The Gallipoli Oak As part of its commitment to celebrate and preserve Victoria’s environmental heritage, the National Trust of Australia (Victoria), identified the Gallipoli Oak tree (Quercus coccifera subsp. calliprinos) as “a symbolic link between the Centenary of ANZAC, the people of Turkey and the primary school children of Victoria”. The Chiltern Primary School community expressed their desire […]
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This memorial arch was unveiled by the Governor of NSW, Sir Walter Davidson on 27th April, 1923. The structure heralds the entrance into the living memorial of trees and accompanying gardens, planted in a median strip flanked by the Honour Avenue roadway. Details of the purpose of commemorating service during WW1 are listed on the
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Images: Tim Johnson 16.11.2024
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Local farmer and Gallipoli veteran, Archie Henville (dark suit), completes the planting of a Lone Pine in the grounds of the Binnu Primary School in 1968. Mr Henville was instrumental in getting some seeds through the Australian War Memorial, from a specimen in Canberra – an offspring of a ‘Lone Pine’ (Pinus halepensis), named after
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In 1961, Frank Green gifted land in Mahomets Flats to the City to be used for recreational purposes and at the time requested a memorial be created on the land that recognised his son Leonard T. Green and other citizens of the Geraldton district who lost their lives in active service in the First World
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Running between Honour Avenue and Berry Street, the Weinholt Street Avenue of Honour is located in Sherwood, a western suburb of the City of Brisbane. Lined with the beautiful, long-lived tree species, Callistemon ‘Dawson River’, native to the local Queensland area, the species has a weeping habit, specifically chosen to represent the tears of the
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A relatively recent living memorial, the Jamieson Avenue of Honour, was officially opened on Monday 14th March, 2022. A Maple Tree is planted for each of the 51 men and women, for their military service and sacrifice. Each tree has an accompanying plaque, listing the respective names of these former pupils of Jamieson Primary School
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A total of six Pencil Pines or Mediterranean Pines (Cupressus sempervirens) were planted during a special memorial service, on Arbor Day Friday 27th June 1947.Four trees were planted in memory of old scholars who lost their lives in the war, and two planted in honour of airmen who gained decorations. The image was located in
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The official opening of the Avenue of Honour and associated memorial, by Hon Con Scaccia, then Minister for Veteran’s Affairs and Cr Gerry Smith, then Mayor of the City of Greater Geelong, took place on 1 October 1995. The ceremony coincided with the anniversary of the opening of the National Vietnam veteran’s memorial in 1992.
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The trees in this grove were planted as a living tribute to nine nurses who died during the First World War or shortly after, whose deaths were war-service related. These women served as nurses in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS), the Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) and the Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD).
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A solitary Royal Poinciana street tree (Delonix regia) is located on the verge outside 9 McKenzie Street, diagonally opposite the Dayboro Crown Hotel, QLD. Image: Glenn Williams, August 2023 Alongside the tree is the Shanela Ladies Fashion store and what was the former JD Barnes Draper & Footwear store. By default and by design, this
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Images: Sandra Patterson – Buffalo Images The Vietnam War Memorial Cherry Tree Walk is a revered living memorial, to honour all those from Australia’s military services involved in the Vietnam conflict, especially the 523 who paid the ultimate sacrifice. The project was essentially completed after a huge undertaking over 15 years, from the very first
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A plantation of mixed tree species, predominantly Wallangarra White Gum (Eucalyptus scoparia), set in uniform rows to create a memorial grove, was originally established on the 17th April 1994, to honour the sacrifice of Inverell and districts’ servicemen, serving with the 2nd AIF during WW2 and those serving in Vietnam. Images Glenn Williams 16.11.2022 The
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The Kurrajongs READ ARTICLE from the Inverell Times, 11th January 1916 – “The Kurrajongs” – Swelling the Ranks On the 12th January 1916, inspired by a broader recruiting march across regional NSW, one hundred and twelve enlistees left Inverell by train, commencing a journey which would eventually take them overseas to fight on the battlefields
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Arbor Day, 19th July 1917, was celebrated with the planting of 63 trees – Golden Wattles and Golden Cypresses commemorating WW1 soldiers from the district, for their service and sacrifice. A week earlier, a working bee had been held, to clear, fence and prepare this two acre central block in Miners Rest for the planting
The Official opening of the Victor Harbor Avenue of Honour took place on Wednesday 9th November, 2022. Mixed plantings of Gawler Hybrid Bottlebrush (Callistemon ‘Harkness’) and Red Ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon) form an avenue on Pages Road, leading to the Victor Harbor Golf Club. The Avenue of 28 trees is a living memorial, honouring all those
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The Hillwood ‘avenue’ is significant, in that it was the first established, in the Tamar Valley. HILWOOD An interesting ceremony took, place at the Hillwood State School on King’s Birthday, when a roll of honor with a list of twenty names was unveiled by those who had volunteered from Hillwood and Mount Direction or connected
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On Arbor Day, July 1944, Trees of Tribute were planted alongside the Monteith Institute, in Monteith, South Australia, by the school and institute committee “for all the airmen and soldiers enlisted from the settlement” in World War Two. (“News From Rural Centres” The Advertiser, 22 July 1941, p. 5. <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45015295>) Can you help to find out
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Norfolk Island Pines (Araucaria heterophylla) were the species of choice, in the establishment of the Addison Road, Hove, Trees of Tribute honour avenue for WW2 servicemen from the Glenelg, Brighton and Marion districts. The trees were presumably planted sometime in late August/early September 1941, after initial arrangements for the planting ceremony on Friday 22nd August
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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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This WW1 commemorative avenue of nine (9) trees were planted by local citizens of Mont Albert, in Churchill Street, Mont Albert, Victoria. This was in response to Queen Elizabeth’s state tour and as that she was driven down Churchill Street. The trees were established exactly 50 years after the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli to recognize
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Established in 1919, this double-sided avenue of Camphor Laurel trees (Cinnamomum camphora) commemorates those who served in World War One. The avenue of original memorial trees extends along what is now Anzac Avenue (renamed during WW2), from the intersection with West Street/Russell Street roundabout, south-west to the Hursley Street intersection. When the avenue was being
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The Samford 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 bring the total number of trees to 100, representing the ANZAC centenary.
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“For every soldier a tree, for every tree a plaque” The Soldier’s Memorial Avenue forms part of the Queens Domain in Hobart Tasmania. It is an Avenue of Honour comprising 520 trees planted in 1918 and 1919 to commemorate soldiers, mainly from Hobart, who died in World War I (the Great War) 1914–1918. Additional trees
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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.
