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The Anzac Memorial Shop

The Anzac Memorial Shop stocks a range of publications and products that embody the spirit and values of the Memorial.

All sale proceeds help fund new interpretive and education programs, heritage conservation and management of the Memorial’s Collection.

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In That Rich Earth

Written by the Memorial’s Senior Historian and Curator, Brad Manera, with contributions by Craig Wilcox and Chris Clark, In That Rich Earth tells the story of the 100 sites of NSW military significance chosen to commemorate and honour Australian service and sacrifice in our Hall of Service.

The new publication fulfils the Trustees' mission "to educate future generations… on the service and sacrifice of Australians in armed conflicts" and makes a handsome addition to the Memorial’s catalogue of publications.

IN THAT RICH EARTH (c) Trustees of the Anzac Memorial, 2020

$39.95 (+postage)
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'Law in War' is the second book from UNSW Associate Professor Catherine Bond

Catherine Bond, Law in War: Freedom and restriction in Australia during the Great War

During the Great War, new ‘emergency’ laws were enacted for ensuring the ‘public safety and defence’ of the Commonwealth. They were also deemed essential for military victory. A few individuals, notably law enforcers and prominent manufacturers, benefitted from these new laws. Yet they were also used to discriminate, censor and deprive many Australians of their livelihoods, liberty and basic human rights.

In this original new book, Catherine Bond explores how ordinary people were caught up in and sometimes destroyed by laws created in the name of safety, defence and victory - drawing eerily familiar parallels with today's world. Read the full review.

Law in War: Freedom and restriction in Australia during the Great War, New South Books, 2020
$34.95 (+postage)
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Wendy Frew is an award-winning journalist who has worked in Australia and overseas for media organisations, 'Leane Times' is her first book.

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Wendy Frew's Leane Times: One family’s transformation from Cornish farmers to Australian fighters

Wendy Frew’s great-great-grandmother Alice Leane watched five of her sons and six of her grandsons march off to fight during the Great War. For Australians at the time, the Leane men were held up as the epitome of brave patriots willing to fight and die for King and Empire. The Leane women were also regarded highly, although their stories have until now largely been obscured. The men loomed large in Charles Bean’s official history and ‘the Fighting Leanes’ are well known to historians today. Their military achievements were indeed remarkable. They were acknowledged at the time with numerous honours, mentions in despatches, and swift promotions up the ranks. Yet when the author set out to discover who the ‘real’ men were beyond their impeccable military credentials, she stumbled across a longer, much richer genealogical tale. As the subtitle of this new book suggests, the Leane’s story, was not just a war story. It was also a complex saga of crossed continents and colonisation, and the complicated dynamics of a migrant family in search of prosperity and religious freedom. And a number of extraordinary women too. Read more...

Leane Times, Broadcast Books, Sydney, 2018,
$32.99 (+postage)
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Cover art featuring Rayner Hoff's sculpture "Sacrifice" in the Memorial's Hall of Silence. Photograph courtesy Kerrin Lovell

The Anzac Memorial

When the Memorial was nearing completion in 1934 the Trustees of the time agreed to produce a book as "... an official volume, giving a physical description of the edifice and an explanation of... its spiritual and artistic significance..." Today's Anzac Memorial Trustees are proud to present another "official volume" to mark the completion of the Anzac Memorial Centenary Project and describe and explain the Memorial's enduring significance to the people of NSW.

Cover art featuring Rayner Hoff with his sculpture "Sacrifice" in his studio at the National Art School. Photographed by Harold Cazneaux in 1934 - courtesy Mitchell Library, SLNSW

Rayner Hoff: The life of a sculptor

The untold story of Rayner Hoff, one of the most gifted - and controversial - public sculptors to ever work in Australia.

After moving to Sydney from London in the 1920s to teach at the National Art School, Rayner Hoff became best known for the sculptures at the Anzac Memorial. This fascinating biography profiles Hoff's life and work, and how he inspired the renaissance of sculpture in Australia, leaving a mark that is still keenly felt.

By Deborah Beck, published by NewSouth Publishing, 2017.
$49.99 (+postage)
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