Small prickly oak trees, known in Australia as Gallipoli Oaks, grow along the ridges and valleys of the Gallipoli peninsula. Acorns were collected by several soldiers during the campaign and sent or brought back to Australia where some were subsequently planted. General (Sir) John Monash wrote to his wife in November 1915: “I am sending in a separate […]
A special memorial avenue has been constructed in Samford to commemorate the upcoming ANZAC Centenary. The Avenue of Honour comprises a 700m walkway, alongside which 20 large hoop pines have been planted, to honour the 20 local servicemen killed in both world wars and the Korean war. Another 80 smaller trees will bring the total
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Some communities that don’t already have an existing Avenue of Honour are starting to think about creating them. In places like Willunga in South Australia, local community organisations such as the RSL and National Trust have worked with their Local Council to get new Avenues established in time for the centenary commemorations of World War
Congratulations to the Moonambel Arts & History Group and the Pyrenees Shire (VIC), for their brilliant restoration in 2015 of their original Avenue of Honour. Those from the local Moonambel community that made the supreme sacrifice during World War 1 are doubly honoured. In addition to their names engraved in the granite memorial, so too
Recent arrivals to Tannymorel and now local residents Sandy and Brian Morris noticed a cross and a part of a name plaque attached to a cross which had grown into trees in front of their property. It was from this find that they did some research and discovered the trees were part of an Avenue
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There’s a fantastic, interactive website now established for the Bacchus Marsh Avenue of Honour. The site is a great stepping stone for research about those commemorated for their service during WW1. The opportunity to contribute information, stories and photographs is also a great asset. TREENET’s Avenue of Honour team commends Lee Hopkins and supporters for the
John Stoward has been a member of Geelong RSL Sub Branch for a number of years and is very interested in attempting to uncover details of Avenues of Honour in the Greater Geelong region of Victoria. In particular John is attempting to research 21 locations in the region listed in Sarah Cockerell’s 2006 survey. What
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TREENET’s Avenues of Honour project is a national initiative to document, preserve, promote and reinstate the original Avenues of Honour and to establish new commemorative trees, comemmorating Australia’s war service encompasing plantings from Boer War, WW1, WW2 and all subsequent conflicts.
