The National War Memorial for Victoria : a review of the competition." 1924.

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The National War Memorial for Victoria : a review of the competition." 1924.

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The text includes a discussion of the six prize winning designs and brief comments on the remaining entries, accompanied by press cuttings illustrating the six leading designs. Also, loosely inserted, a page of press cuttings consisting of letters by Lucas addressed to The Age and the Victorian Parliament and people.

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Lucas, William R.

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William Lucas was a fellow of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects and won second prize in the competition. He was the author of the The war memorial of Victoria and capital: a suggestion (Melbourne: 1919). In 1927, he won a competition for the design of the Australian National War Memorial to be erected at Villers-Bretonneux, France. His son, Lieutenant Norman Carey Lucas was killed in France in 1916. From the description of The National War Memorial for Victoria : a review o...