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	Mounted Corps memorial (also AFC & ALHR)
		Unveiled in 1968, this memorial consists of a free-standing cast bronze figure of two troopers and their horses set on a granite base.
		It is a replica of the original memorial which stood at Port Said in Egypt depicting a mounted Australian Light-Horseman defending a New Zealander standing beside his wounded horse.
		The original memorial was partly paid for by light horsemen, mounted infantrymen and cameleers who raised £5,000 by subscribing a day's pay towards its cost.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-memorials/mounted.htm (366 words)

	7th Light Horse Canberra Troop
		Canberra being the national capital, with a population interested in heritage values it was decided to form such a troop.
		The charter for the troop is to fulfil such duties as mounted escort and ceremonial duties.
		Support mounted Memorial Light Horse Troops formed for the purpose of portraying the Light Horse Units of the past.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /re_enact/7thcanb.htm (383 words)

	Papua New Guinea Association - Nurses Memorial
		A competition for the design of the Memorial was held and the winner was Robin Moorhouse who lived in Rabaul between 1958 and 1963.
		A jeweller and silversmith, now a sculptor, Robin sees the Memorial as a "jewel on the landscape" and that "glass was chosen for the walls as it is a living material and also reflects life.
		For those who may visit Canberra, the uniform she wore when marched into the sea to be machine gunned, survived the war and is now on display at the Australian War Memorial, bullet holes and all.
	www.pngaa.net /Articles/Nurses_Memorial/Nurses_Memorial.htm (2854 words)

	Canberra & the Griffins. a Theosophical view
		Parliament House was built in the Canberra wilderness in the early 1920's and officially opened on the 9th May 1927, to finally make Canberra the official "Seat of Government" of the Australian Commonwealth.
		The presentation drawings, mounted on stretchers in fifteen panels and featuring almost twenty square metres of exquisite display in inks and watercolours and gold-leaf, were completed at the last moment in the studio loft of Steinway Hall.
		Canberra needs, and in fact collects, spiritually oriented people to work with the spiritual forces that are developing in the city's ceremonial core.
	www.kheper.net /ecognosis/essays/Canberra_and_the_Griffins.html (4614 words)

	Tasmania Police - National-Police-Memorial
		The Memorial, to be constructed at a cost of $2.4M, will record forever the names of more than 700 Australian police from all jurisdictions who have died whilst on duty.
		The granite flooring of the Memorial will be etched with inspirational text describing the elements of policing including courage, duty and integrity, the unpredictable nature of the role and the perpetual need to serve the community.
		It is proposed that a march from Old Parliament House to the Memorial, a distance of 1.6 kilometres, be held with a contingent from each jurisdiction as well as retired officers and family members, comprising in excess of 500 marchers.
	www.police.tas.gov.au /community/national-police-memorial (364 words)

	Desert Mounted Corps Memorial - Canberra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		More commonly known as the Light Horse Memorial, this memorial commemorates the men of the Australian Light Horse Brigade as well as the New Zealand Mounted Rifles, the Imperial Camel Corps and the Australian Flying Corps who lost their lives in Egypt, Palestine and Syria between 1916 and 1918.
		It is a replica of the original memorial which stood at Port Said in Egypt depicting a mounted Australian Light-Horseman defending a New Zealand Mounted Rifleman standing beside his wounded horse.
		The original memorial was partly paid for by light horsemen, mounted infantrymen, cameleers and army nurses who raised £5,400 by subscribing a day's pay towards its cost.
	www.skp.com.au /memorials/pages/00006.htm (925 words)

	Irish Linen Memorial
		The names of those killed during the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland, from 1966 to the present day, are printed and embroidered onto hundreds of linen handkerchiefs which are then configured into sculptural installations.
		As such, the memorial is also taken to Protestant and Catholic churches.
		Each time the ILM is mounted, it becomes a different, site-specific artwork or site-contextual counter-monument.
	www.linenmemorial.org (330 words)

