The Hall of Memory

The Hall of Memory is the Memorial's principal commemorative space. It is an impressive circular room with niches, grand cathedral windows and a tall domed ceiling covered in stars.

The Hall has two large sets of doors facing north and south which open on the podium level at the top of the major staircases from Hyde Park on the principal north-south axis, and contribute to Dellit's vision of the Memorial as an open pavillion.

 

 

 

On this day

On this day
2 June

1953 — Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ll at Westminster Abbey

1965 — Lead troops of 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, landed in Vietnam. This also marked the first of more than 600 QANTAS chartered flights moving troops to and from Vietnam, in what was to become known as “Skippy Squadron”