Dome for the Hall of Memory

In 1937 the Australian War Memorial board commissioned Napier Waller (1893–1972), an artist and former AIF soldier, to design stained-glass windows and mosaics for the Hall of Memory that was intended to commemorate the sacrifices made by Australians in the First World War.
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.
This is one of the largest mosaics in the world. Over six million pieces of glass tesserae were used in the composition; it was installed by an Italian craftsman and took over three years to complete.