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corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse andmodernarmoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passedthrough ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas dartingbetween peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen andBretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It is a shortdrive to the plus men andwomen who served inVietnam are inscribed walk: awall of panelsonwhich thenamesof the 60,000- and a faded blue teddy bear increase thepoignancy of the who served in Australia’s most divisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymour which honours those Shepparton. Be moved by theevocative Vietnam Veterans of themain centres of Benalla, Euroa, Seymour or Your journey –apilgrimageof sorts-canstart at any stories. of people,places and has arichmilitary history region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will findalittlebit of everything. looking for aweekend tripaway oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re onafamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwineoffering andquirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastabouttheregion’s gorgeous The region’s richmilitaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story andnot every story is offer specialinsights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse andmodernarmoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passedthrough ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas dartingbetween peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen andBretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It isashortdrive to the plus menandwomen whoserved inVietnam are inscribed walk: awallof panelsonwhichthenames of the60,000- and afaded blueteddy bearincrease thepoignancyof the who served inAustralia’s mostdivisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymourwhichhonours those Shepparton. Bemoved by theevocative Vietnam Veterans of the maincentres of Benalla,Euroa, Seymouror Your journey–apilgrimageof sorts-canstartat any stories. of people,places and has arichmilitaryhistory region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will finda littlebit of everything. looking for aweekend trip away oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re onafamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwineoffering andquirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastabout theregion’s gorgeous The region’s richmilitaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story andnot every story is offer special insights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse andmodernarmoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passedthrough ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas dartingbetween peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen and Bretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It isashortdrive to the plus menandwomen whoserved inVietnam are inscribed walk: awallof panelsonwhichthenames of the60,000- and afaded blueteddy bearincrease thepoignancy of the who served inAustralia’s mostdivisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymourwhich honours those Shepparton. Bemoved by the evocative Vietnam Veterans of the main centres of Benalla, Euroa, Seymour or Your journey – a pilgrimage of sorts -can start at any stories. of people, places and has arichmilitary history region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will findalittlebit of everything. looking for aweekend tripaway oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re onafamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwineoffering andquirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastabouttheregion’s gorgeous The region’s richmilitaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story andnot every story is offer specialinsights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killed inactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guineaby renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand.Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditistempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum) inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. EachPOW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs who diedduringboth World is the final resting place of 239German civilian detainees The German War Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in 1958, loved, and became Australian citizens after thewar. carved board games, wrote poetry andmusicals,laughed and brings thosenumbers to life, aspeoplewhopainted and A halfhournorth, Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria during World War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment campsin “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, GermanJews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsank HMASSydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpastPuckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Website www.visitshepparton.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 58329330 33-35 Nixon St, Shepparton GREATER SHEPPARTON Website www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Email [email protected]. Phone 57990233 47 Emily St, Seymour SEYMOUR Website www.visiteuroa.org.au Email [email protected] Phone 57951199 50 Binney St, Euroa EUROA Website www.gonagambie.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57941471 293 High St, Nagambie NAGAMBIE Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57621749 14 MairSt, Benalla BENALLA

Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killedinactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guineaby renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand.Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditistempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum)inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. EachPOW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs whodiedduringboth World is thefinal resting place of 239Germanciviliandetainees The GermanWar Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in1958, loved, andbecameAustralian citizens after thewar. carved board games,wrote poetry andmusicals,laughed brings thosenumbers to life, aspeoplewhopainted and A halfhournorth,Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria duringWorld War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment campsin “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, GermanJews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsankHMAS Sydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpastPuckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff

Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killedinactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guineaby renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand.Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditistempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum) inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. Each POW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs whodied duringboth World is thefinal resting place of 239Germancivilian detainees The German War Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in1958, loved, andbecame Australian citizens after thewar. carved board games, wrote poetry and musicals, laughed and brings those numbers to life, as people who painted and A half hournorth, Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria duringWorld War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment camps in “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than 7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, GermanJews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsank HMASSydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpastPuckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff

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Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel onthegrassy banksof that rebuilt a breached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, andLieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, theonly Commonwealth town andregion to cockpit deHavilland DH-94 “Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phoneto checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft in a historic craft? Perhaps some pilot MarkCarr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN, RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School)Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timeinthistown on theBroken River for Benalla Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assisting a skeletal POW, in Benalla of Australian soldier-surgeon and war hero Sir Edward The power of artisfurther evidenced by the sculpture military service for theFirst World War. from the Devenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medicandthelight artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of theendof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton andBenalla HISTORY MILITARY DISCOVER