	In March 1909 a small group of Commonwealth surveyors set up camp near a creek in Ngunawal land
		From the beginning Canberra was a garden city with buildings connected to a clean water supply, electricity and sewerage.
		Canberra has no local public memorial to the men and women of the territory who served in the armed forces.
		A loss to Canberra because of lack of support was the Canberra City Band which ceased to exist at the end of 1937.
	www.historyaustralia.org.au /ifhaa/history/canberra/wheretheylived.htm (7853 words)

	Canberra
		Its exhibitions present stories of Australians at war, in armed conflict and during peacekeeping activities.With its ceremonial areas, extensive exhibitions and research facilities, the Memorial has, since the present facility was opened in 1941, become a significant and important part of the national capital.
		The focus of commemoration is the Hall of Memory, together with the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier, the Pool of reflection and the Roll of Honour, that lists the names of more than 102,000 Australian servicemen and women who have died in war.Almost a million visitors annually now visit the facility.
		The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is a part of NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN), an international network of antennas that support interplanetary spacecraft missions, and radio astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar System and beyond.The DSN consists of three tracking stations around the world linked to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
	www.australiantravel.us /_mgxroot/page_10774.html (844 words)

	Register of War Memorials in New South Wales - Bungarby War Memorial
		Tapered granite obelisk with honour roll, mounted upon a concrete base, and surrounded by a white picket fence.
		The memorial was erected post WW1 (date unknown) but it was refurbished when the new Bungarby Fire Shed was completed and re-dedicated on the 24th Apr 1993.
		Note 2: The Australian War Memorial lists Robert Arthur Sloan of Bungarby as having achieved the rank of Lance Corporal, as well as being awarded a Military Medal.
	www.warmemorialsnsw.asn.au /Details.cfm?MemNo=417 (152 words)

	Mars Exploration Rover Spirit 2004
		The plaque is mounted on the back of Spirit's high-gain antenna, a disc-shaped tool used for communicating directly with Earth.
		It contains special memory to tolerate the extreme radiation environment from space and to safeguard against power-off cycles so the programs and data will be safeguarded against accidental erasure when the rover shuts down at night.
		Another instrument mounted on the turret at the end of the rover arm, the Mössbauer Spectrometer is an instrument specially designed to study iron-bearing minerals.
	members.fortunecity.com /duytam/mer.html (4944 words)

	Commemorative Mission to the United Kingdom - Travel Diary
		The Australian War Memorial at Hyde Park Corner in London commemorates the individual and collective commitment of more than a million Australians who served alongside Britain and her allies in defence of freedom in the First and Second World Wars.
		In 2001, agreement was reached that the memorial would be built at Hyde Park Corner, in the heart of London, a site identified as potentially suitable because of the existing memorials and initiatives planned to upgrade the area.
		A dedication text is located centrally under the Coat of Arms, with supporting descriptive and explanatory plaques mounted atop two of the seating blocks placed forward of the wall on the forecourt.
	www.dva.gov.au /media/publicat/2003/london/background_awm.htm (716 words)

	The Spirit of Things - 29/9/2002: Australias Sacred Sites Part 2
		The Australian War Memorial in Canberra is an expression of communal mourning and an incitement to national pride.
		Rachael Kohn: The Memorial was first mooted in 1917, a competition was mounted for its design in 1925, its construction was commenced in 1937, and it was only in 1941, well into the Second World War, that the Memorial was opened, making this year its 60th anniversary.
		But the architects were required to fit all the names inside the Hall of Memory, and you get the same sense of the importance of the names in the inscription that's there in every cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 'Their name liveth for evermore.' Biblical, but not exclusively biblical.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/relig/spirit/stories/s684816.htm (5342 words)

