Goodwood Oval, previously known as Goodwood Recreation Ground, has had many separate tree-plantings over the years to commemorate soldiers who served in World War One and World War Two. On different occasions, trees were planted by local school children, Druids, and the Forestville Hockey Club. The first planting of memorial trees occurred on Friday 1 […]
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On Saturday July 30, 1938, a group of Wallaroo residents planted the first of many trees which were to become Swansea Park. They did so with the support of the Wallaroo Council and the Wallaroo RSA. They were motivated by a desire to convert a dusty patch of land they called Billy Goat Flat into
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The Tea Tree Gully Memorial Drive was opened in January 1950 by Premier Thomas Playford to commemorate the local people who served in World War One and World War Two (“Premier opens Gully memorial” The Mail, 28 January 1950, p. 41). This avenue of honour was planted with a double row of Aleppo Pine trees either
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The Willunga Avenue of Honour commemorates the centenary of the Gallipoli landing with the planting of 100 trees as a living memorial to local servicemen, servicewomen and their families. It is located on the corner of Victor Harbor and Aldinga roads Willunga, in South Australia. The Avenue of Honour is a plantation of Quercus canariensis
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The Mount Pleasant Memorial Avenue was established in 1934 to commemorate the local soldiers who lost their lives in World War One. The Avenue was planted with 12 Cypress Pine (Callitris spp.) donated by Dr Cowling in memory of the the local soldiers of the district who lost their lives during World War One. In
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The Mount Barker Soldiers Memorial Avenue was established on the 1st of July 1920 to commemorate the local people who served in World War One. This was located on Wellington Road, Mount Barker, in South Australia.The Avenue now exists as a new planting of Magnolia trees along the linear trail through Keith Stephenson Park with
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The Mount Barker Memorial tree planting was intended to commemorate the local people who served in World War One. This may be located on Mann Street near the Bowling Green in Mount Barker, South Australia. On the 10th of October 1918 the decision was made to plant an avenue of trees at Mount Barker as
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Soldiers Memorial Park was originally established in 1916 to plant trees in memory of those who served in World War One. Trees were also planted in 1918. Additional trees were planted at a later date in memory of those who served in World War Two. This Avenue of Honour is located along Heritage Street and
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The Mantung Avenue of Honour commemorates the local people from Mantung, Mercunda, and Maggea districts who served their country and is located on the corner of Clark Street and Gordon Street, oppposite the Town Hall. The Avenue was unveiled on the 25th of April 2015. Images: Glenn Williams 04/05/2024 The avenue plantings are a mixture
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The Regency Park Avenue of Honour was planted in 1992 and 2003 to commemorate the local people who served in World War One. This Avenue is a double of row of Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculata) located along Regency Road, in Regency Park, South Australia. Can you help to find out more? Does the avenue/commemoration planting
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The Goodwood Avenue of Honour was established in 1938 to commemorate the local people who served in World War One. This is located on Goodwood Road, Goodwood, in South Australia. A newspaper article of the time states that an Avenue of Honour was planted in 1938 on Goodwood Road in the ‘Garden Suburb’ (now known
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The Plympton Avenue of Honour was planted with Claret Ash trees to commemorate World War One. This is located along Anzac Highway (between Richmond Road and Tapleys Hill Road), in Plympton, South Australia. Can you help to find out more? Does the avenue/commemoration planting still exist? Who is commemorated? (if known). CLICK HERE to tell
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The Coromandel Valley War Memorial trees were established in May 1921 to commemorate the nine local men who lost their lives serving in World War One. This was located between Main Road and the croquet courts at Weymouth Oval, in Coromandel Valley, South Australia. At the back of the Coromandel Valley War Memorial obelisk nine
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The Fairfield Honour Avenue was established Before 1921 to commemorate World War 1, World War 2, Korean Campaign Malaya, Borneo, Vietnam, Post Vietnam. This Honour Avenue is located Anzac Avenue (opp intersection of Vine & Lawson Streets) Fairfield, in Ne
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After public calls for donations towards the cost of palm trees, an avenue of Washingtonia filifera (Cotton Palm) was planted on 11th September 1915, along the banks of the Murray River adjacent to Murray Avenue. “The dual purpose of the tree was to beautify the town and commemorate the brave men who have gone from
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On Friday 30 July 1915, three trees were planted at the Mount Pleasant School by “Mr. Thomson, Mr. Tamblyn (head teacher), and Miss Stibbles (assistant teacher), in memory of two old scholars—Privates A. H. Bax and E. H. Jenzen—and General Birdwood, who were killed with the Australians on the Gallipoli Peninsula”. The next day nine
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This was the site of the original plantings of Pinus radiata (formerly P. insignis) undertaken on Arbor day the 20th of August 1915 to commemorate the men of the district serving in WW1. It was located on the western side of St Andrew’s Terrace, Willunga, in South Australia. In 1952 the District Council of Willunga
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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.
