Ballarat East Avenue of Honour

Background

The Ballarat East Avenue of Honour dates to 1917 and was erected to honour those who had served in World War One.

At the eastern end of Ballarat on Melbourne Road, leading from the Caledonian Bridge, 100 trees were planted on 25 Augus 1917 to honour those who had served in World War One. Each tree was given a plaque to commemorate a soldier from the municipality. The Avenue of Honour was later extended to the boundary of the town and at least three further tree plantings took place. By the mid-1920s, 460 trees were planted in the Ballarat East Avenue of Honour, which extended along Victoria Street from the railway bridge near the orphanage, to the Caledonian Bridge, continuing along Melbourne Road to the Ballarat East municipal boundary and into the shires of Buninyong and Bungaree.

In 1918 Cr H. B. George was the President of the Ballarat East Avenue of Honour Committee.

By 2022 only a handful of the original trees survived. Many were destroyed during the freeway extension around the 1960s. In early September 2022 60 new trees were planted and a promise of more to come from the government.

Those commemorated

A Lt-Col Bennett B Name 1 - Name 2 C Isobel Kathleen Curnow - Name 2 D Name 2 E Name 2 F G Name 1 - Name 2 H Name 1 - Name 2 I Name 1 - Name 2 J Name 1 - Name 2 K Name 1 - Name 2 L Name 1 - Name 2 M N Name 1 - Name 2 O Name 1 - Name 2 P Name 2 Q Name 1 - Name 2 R Richard Renfree S Name 1 - Name 2 T Name 1 - Name 2 U Name 1 - Name 2 V W Albert E. White - Name 2 Y Name 1 - Name 2 Z Name 1 - Name 2 Also See World War One External Links https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-09/ballarat-east-avenue-of-honour/101411368?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf260198775&utm_campaign=abc_ballarat&utm_source=m.facebook.com&sf260198775=1&fbclid=IwAR3Lenvyn3S-BtZdo9reMrNQr4Mg0ZaOhsAWxDH2kCf6PZLjSyg7MBkuILQ --Clare K.Gervasoni 12:42, 10 September 2022 (AEST)