	The Royal Air Force - News, Events and Current Operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The formation was led by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire — and was completed by a unique combination of the Red Arrows and an RAF Marham 39 Sqn Canberra photo-reconnaissance aircraft of the type that has served the RAF in multiple roles for more than 5 decades.
		The Canberra is the longest serving RAF Aircraft and is due to retire next month.
		The Canberra, which is nearing the end of its operational life, was designed as a bomber and first flew with the RAF in 1951 and some examples were equipped for Britain 's airborne nuclear deterrent.
	www.raf.mod.uk /news/news_0606_08.html (541 words)

	Canberra Stampshow 2002
		And we present the Ed Druce Memorial Trophy to.......
		A note of sadness - the Philatelic Society of Canberra mourns the passing on Friday of Doug Ross, one of its long-term active and enthusiastic members.
		It was largely because of his articles (written under the pseudonym of "Litotes") and views on exhibiting and "Philexpos" that the "As You Like It" competition (where the winner is determined by public vote) was formed.
	www.sheryll.net /Exhibit/Canberra2002/Canberra2002_story.htm (228 words)

	Canberra Things to Do Tips by tiabunna - VirtualTourist.com
		Flanking the Parade are separate memorials to units of the military forces and to various campaigns.
		Fittingly, the first installed was to the Mounted Infantry of Australia and New Zealand (ANZAC is the acronym for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps) who operated in the Middle East in 1916-1918, during WW1.
		It is one of the oldest buildings in the ACT and has memorials inside to pioneers of the area, many of whom are buried in the adjacent churchyard.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/a922b/1ca9b7/4 (2732 words)

	3rd_9th South Australian Mounted Rifles
		In subsequent years new numbers were bestowed on the Regiments of Light Horse and some fresh units were formed but throughout most of them bore the old title 'South Australian Mounted Rifles' which was a direct link with the original unit of 1854.
		In 1948 with the formation of the CMF, these units were incorporated as one regiment, the 3/9 South Australian Mounted Rifles.
		As the only armoured unit in South Australia the 3rd/9th South Australian Mounted Rifles carry on the traditions of the 3rd, 9th, 18th and 23rd Australian Light Horse Regiments as well as the earlier volunteer regiments.
	www.lighthorse.org.au /unitsact/3rd.htm (751 words)

	The National Capital Authority > Visiting > Attractions of National Significance > Anzac Parade > Desert ...
		The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial commemorates all the Australian Mounted Divisions, the Australian Flying Corps and every other Australian and New Zealand unit and formation that served in Egypt, Palestine and Syria from 1916 to 1918.
		The Desert Mounted Corps Memorial is a free-standing, cast bronze figurative sculpture, set on a granite base.
		It depicts a mounted Australian Light Horseman defending a New Zealander who stands beside his wounded horse.
	www.nationalcapital.gov.au /visiting/attractions/anzac_parade/mem_DesertMountedCorps.asp (162 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Seventeen teams from eight countries competed in mounted patrol, night orienteering, combat rifle, known-distance rifle, aerial patrol and obstacle and driving courses.
		The U.S. team trailed the Canadians going into the mounted patrol event, the last of the competition.
		Mounted patrol counted as 26.2 percent of a team's overall score.
	www.army.mil /soldiers/sept94/p12.html (665 words)

	Australian Mounted Division
		The Australian Mounted Division was formed in Egypt as the Imperial Mounted Division in February 1917 from the 3rd Light Horse Brigade of the Anzac Mounted Division, the 4th Light Horse Brigade, reconstituted after having been broken up the year before, and two British mounted brigades.
		As a result, the division was renamed the Australian Mounted Division on 20 June 1917 and became an Australian unit.
		The Imperial Mounted Division first saw action in the First Battle of Gaza in March 1917 and it was heavily engaged in the Second Battle of Gaza in April 1917.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Australian_Mounted_Division.html (537 words)

