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| Looking down Anzac Parade from theAustralian War Memorial | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Road |
| Length | 1.1 km (0.7 mi)[1] |
| Former route number |  ACT Tourist Route 3 |
| Major junctions | |
| Northeast end | Limestone Avenue Fairbairn Avenue Campbell, Australian Capital Territory |
| Constitution Avenue | |
| Southwest end | Parkes Way Lake Burley Griffin |
| Location(s) | |
| Major suburbs | Campbell,Reid |
Anzac Parade is a significant road and thoroughfare in the Australian capitalCanberra, used for ceremonial occasions and the site of many major military memorials.
Named in honour of theAustralian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) ofWorld War I, Anzac Parade joinsGallipoli Reach ofLake Burley Griffin in the south and theAustralian War Memorial to the north. As the main axis betweenParliament House andMount Ainslie, it bisects Constitution Avenue, which forms one side of theParliamentary Triangle betweenCivic andRussell Hill.
The Parade is flanked byVictorian blue gumeucalyptus trees on gently sloping banks either side of the three-lane, one-way roads centred by a wide parade ground topped with granulated rock (similar toscoria), with planted boxes of a low bush calledHebe. The eucalypts are Australian; and the hebe comes fromNew Zealand. The Parade is also flanked by the streets of Anzac Park West and Anzac Park East on either side of Anzac Park.
OnAnzac Day (25 April) and other ceremonial occasions, the Parade and adjoining streets may be blocked off to provide a parade route for formed groups of armed services personnel andveterans to proceed either along the central parade ground or the flanking roads. Removable concrete kerbs to facilitate marching along the central parade route are at the cross streets ofParkes Way,Constitution Avenue, Currong Street/Blamey Crescent, andLimestone Avenue/Fairbairn Avenue.
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| Limestone Avenue (roundabout)Fairbairn Avenue | ||
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| space for memorial | space for memorial | |
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| Constitution Avenue | ||
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| Parkes Way (fountain)Parkes Way | ||
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| (Space for Memorial) | Rond Terrace |  |
| Lake Burley Griffin | ||
In the manner of interpretation ofmuseum displays, the memorials are accompanied by several forms of signage to assist the passer-by. Each memorial has variousplaques orfoundation stones that were laid at the time of unveiling. Additionally, interpretative signage in a common format has been provided by theGovernment of Australia adjacent to each memorial that gives succinct information about the nature and/or the site of the people or group or events leading to the establishment of the memorial.
Anzac Parade is situated on the main axis betweenParliament House andMount Ainslie. It bisects Constitution Avenue, which forms one side of theParliamentary Triangle betweenCivic andRussell Hill.
The Parade separates the residential suburbs ofCampbell andReid. The naming is significant:
At the corner of Anzac Parade and Constitution Avenue is the historicSt John the BaptistAnglicanChurch, consecrated by theBishop of Australia,William Broughton, on 12 March 1845, some 80 years before the site of the national capital was decided. Fortuitously, the alignment of the church was such that it seems to have been designed to fit the alignment of the adjoining roads, ordained in the plans byWalter Burley Griffin.
The original lighting was designed to be a symbolic "honour guard" and was opened by then Prime Minister,Robert Menzies, onAnzac Day 25 April 1965.The streetlighting was updated and officially opened on 26 March 2001 by thenPrime Minister of Australia,John Howard. The design is intended to beefficient, and to reduce energy consumption and thus airpollution while also reducingskyglow/light pollution.
OnAnzac Day 25 April 2006 Federal Environment and Heritage MinisterIan Campbell announced that Anzac Parade along with theAustralian War Memorial would be added to the National Heritage List.
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