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Russell Offices. The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell, a suburb of Canberra, [1] constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force. The land area of the Russell Offices is managed and ...
About us. Bases. Russell Offices. The Russell Offices complex in Canberra contains the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force, and is home to Air Force Headquarters. Canberra is also the home of No 34 Squadron, based at Defence Establishment Fairbairn.
AGO. Retrieved 23 February 2019. The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell a suburb of Canberra, constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
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In 1948 the Australian-American Association proposed "to establish a Memorial in Canberra in the form of a monument or statue, to perpetuate the services and sacrifices of the United States forces in Australia and to symbolise Australian-American comradeship in arms". After an appeal for finances by then Prime Minister of Australia, Sir Robert Menz...
The memorial is a hollow, octagonal, tapered column with a steel framework sheeted with aluminium panels that were sandblasted to give the appearance of stone. Two murals feature at the base, one relating the story of American combat in the Pacific and the other a profile map of the United States in copper. The column is surrounded by a water-fille...
It was built at Russell Hill on the extended line of Kings Avenue, near one of the three nodes of the Parliamentary Triangle. Russell Offices has since been developed around the memorial, as the headquarters of the Australian Defence Force and the Department of Defence, with the immediate surrounds called Blamey Square after Field Marshal Sir Thoma...
Original model of the Australian–American Memorial in 1953Eagle and sphere Australian–American Memorial at Russell Hill, 15 September 1953Official unveiling of the Australian–American Memorial on 16 February 1954Inscription marking the unveiling of the monument- Richard Minchin Ure
- 16 February 1954
Office of National Assessments, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. The Russell Offices is a complex of office buildings located in the Canberra suburb of Russell. Together with Campbell Park, these two complexes are home to the Australian Department of Defence and contain the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force.
The Russell Offices, also referred to as Russell or RO, is a complex of office buildings located in Russell a suburb of Canberra, constituting the seat of the Australian Department of Defence and part of the administrative headquarters of the Australian Defence Force. The land area of the Russell Offices is managed and secured by the National Capital Authority. The Australian Security ...