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Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel onthegrassy banksof that rebuilt abreached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, and Lieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, theonly Commonwealth town andregion to cockpit deHavilland DH-94“Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phoneto checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft inahistoric craft? Perhaps some pilot Mark Carr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN,RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School)Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timeinthistown ontheBroken River for Benalla Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assistingaskeletal POW, inBenalla of Australian soldier-surgeon and warhero Sir Edward The power of artisfurtherevidenced by thesculpture military service for theFirst World War. from theDevenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medicand thelight artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of theendof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018 and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton andBenalla HISTORY MILITARY DISCOVER

War. the localcommunitytoFirstWorld efforts ofwomenandthecontribution Graincorp Siloscelebrate the war In thesmalltownofDevenish, the Artist: Cam Scale region hastooffer. Military HistoryTrail isagreatway toexplore allthe food andwineathrivingartscrafts scene.The area. Locals boastaboutgorgeous nature,fantastic A richmilitaryhistoryisnottheonlydrawcard ofthe stories. see howourcommunitieshave beenshapedby these invite you toexperience theseinsightsfirsthandand of sacrifice,determinationanddevotion toduty. We and heroism.Eachsmalltownhastheirownstories War memorialsofferspecialinsightsintolocalhistory and explore eachtownforallithastooffer. easily dothisdrive inaday, oryou cantake your time opportunity forany typeofgetaway you need.You can The MilitaryHistoryTrail provides theperfect VICTORIA OF REGIONAL DISCOVER MORE

Design and printed by Prominent Group, Shepparton 03 5831 2455 military service for theFirst World War. from theDevenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medicandthe light artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of the endof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100 year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton andBenalla Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel onthegrassy banksof that rebuilt abreached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, andLieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, theonly Commonwealth town andregion to cockpit deHavilland DH-94 “Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phoneto checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft inahistoric craft? Perhaps some pilot MarkCarr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN,RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School) Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timein thistown onthe Broken River for Benalla Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assisting askeletal POW, inBenalla of Australian soldier-surgeon and warhero Sir Edward The power of art isfurtherevidenced by the sculpture HISTORY MILITARY DISCOVER Heathcote-Nagambie Road,datesfromtheSecond The Graytown PrisonerofWar Camp,on Army training facilityatPuckapunyal. Army Tank museum,whichiswithintheAustralian You’ll needphotoIDtovisittheRAAC Memorialand before Puckapunyal openedin1939. Victoria’s largestmilitarytraining andstagingfacility Memorial Park, thesiteofformerSeymour Camp, just ashortdrive totheAustralian LightHorse proudly flyinhonouroftheANZACS. From here,it’s stands, andtheAustralian andNewZealand flags Peace andRSLrosesline thepaths,alonepinetree Nearby istheWWImemorialpark,whereGallipoli, poignant historicalmoments. timeline thatguideyou throughoneofAustralia’s most panels. Vividphotographs createastirringvisual in theVietnamWar arescriptedacrossthe106glass the namesofmorethan60,000peoplewhoserved the VietnamVeterans Commemorative Walk, where Melbourne ifyou beginatSeymour. Here,you’ll find The MilitaryHistoryTrail isjust1.5hoursfrom grassy banks ofSeven Creeks. ‘Honouring Our Heroes’site onthe Life-size bronzes standsentinel atthe Victoria Crossrecipients. Commonwealth toproducethree Euroa istheonlytown inthe visitshepparton.com.au [email protected] 5832 9330 33-35 Nixon Street,Shepparton Greater Shepparton mitchellshire.vic.gov.au [email protected] 5799 0233 47 EmilyStreet,Seymour Seymour visiteuroa.org.au [email protected] 5795 1199 50 Binney Street,Euroa Euroa gonagambie.com.au [email protected] 5794 1471 293 HighStreet,Nagambie Nagambie enjoybenalla.vic.gov.au [email protected] 5762 1749 14 MairStreet,Benalla Benalla CENTRES VISITOR INFORMATION corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse and modern armoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passedthrough ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas dartingbetween peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen andBretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It isashortdrive to the plus menandwomen whoserved inVietnam are inscribed walk: awallof panelsonwhichthenamesof the60,000- and afaded blueteddy bearincrease thepoignancyof the who served inAustralia’s mostdivisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymourwhichhonours those Shepparton. Bemoved by theevocative Vietnam Veterans of themaincentres of Benalla,Euroa, Seymouror Your journey–apilgrimageof sorts-canstartat any stories. of people,places and has arichmilitaryhistory region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will findalittlebit of everything. looking for aweekend tripaway oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re onafamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwineoffering andquirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastabouttheregion’s gorgeous The region’s richmilitaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story andnot every story is offer specialinsights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE flight ina restored aircraft. Book ahead ifyou’d like toexperience anadventure view a unique collection ofmilitary training aircraft. home totheBenalla Aviation Museum,where you can Dunlopand Captain‘Hec’Waller.‘Weary’ Benallais memorials commemorating localheroes SirEdward Benalla, onthebanksof Broken River, ishometo Damien Parer (killedinactionthePacific in1944). New Guineaby renownedWorld War IIphotographer Mateship by BeloAngyalisbased onanimagetaken in to helphisbrotherfromatrenchontheWestern Front. (1867-1925), depictsPrivateJohnRaws reaching down pre-eminent Australian artistCharlesWeb Gilbert at thismemorial.TheHelpingHand,by War Memorial.Two evocative sculpturescanbeviewed German War CemeteryandtheShepparton& District the Tatura Irrigation&Wartime CampsMuseum,the Travel northtoexplore Tatura andShepparton,with World War II. incarceration inCampsthroughoutAustralia during military PrisonersofWar whodiedduringtheir commemorating theItaliancivilianinterneesand The ItalianOssarioisinMurchison,amausoleum Western Australia. warship HSKKormoran, whichsank HMASSydney off World War, whereitheldinterneesfromtheGerman Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killedinactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guinea by renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand. Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditis tempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum)inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. EachPOW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs whodiedduring both World is thefinal resting place of 239Germanciviliandetainees The GermanWar Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in1958, loved, andbecameAustralian citizens after thewar. carved board games,wrote poetry andmusicals,laughed brings thosenumbers to life, aspeoplewhopainted and A halfhournorth,Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria duringWorld War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment campsin “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, GermanJews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsankHMASSydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpastPuckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse andmodernarmoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passedthrough ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas darting between peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen andBretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It isashortdrive to the plus menandwomen whoserved in Vietnam are inscribed walk: awallof panelsonwhichthenamesof the60,000- and afaded blueteddy bearincrease the poignancyof the who served inAustralia’s mostdivisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymourwhichhonours those Shepparton. Bemoved by theevocative Vietnam Veterans of themaincentres of Benalla,Euroa, Seymouror Your journey–apilgrimageof sorts-canstartat any stories. of people,places and has arichmilitaryhistory region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will findalittlebit of everything. looking for aweekend tripaway oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re onafamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwineoffering and quirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastabouttheregion’s gorgeous The region’s rich militaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story and not every story is offer specialinsights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Website www.visitshepparton.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 58329330 33-35 Nixon St, Shepparton GREATER SHEPPARTON Website www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Email [email protected]. Phone 57990233 47 Emily St, Seymour SEYMOUR Website www.visiteuroa.org.au Email [email protected] Phone 57951199 50 Binney St, Euroa EUROA Website www.gonagambie.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57941471 293 High St, Nagambie NAGAMBIE Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57621749 14 MairSt, Benalla BENALLA

