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The National War Memorial is a monument in the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia, commemorating those who served in the First World War. Opened in 1931, the memorial is located on the corner of North Terrace and Kintore Avenue, on the edge of the central business district and adjacent to the grounds of Government House. Memorial services are held at the site throughout the year, with major services on both Anzac Day (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November). First proposed in 1919, the memorial was funded by the Parliament of South Australia, making it the first Australian state war memorial to be confirmed after the war. The design of the memorial was selected through two architectural competitions. The first competition, in 1924, produced 26 designs—all of which were lost before judging could be completed after fire destroyed the building in which they were housed. A second competition, in 1926, produced 18 entries, out of which the design by the architectural firm Woods, Bagot, Jory & Laybourne-Smith was selected as the winner. The design—effectively a frame for two scenes depicted through Rayner Hoff's marble reliefs and bronze statues—shows the prelude and the epilogue to war, depicting both the willingness of youth to answer the call of duty and the extent of the sacrifices which they made. In this, the work is not displaying a material victory, but instead a victory of the spirit. At the insistence of W. F. J. McCann, president of the Returned Soldiers' League, bronze tablets were cast to line the walls of an inner shrine, on which are listed the names of all South Australians who died during the Great War. ==History== Almost 35,000 South Australians served in the First World War. This number amounted to 8.5% of the South Australian population at the time, or 37.7% of men between the ages of 18 and 44.〔Scott (1941), p. 874.〕 Of those who served, over 5,000 South Australians died.〔Jeffery (2001), p. 592.〕 In response to these deaths, Archibald Peake, the premier of South Australia, asked the state parliament to fund a memorial commemorating the victory and the sacrifice of those who had fought and fallen. The motion was presented in March 1919, and it received unanimous support in the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council.〔Inglis (2008), p. 278.〕 With the passing of this motion, the South Australian Government became the first in Australia to elect to build a memorial to the soldiers of the First World War.〔Richardson (25 April 1998), p. 10.〕 It was decided by parliament that the new memorial should be referred to as the "National War Memorial", even though it was to be a purely South Australian monument, and in spite of the term already being used to describe the memorial to the South African War of 1899–1902.〔Richardson (1998), p. 1. When the new memorial was completed in 1931 the South African War Memorial ceased being referred to as "National", and is today commonly known as "the Boer War Memorial".〕 There have been at least two perspectives offered as to why the term ''National'' was employed. First, as Donald Richardson observed, the name may have been chosen to emphasise the government's intention that the memorial should commemorate all who served during the war, not just those who came from South Australia;〔Richardson (1998), p. 1.〕 and second, Ken Inglis argued that the name may have reflected the perception (still held in spite of federation) that the "province is a nation".〔Inglis (2008), p. 267. "The term embodies a perception, vigorous in the nineteenth century and not yet extinguished by federation, that the province is a nation, and that its tribute comes from a whole people."〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National War Memorial (South Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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