1 AVENUE OF HONOUR A cathedral-like canopy On August 10, 1918, more than 1,000 people - most of the then population of Bacchus Marsh - gathered to plant an avenue of trees to honour locals who had served in the Great War. 282 Dutch Elms were planted - each tree representing an individual soldier. 100 places Bacchus Marsh Rd, Bacchus Marsh. 2 MEMORIAL PRECINCT A garden with memories for 100 years Sturt Street Gardens median strip contains war monuments, the earliest 100 places for 100 years - Victorian War Heritage Trails WESTERN VICTORIA being the Boer War Memorial, raised commemorates the Anzac Centenary. An App and a series of ‘by patriotic fervour’ in 1906. A 1949 complementary brochures guide visitors to important war cenotaph remembers soldiers from both memorials across Victoria by way of eight tour routes from VICTORIAN WAR HERITAGE TRAILS World Wars, with a recent addition of North- West Victoria to Central Melbourne to Gippsland. Victoria Cross recipient, William Dunstan. The free App may be downloaded via the Apple App Store Park near the Town Hall, Ballarat. or Google Play Store. The brochures and fold out maps RANGER BARRACKS Training the civilian militia The superb Avenues of Honour and evocative memorials detailing the eight tour routes may be downloaded at Built in 1885, in response to the that mark this trail are indicative of the strength of http://anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au Victorian Government’s reform of the community feeling and patriotism in the first half of the The Anzac Centenary provides an opportunity to colonial militia, Ranger Barracks was 20th Century. acknowledge Australia’s contribution to war and the impacts the largest of many orderly rooms it had on our nation. 100 places for 100 years enables us (later called Drill Halls) throughout Australians served in the Boer War as a national contingent to reflect on Anzac traditions and consider the contribution Victoria. The Ranger Barracks can for the first time, creating a strong identity and reputation as a of all Victorians. Between 2014 and 2018 Victoria will join be viewed from the outside. formidable fighting force. This was reinforced at Gallipoli and on global commemorations to mark the centenary of the Cnr Curtis & Lowe St, Ballarat. the Western Front. Each town, wanting to honour their service and First World War. sacrifice, created a memorial, added to in later years when other 3 PRISONER OF WAR MEMORIAL Symbol of pain and suffering conflicts occurred. Ballarat, with both an Avenue of Honour and a Over 36,000 Australians became POWs Victory Arch created with funds raised by the ‘Lucas Girls’ - staff during the 20th century - it is estimated of the firm E. Lucas and Company - reflects the depth of feeling 8,600 died in captivity. This memorial in the community. lists all known POWs. It is a place of The Western Trail also contains some interesting historical bylines: reflection and the first Military Memorial the Ranger Museum, for example, relating to civilian militia, and of National Significance outside Canberra. two Prisoner of War Memorials; one to all soldiers taken prisoner Ballarat Botanical Gardens, in theatres of war, the other, the Sandakan Memorial, to those who Wendouree Parade, Ballarat. died in the gruelling campaign in Borneo in WWII. 4 BALLARAT AVIATION MUSEUM A rocket-powered fighter engine You may end your journey at the Memorial Cross atop Mt. Macedon; Ballarat Aviation Museum contains here, you are welcome to attend the Anzac Day dawn service. artefacts that include a prototype On a misty mountain morning, this is a truly moving experience. swing-wing fighter, a Wirraway DH Dove, a Flying Flea, Kenealy Gyrocopter and many others. A rare item is the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, a German rocket-powered fighter aircraft. Airport Access Rd, Ballarat Airport. Open weekends & public holidays 1-5. WARRACKNABEAL ROCHESTER  5 RANGER MUSEUM Military history of a district 9 ST. ARNAUD WAR MEMORIALS A war memorial portico

D WEDDERBURN The Ranger Museum focuses on Ballarat St. Arnaud’s Town Hall features a R AN OG C L AL and district military history, particularly distinctive portico with statues of - DE N R R HW U Y B that of the 8th/7th Battalion, Royal two WWI soldiers, rifles upside-down. R E D ED Victoria Regiment. A Boer War memorial is located in W A  C Cnr Ring Rd & Sturt St, Ballarat. Napier Street, as is a memorial in the B W W ST ARNAUD IMMERA HWY IMMERA H Municipal Reserve, honouring those B WY Open Thu 1-4 & 4th Sunday of the Y B B C W A who died in later conflicts. H L month 9-12. D Y E T R N H E W H Y Town Hall, 32 Napier St, St Arnaud.   A BENDIGO 6 BALLARAT AVENUE OF HONOUR Equal in service, equal in death HORSHAM 10 ALBERT JACKA MEMORIAL PARK A Gallipoli legend Ballarat’s Avenue of Honour is the A  A tribute to Albert Jacka, who enlisted

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DUNOLLY E A R went ashore at Gallipoli on 26 April H W 23 exotic species of trees. It is also W Y E ST 1915. He was the first Australian to ER N egalitarian, recognising all ranks of HW Y service. The ‘Lucas Girls’ from a local receive the Victoria Cross in WWI, clothing company raised £2,000 for the highest decoration for gallantry  MARYBOROUGH ‘in the face of the enemy’. CASTLEMAINE M the planting. C Calder Highway, Wedderburn. STAWELL AL DE Begin cnr Learmonth & Sturt Sts, Ballarat. R F W Y 11 RETURNED SOLDIER’S HALL BALLARAT ARCH OF VICTORY After the Avenue, an Arch A substantial memorial On completion of the Avenue, the ‘Lucas Opened in 1921, the Soldier’s Memorial Girls’ raised funds for a commemorative Institute, tenanted by the RSL, contains large brass Honour Rolls. The Museum ARARAT M entrance arch. Crowned by the Rising A Sun, the symbol of the Australian contains an extensive collection of DAYLESFORD C Commonwealth Military Forces, items from pre-Boer War times to W ESTE RN H WY WOODEND C it is an impressive sight. conflicts in Afghanistan, covering all  Cnr Learmonth & Sturt Sts, Ballarat. forces, POWs and women’s services. 37-39 Pall Mall, Bendigo. A R  E M Open Sun-Fri 11-3 Jun-Aug & 10-4 Sep-May. EM C  7 STAWELL RSL WAR MUSEUM A gracious home for the RSL BRA NC E BALLARAT DR WE ST ERN Stawell’s RSL Hall and Museum are FW 12 SANDAKAN MEMORIAL To those who lost their lives… A  Y housed in a town landmark, former   M A memorial dedicated to soldiers from Y

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