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Terry McClafferty of the Westren Australian Museum sends the following to
supplement my remarks of yesterday.
Harry Needham
Special Advisor - Programme Development
Canadian War Museum
330 Sussex Drive,
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0M8
Voice: (819) 776-8612 Fax (819) 776-8623
Email: [log in to unmask]
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> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 12:41 AM
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> Subject: Australian War Memorial semiotics
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> Harry:
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> Trivia.......
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> In my early life I taught at Campbell High School, right next door to the
> Australian War Memorial (Museum), Canberra. I regularly went looking for
> "waggers" who absconded from class. From working there I learnt a lot
> about
> the location...in the shadow of Mt Ainslie.
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> The site of the Australian War Memorial was originally planned by the
> Chicago town planner/architect, Walter Burley Griffin, who designed and
> planned Canberra, as the site of the CASINO for Canberra! The red gravel
> of the long avenue (ANZAC Avenue) in front of the Memorial represents the
> blood of the soldiers, the Eucalytpus trees lining the avenue represents
> the Australians, and the Pohutakawa (NZ Christmas bush) in the beds down
> the centre, the Kiwis.
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> TTFN
>
> Terry
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> ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
> TERRY McCLAFFERTY
> Manager: Discovery Centre
> Western Australian Museum
> Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> FAX: +61 8 9427 2882
> PHONE: +61 8 9427 2766 HOME PHONE: +61 8 9313 1819
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