisbane

Ann Street runs parallel to Adelaide Street, Brisbane and is the northern-most street in the Brisbane central business district in Queensland, Australia....
 and Adelaide Street
Adelaide Street, Brisbane

Adelaide Street, which is a major thoroughfare in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, runs parallel to Queen Street, Brisbane and Ann Street, Brisbane....
, in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
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Shrine of Remembrance Anzac Square
The Shrine of Remembrance is located in ANZAC Square
Anzac Square, Brisbane

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....
, between Ann Street
Ann Street, Brisbane

Ann Street runs parallel to Adelaide Street, Brisbane and is the northern-most street in the Brisbane central business district in Queensland, Australia....
 and Adelaide Street
Adelaide Street, Brisbane

Adelaide Street, which is a major thoroughfare in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, runs parallel to Queen Street, Brisbane and Ann Street, Brisbane....
, in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
, Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
. With its 'Eternal Flame', the Shrine is a war memorial
Memorial

A memorial is an object which serves as a memory of something, usually a person or an event.Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects or art objects such as sculptures,statues or fountains ....
 dedicated to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

ANZAC army formations and units include both Australian and New Zealand troops. The term ANZAC originated as an acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought against the Turkey in 1915 at the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I....
 (Anzacs).

Designed in the Greek Classic Revival style, the columns of the Shrine of Remembrance are built of Helidon sandstone
Sandstone

Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock Particle size . Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust ....
,and the Eternal Flame is kept in a brass urn within the Shrine. The steps leading to the Shrine of Remembrance from ANZAC Square are made of Queensland granite
Granite

Granite is a common and widely occurring type of Intrusion , felsic, igneous rock rock . Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as Porphyry ....
.

Each year, on ANZAC Day
ANZAC Day

Anzac Day is a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, and is commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I....
, on April 25, a Dawn
Dawn

Dawn is the twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the presence of weak sunlight, while the sun itself is still below the horizon. Dawn should not be confused with sunrise, which is the moment when the leading edge of the sun itself appears above the horizon....
 memorial service is held at the Shrine of Remembrance, with wreaths being laid around the 'Eternal Flame
Eternal flame

An eternal flame is a flame or torch that burns constantly. The flame that burned constantly at Delphi, was an archaic feature, "alien to the ordinary Greek temple"....
' in memory of those who died in conflict.

There is also a memorial service held each year on Armistice Day
Armistice Day

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the symbolic end of World War I on 11 November 1918. It commemorates the Armistice with Germany signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Rethondes, France, for the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front , which took effect at eleven o'clock in the morning — the "eleventh hour...
, November 11 and wreaths are again laid at the 'Eternal Flame'. It is appropriate that the Shrine of Remembrance was dedicated on Armistice Day, 11 November 1930.

The Shrine of Remembrance also contains the World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 Shrine of Memories, with a World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 memorial sculpture on the Shrine of Memories external wall.

Photos of the Shrine of Remembrance


See also

Other Australian War Memorials
  • Australian War Memorial
    Australian War Memorial

    The Australian War Memorial is Australia's national war memorial to the members of all its Australian Defence Force and supporting organisations who have died or participated in the wars of the Australia....
     - Australia's national war memorial and museum.
  • ANZAC War Memorial
    ANZAC War Memorial

    The ANZAC War Memorial, completed in 1934, is the main commemorative military monument of Sydney, Australia. Designed by Charles Bruce Dellit and with its exterior adorned with monumental figural reliefs and sculptures by Rayner Hoff, it is arguably the finest Art Deco structure in Australia....
     - Sydney's main war memorial.
  • Shrine of Remembrance
    Shrine of Remembrance

    The Shrine of Remembrance, located in St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Melbourne, is one of the largest war memorials in Australia, and resides in Kings Domain....
     - Melbourne's main war memorial.
  • Hobart Cenotaph
    Hobart Cenotaph

    Hobart Cenotaph, also referred to as Hobart War Memorial, is the main commemorative military monument for the Australian state of Tasmania. It is located in the capital Hobart in a prominent position on the Queens Domain, on a small rise overlooking the city and River Derwent, Tasmania....
     - Hobart's main war memorial.


Other ANZAC articles
  • Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
    Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

    ANZAC army formations and units include both Australian and New Zealand troops. The term ANZAC originated as an acronym for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought against the Turkey in 1915 at the Battle of Gallipoli during World War I....
    , the name used to describe the combination of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during wartime
  • Anzac Cove
    Anzac Cove

    ANZAC Cove is a small cove on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. It became famous as the site of World War I landing of the ANZAC on April 25 1915....
    , a small, cove
    Cove

    A cove is a circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance. Colloquially, the term can be used to describe a sheltered headlands and bays....
     on the Gallipoli
    Gallipoli

    The Gallipoli peninsula is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east....
     peninsula in Turkey
    Turkey

    Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
    .
  • ANZAC Day
    ANZAC Day

    Anzac Day is a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, and is commemorated by both countries on 25 April every year to honour members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who fought at Battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I....
    , a public holiday in New Zealand and Australia on 25 April every year to commemorate the landing at Gallipoli
  • ANZAC spirit
    ANZAC spirit

    The Anzac spirit or Anzac legend is a concept which suggests that Australian and New Zealand soldiers possess shared characteristics, specifically the qualities those soldiers are believed to have shown on the battlefield in World War I....
    , a component of modern Australasian mythology describing the spirit of mateship and cheerful suffering amongst Australians


External links


  • - Anzac Day War Memorials official website
The website also includes information about the Shrine of Memories beneath the Shrine of Remembrance, as well as explaining the significance of the number of columns forming the Shrine of Remembrance, and the significance of the number of steps leading to the Shrine of Remembrance from Anzac Square
  • - Digger History official website
  • - Remembrance Day
  • - Australian War Memorial