	University of Canberra : Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children's Literature : History
		In that year she was appointed Manager of the Canberra Branch of F.W. Cheshire, the bookseller and publisher, a position she kept until her retirement in 1968.
		In 1988, the Archives received a grant from the University of Canberra to research the parameters and produce the online database, and in 1992, the CBC was successful in its application for a grant from the 1993 Australian Government Arts and Special Events Grants Program towards the purchase of a computer for the Archives.
		The Library of the University of Canberra has for the last 25 years provided invaluable resource support in recognition of the value of the collection to the University staff and students.
	www.canberra.edu.au /lurees/about/history (2797 words)

	Combined Arms Research Library
		At the same time, one five-gun troop of M Battery, 3d RHA, with its antitank guns mounted on trucks (Portee), worked its way around to the rear of the German tanks, coming up on their right flank and engaging them with hit-and-run tactics.
		The Germans had a two-piece telescoping tube mounted on the side of their armored OP, which could be cranked up into observing position.
		The 6-pounder guns are mounted portee, and the 18-pounders are truck-drawn.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/miller/miller.asp (15927 words)

	Bridges - Commonwealth Avenue Bridge over Lake Burley Griffin - Pascal Vuylsteker - 174/187 - World Wide Panorama
		The Australian-American Memorial (the true corner of the triangle is the aligned roundabout nearby).
		The hearth of the Australia Capital: the Capital Hill, under which the Australian Parliament House was built.
		Eventually, the angle bisector of that triangle brings you from the Parliament House to the Australian War Memorial.
	geoimages.berkeley.edu /wwp904/html/PascalVuylsteker.html (177 words)

	Australian War Memorial: One of the world's great museums
		The images have been drawn from the Memorial's rich and extensive photograph collection.
		The Memorial has developed an interactive version of the Lone Pine diorama to provide greater insight into the battle and to help you explore the collection.
		The first, authoritative survey of the Memorial's photographic collection and of the history of Australian war photography.
	www.awm.gov.au (351 words)

	War Memorial Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Damaged in the Suez Crisis of 1956, the original fractured horse`s head from a memorial that commemorates fallen soldiers from the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division during World War I will be rededicated to animals.
		The head is the only remaining fragment of the memorial that remains intact, with the other portions having been melted down and turned into other memorials, including the one on Mount Clarence.
		Mr Roberts said the feeling amongst former servicemen was that the head would go back to Canberra, but that it must not be rededicated.
	www.albanyweekender.com.au /articles/wk-st-150600-memorial.html (329 words)

	NTPFES - POLICE - National Police Memorial Dedication (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Memorial Dedication will pay tribute to Australian Police Officers who have been killed on duty or have died as a result of their duties since the advent of policing in Australia and to recognise the unique nature of police service and the dangers that police face in their daily pursuits.
		In 2001, it was resolved to establish a National Police Memorial in Canberra.
		The $2.4million Memorial is jointly funded by the Australian Government (through the Australian Federal Police), State and Territory Police Services and the Police Federation of Australia.
	www.nt.gov.au /pfes/police/media/news/2006/09/20060929_npm_dedication.html (310 words)

	Anzac Day Program [Australian War Memorial]
		In Canberra, the Memorial, in close cooperation with RSL ACT, hosts the Dawn Service and the National ANZAC Day Ceremony.
		The Hall of Memory will be open from 6.00 am until 8.00 am, giving people the opportunity to lay a poppy on the tomb.
		You are invited to lay a single poppy at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier at the conclusion of the ceremony.
	www.awm.gov.au /commemoration/anzac/program.asp (660 words)

	Anzac Mounted Division
		The Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in March 1916 from the four Australian and New Zealand mounted brigades assigned to ANZAC.
		Even before the division had finished forming, the 1st Light Horse Brigade was sent to the Western Desert to fight the Senussi while the rest of the division moved to the Suez Canal, relieving the 1st Division, which moved to the Western Front.
		An attempt by the Turks to attack the Suez Canal in August 1916 resulted in it being intercepted and defeated by the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division in the Battle of Romani.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Anzac_Mounted_Division.html (580 words)

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