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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The Banjup Avenue of Honour was established 1920s to commemorate WW1. This Avenue of Honour is located Armadale Rd Banjup, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Banjup Memorial Park. Double row of trees. Entire group of trees surrounded by whit
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The Rockingham Naval Memorial Reserve, Avenue of Honour, was established 1994 to commemorate the service of . . . The double row of Norfolk Island Pine trees, creates a sentinel avenue, with a plaque at the base of each tree.
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The Veterans Memorial Park was established in 1998 to commemorate the service and sacrifice by Australians during WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Bounded by Endeavour Drive, Timaru Close and Warnbro Sound Avenue, Port Kennedy (south of Rockingham) the living memorial . .
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The Point Peron Avenue of Honour was established 2000 to commemorate All Wars. This Avenue of Honour is located along a section of Memorial Drive and Ferrier Drive (opposite the RSL building). The double row of trees consists of Norfolk island Pines on the foreshore side and Bottlebrushes on the other. Plaques are mounted on
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The Boyanup was established after WW1 to commemorate WW1. This is located Bridge St Boyanup, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS South side of street. TREE SPECIES oak (Quercus spp.)
In 1920, some returned servicemen formed the Balingup sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, later Returned Servicemen’s League (RSL). The sub-branch was very active for a few years, but became more or less defunct in the late 1920s, then revived under a new committee c1930-31, which instigated the establishment of the Avenue of Honour on
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The Albany – Orginal Mount Clarence Avenue was established 1921 to commemorate WW1 and WW2. This – Orginal Mount Clarence Avenue is located Middleton Rd Mt Clarence, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Double row of trees. TREE SPECIES Re
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The Albany Avenue of Honour was established 22/07/1956 to commemorate WW1, WW2, Korea and Vietnam.. This Avenue of Honour is located Apex Dr Mt Clarence, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Relocation of original Mount Clarence avenue, Albany
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The Gnowangerup Avenue of Honour was established 1930s to commemorate . This Avenue of Honour is located corner Yongenup Rd and Kwobrup Rd Gnowangerup, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Point Walter Golf Course. Double row of trees. Avenue
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The Carnarvon Avenue of Honour was established 18/11/2001 to commemorate WW2. This Avenue of Honour is located HMAS Sydney Memorial Dr Carnarvon, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Between North West Hwy and Carnarvon Rd. Single row of trees
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The Spearwood Avenue of Honour was established 01/07/1986 to commemorate WW2 – Hiroshima. This Avenue of Honour is located Spearwood Ave West Spearwood, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Peace Park. Double row of trees. Sign marks Peace Par
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The Kings Park’s Honour Avenues are dedicated to over 1800 servicemen and women who died during war service and a full list of the individuals’ names and service information can be found on the Honour Avenues Group database. These living memorials are is located May Drive and Lovekin Drive, West Perth. The planting of trees
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The Mosman Park Memorial Park was established on 25 August 1934 to commemorate the local people who served in World War One. Originally called the Buckland Hill Memorial Park, the park is located on Palmerston Street, Mosman Park, in Western Australia. According to the Western Australian Government, Heritage Council, there is a long history of
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The Woodvale Memorial Grove was established in June 1995, to commemorate the local service men and women who served in World War Two. Some 500 native trees were planted as part of this ‘Australia Remembers’ project, marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War Two. This memorial grove is bounded by the major Ocean
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The Bayswater Avenue of Honour was established 1997 to commemorate . This Avenue of Honour is located King William St Bayswater, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Located in Riverside Gardens. Single row of trees. Sign marks avenue. TREE
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Bounded by Elizabeth Street, Headingly Road and Kalamunda Road, the Memorial Walk is located in Stirk Park, Kalamunda.Avenue of Honour was established in the 1950s, to commemorate the sacrifice of soldiers serving or killed in action during WW1 and WW2.
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The Memorial Park was established after land was purchased in 1920, specific to honour those killed in service or in action during WW1. As a dedicated ‘Fallen Solders Memorial Park Avenue of Honour’, 28 trees were planted by family and friends, on 30th July 1921 to commemorate 28 soldiers from the district. Original plaques were
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The Point Walter Avenue of Honour, Bicton, was originally established to commemorate the soldiers who had fallen in World War One. 25 trees, mostly Lemon Scented Gums and Sugar Gums, were planted for 25 fallen soldiers. After roadworks in the 1980s, many of the original plantings were replaced.
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The Nurses Memorial is one of two established in Perth (the other is at Kings Park) to commemorate the service, suffering and sacrifice related to the Vyner Brooke tragedy during WW2. A small pond and garden surround, provides the backdropto this memorial, in the Point Walter Reserve at Bicton. Nestled within a curved metal-clad wall,is
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The Fremantle Avenue of Honour was established 1931 to commemorate WW1. This Avenue of Honour is located High, Swanbourne and Knutsford St Fremantle, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS Monument Hill Memorial Reserve Single row of trees aroun
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The Melville was established to commemorate . This is located Melville, in Western Australia Australia. FURTHER DETAILS TREE SPECIES pines (Pinus spp. or Araucaria spp.)
The original Collie Honour Avenue was established on Sunday 15th May, 1921, as an integral part of a larger, sophisticated ceremony, to unveil the foundations for the proposed construction of a tall granite monument. (The Collie War Memorial was officially opened on Sunday 4th September that same year.) On that day, a procession, composed chiefly
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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.
