Virtual tour of the Memorial

Main Building

The sharply etched grandeur and dignity of the Main Building's stylised Byzantine profile contrast with a distinctively Australian setting among lawns and eucalypts, at the head of a wide ceremonial avenue, ANZAC Parade. Kangaroos, occasionally straying from nearby bushy hills, add to the scene.

Two Sydney architects, Emil Sodersteen and John Crust, were asked to cooperate on the design, and work began on the building in 1933. The effects of the Great Depression and the outbreak of the Second World War delayed the official opening until Remembrance Day, 11 November 1941.

Front of the Memorial
360° panorama of the Memorial's entrance in low resolution (244 Kb, Java); high resolution (1.53 Mb, QuickTime™ VR)

ANZAC Parade The Dome Front entrance Memorial in the fog The Memorial in the fog Commemorative Area
Click to enlarge

ANZAC Hall

ANZAC Hall, one of the newest of the Memorial's exhibition spaces, was opened on 7 June 2001. It features an innovative fan-shaped design by leading Australian architects Denton Corker Marshall. Located at the rear of the Main Building, ANZAC Hall is unobtrusively recessed into the landscape, thus preserving the historic vista of the Memorial from ANZAC Parade.

Exhibitions in ANZAC Hall feature large relics, such as the Japanese submarine, G for George, and the guns from HMAS Sydney and Emden. The stories of these relics are dramatically portray using sound, light, and images in "object-theatre".

Construction of ANZAC Hall


View a movie of ANZAC Hall's construction (2.2Mb Quicktime movie).

Architect Drawings of ANZAC Hall Architect drawing of ANZAC Hall
Click to enlarge

Continue the tour

NEXT: Commemorative Area
PREVIOUS: Sculpture Garden
HOME: Memorial tour