museum, and houses an extensive archive. The Anzac Tradition and Charles Bean's role in the construction of Australia's cultural identity The citation for the listing of Bean’s papers on the 2021 UNESCO Memory of the World Register includes the following: “In his writings and especially in the Australian War Memorial, Bean presented the story of the AIF as a basis for national pride that resonates to this day. Anyone seeking to understand how the newly federated nation of Australia sought to establish its own identity, loyal to Britain but with a distinct national character, must consult these records.” In marking the centenary of Federation in 2001 the Sydney Morning Herald published “One hundred most influential Australians of the century” in which Charles Bean was stated “as probably doing more than anyone to foster a sense of Australian nationhood.” The National Archives of Australia The National Archives of Australia for which Bean was a leading advocate contains more than 40 million items, mainly Australian Government records from Federation in 1901 to the present - records about key events and decisions that have shaped Australian history. The collection is considered irreplaceable. Parks and Playgrounds Movement NSW As the founder of this Movement, Bean was instrumental in bringing together the early town planning and conservation movements and ensuring the establishment of a network of green spaces throughout the Greater Sydney Region. These green spaces, ranged from playgrounds and sporting fields to public gardens and bushland-parks. The qualities of beauty, health, engagement and joy they embody and inspire, are a critical part of Bean's legacy. Bibliography With the flagship in the South (1909) On the Wool Track (1910) The Dreadnought of the Darling (1911) Flagships Three (1913)What to Know in Egypt: A Guide for Australian soldiers, (1915) The Anzac Book, Written and Illustrated by The Men of Anzac (Ed., 1916) Letters from France (1917) In Your Hands, Australians (1918) Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918Volume I – The Story of Anzac: the first phase (1921)Volume II – The Story of Anzac: from 4 May 1915 to the evacuation (1924)Volume III – The Australian Imperial Force in France: 1916 (1929)Volume IV – The Australian Imperial Force in France: 1917 (1933)Volume V – The Australian Imperial Force in France: December 1917 – May 1918 (1937)Volume VI – The Australian Imperial Force in France: May 1918 – the Armistice (1942) (A further six volumes