Hall of Memory, Australian War Memorial

Unveiled in 1959, it was designed by artist Napier Waller (who also designed the fifteen stained glass windows in the Hall).

The mosaic inside the dome depicts the souls of the dead rising from the earth towards their spiritual home, represented by a glowing sun within the Southern Cross.

The figures on the walls – a soldier, a sailor, an airman and a servicewoman – recall the Australian experience of the Second World War. Installed by Italian craftsmen and using more than six million pieces of glass tesserae, the mosaic took over three years to complete.