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Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assistingaskeletal POW, inBenalla of Australian soldier-surgeon andwarhero Sir Edward The power of artisfurtherevidenced by thesculpture military service for theFirst World War. from theDevenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medicandthelight artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of theendof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton andBenalla pilot MarkCarr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN,RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School)Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timeinthistown onthe Broken River for Benalla cockpit deHavilland DH-94“Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phoneto checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft inahistoric craft? Perhaps some Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel on thegrassy banksof that rebuilt abreached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, andLieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, the only Commonwealth town andregion to

DISCOVER MILITARY HISTORY Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killedinactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guineaby renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand.Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditistempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum)inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. EachPOW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs whodied duringboth World is thefinal resting place of 239Germanciviliandetainees The German War Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in1958, loved, andbecameAustralian citizens after thewar. carved board games,wrote poetry andmusicals,laughed brings thosenumbers to life, aspeoplewhopainted and A halfhournorth,Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria duringWorld War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment campsin “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, German Jews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsankHMASSydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpast Puckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Website www.visitshepparton.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 58329330 33-35 Nixon St, Shepparton GREATER SHEPPARTON Website www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Email [email protected]. Phone 57990233 47 Emily St, Seymour SEYMOUR Website www.visiteuroa.org.au Email [email protected] Phone 57951199 50 Binney St, Euroa Email [email protected] 14 MairSt, Benalla BENALLA EUROA Website www.gonagambie.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57621749 Phone 57941471 293 High St, Nagambie NAGAMBIE Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au

