Avenues of Honour: Local historians called to duty
April 22, 2020
There are more than 600 known Avenues of Honour across our country, and details of each is recorded on a central website. Giant figs planted
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Bacchus Marsh
July 12, 2018
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
Avenues in the Geelong area
July 12, 2018
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
Chandada Avenue of Honour
November 6, 2015
It’s easy to assume that remote settlements and their Avenues of Honour have faded into obscurity for all time. Not so over on the west
Recognition of Suburban Avenue of Honour
November 11, 2014
Courtesy of local ‘tree-savvy’ residents and their passion for conserving commemorative street trees in their district, Weinholt Street in the Brisbane suburb of Sherwood now
Commemorating Indigenous War Veterans
June 6, 2013
It was a privilege to attend (by serendipity) a recent event scheduled as part of Reconciliation Week across the nation. Held at the Flame of Remembrance,
Mapping the Avenues
June 2, 2013
We know of at least 600+ Avenues of Honour spread across Australia. Some Avenues go back as early as the Boer War of 1899-1902, but
