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] > ---------- > From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 12:41 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Australian War Memorial semiotics > > Harry: > > Trivia....... > > 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. > > 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. > > TTFN > > Terry > > ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~ > 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 > >