GALLIPOLI GRAVES
Ambitious plans for tlio preservation of *4lie battleground of tiio Gallipot: Peninsula are contemplated by the Imperial and Australian authorities. Be l'oro his departure from England in Novomber, Lieutenant W. A. M. Blackett of Melbourne, was offered the post o: arehitect-in-chief of the Gallipoli area As the appointment was apparently ex pectqd to run into a term oi years, Mr Blackett declined. Ho is an ox-presi dent of tlio Royal Victorian Institute o Architects, and the authorities doubtles: felt that the appointment wcuid mos fittingly fall upon an Australian. Who ever receives it will probably bo in resi deneo at Constantinople, and will be come the director of ail extensive schemi for tlio erection of monuments, and tlio beautitication of a spot which is de fitincd to lie a place of interest to visi tors for all time. Under the Impcria War Graves Commission, over 100 Ajis tralian soldiers havo for manv I*oll thi been engaged in road'construction, sur veys, and preparatory work for the eji: centratioii of craves into defined ceine tcries. At this season of the year, wlioi the ground is frozen, the work is at standstill, but it will bo resumed whei this weather breaks.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 92, 13 January 1920, Page 5
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200GALLIPOLI GRAVES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 92, 13 January 1920, Page 5
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