ANZAC Hill Memorial - Alice Springs, NT, Australia
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S 23° 41.685 E 133° 52.921
53K E 386017 N 7379121
ANZAC Hill Memorial is located on ANZAC Hill in Alice Springs.
Waymark Code: WM18EZH
Location: Northern Territory, Australia
Date Posted: 07/21/2023
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This Fine Art America puzzle by Benny Marty measures 18 X 24 inches and includes 500 pieces. It is made from premium 0.2 inch thick paper and includes a semi-gloss coating on the top surface.
The observation deck offers a 360° panoramic views of Alice Springs and the McDonnell mountain ranges.
An inscription on the site reads: "Anzac Hill is a sacred site for the Aboriginal people ans is also the focus for the annual Anzac Day and a number of Returned Services League (RSL) commemorative services"
ANZAC Hill is also a geodetic fundamental point for surveyors, and levels are taken from a marker on the hill.
From Monumentaustralia: "The ANZAC Hill Memorial was dedicated in 1934 to commemorate those who had served in World War One. A wall containing plaques is situated behind the memorial which now commemorates Australian servicemen and women who have served in all wars and conflicts.
The Alice Springs RSL Sub-Branch, chartered in 1932 with 12 members, was instrumental in having ANZAC Hill and what is now ANZAC Hill High School and oval granted to them as ANZAC Reserve. The Reverend Harry Griffiths of the Australian Inland Mission suggested a memorial be erected on the crown of the hill and he was responsible for the design. The ashes of Reverend Griffiths and his wife are interred in the memorial. The builder was Mr Jack Donnellan and the cost of 90 Pounds was raised by subscriptions, concerts and dances. The road to the memorial, potentially more costly than the monument itself, was constructed with voluntary labour from a small population. Corner floodlights, originally from motor cars and powered by a battery, were replaced with lights from the decommissioned H.M.A.S. Yarra in 1979." (
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