15 February 2017:
The Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne’s most self consciously ancient world classical monument. The designs marries the Doric temple front of the Parthenon with the stepped pyramidal roof of the long lost ancient Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (in modern Bodrum, Turkey). Designed by Hudson & Wardrop, who won the competition 1923, but it wasn’t completed until 1934.
24 June 2018:
ShrineofRembrance, 1927-34, #HudsonandWardrop, the chamber- seen this photo so often always thought they were on a special day or special lighting, but that’s exactly what it looks like (it’s a strong light above a fake #skylight). The inside of an outside stepped pyramidal top that’s based on the ancient wonder the Mausaleum of Harlicanassus, even though no one knows exact what it looked like. There’s a great coffered ceiling in the room below, suitably sepulchral, though the antique painted finishes remind me of 1920s cinemas.
12 June 2025
At precisely 3.30 on June 12 there’s this shadow on the Shrine- cast by Australia 108 ! Gone 10 minutes later.
I’d also forgotten or not actually seen just how extensive the galleries in the undercroft are. The Shrine and its terraces are actually built on an artificial hill of brick pylons, and the space was first accessed and partly cleared in 2002, and expanded to fill all the space in 2014. In 1/2 hr I only saw a small part!
Storey of Melbourne 