Design and printed by Prominent Group, Shepparton 03 5831 2455 Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel onthegrassy banksof that rebuilt abreached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, andLieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, theonly Commonwealth town andregion to cockpit deHavilland DH-94“Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phoneto checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft inahistoric craft? Perhaps some pilot MarkCarr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN,RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School)Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timeinthistown ontheBroken River for Benalla Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assistingaskeletal POW, inBenalla of Australian soldier-surgeon andwarhero Sir Edward The power of artisfurtherevidenced by the sculpture military service for theFirst World War. from theDevenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medic and thelight artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of theendof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton and Benalla HISTORY MILITARY DISCOVER corps. Curator Joe Linford loves achat. and technology of theLight Horse andmodernarmoured museum hasdisplays devoted to thehistory, personnel Home to more than70armoured fighting vehicles, the required), to visit the RAAC Memorial & Army Tank Museum. Still-operational Puckapunyal isournextstop (photo i.d. return from Libya. and theVictorian “Rats of Tobruk” passed through ontheir charge of theLight Brigade at Beersheba were trained here opened in1939.Someof themenwhomadehistoric military training andstagingfacility before Puckapunyal eucalypts, it’s hard to believe thiswasVictoria’s largest this park,withsun-litrosellas dartingbetween peeling Park, located onpartof Camp Seymour. Strolling around From here it’s adrive to theAustralian Light Horse Memorial local menandwomen whoserved inWorld War 1. Street, Seymour. The Memorial Park pays tribute to the WWI Memorial Park at thecorner of Callen andBretonneux over photographs of theconflict. It isashortdrive to the plus menandwomen whoserved inVietnam are inscribed walk: awallof panelsonwhichthenamesof the60,000- and afaded blueteddy bearincrease thepoignancyof the who served inAustralia’s mostdivisive war. Red poppies Commemorative Walk inSeymourwhichhonours those Shepparton. Bemoved by theevocative Vietnam Veterans of themaincentres of Benalla,Euroa, Seymouror Your journey–apilgrimageof sorts-canstartat any stories. of people,places and has arichmilitaryhistory region inCentral Victoria The GoulburnRiver Valley will find alittlebit of everything. looking for aweekend tripaway oraromantic retreat you and craft scene. Whether you’re on afamily holiday, nature, fantastic food andwine offering andquirkyarts of thearea. The locals boastaboutthe region’s gorgeous The region’s richmilitaryhistory isnot theonly drawcard listed here. small town hastheirown story andnot every story is offer specialinsights into local history andheroism. Each Shepparton andtheBoerWar Memorial inLongwood Nagambie, Mooroopna, aswell asRookies’ Return in War Memorials inplaces like Alexandra, Avenel, DISCOVER MORE Pacific in1944). War IIphotographer Damien Parer (killedinactionthe based onanimagetaken inNew Guineaby renowned World to take hisoutstretched hand.Mateship by Belo Angyalis brother from atrench ontheWestern Front anditistempting fallen. It depictsPrivate John Raws reaching down to helphis 1925), Helping Hand honours Shepparton’s World War I pre-eminent Australian sculptor CharlesWeb Gilbert(1867- central to Shepparton &District War Memorial. The work of Ten minutes eastof Tatura, two evocative sculptures are of World War IIPOWs andcivilianinternees. midway between Nagambie andTatura, contains theremains The stone ossario(mausoleum)inleafy Murchison Cemetery, internee’s withaLatin Cross. Wars. EachPOW’s grave ismarked withanIron Cross, each and eleven GermanPOWs whodiedduringboth World is thefinal resting place of 239Germanciviliandetainees The GermanWar Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in1958, loved, andbecameAustralian citizens after thewar. carved board games,wrote poetry andmusicals,laughed brings thosenumbers to life, aspeoplewhopainted and A halfhournorth,Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum northeast Victoria duringWorld War II. held inthree POW campsandfour internment campsin “Dunera boys”), were amongthemore than7,000people Australia, and,incongruously, GermanJews fleeing Hitler (the raider HSKKormoran, whichsankHMASSydney off Western Didn’t know Victoria hadPOW camps? Survivors of German Graytown. and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at to Graytown, from theNorthern Highway into blackbox Further onpastPuckapunyal viaTooborac take theturnoff

VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Website www.visitshepparton.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 58329330 33-35 Nixon St, Shepparton GREATER SHEPPARTON Website www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Email [email protected]. Phone 5799 0233 47 Emily St, Seymour SEYMOUR Website www.visiteuroa.org.au Email [email protected] Phone 57951199 50 Binney St, Euroa EUROA Website www.gonagambie.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57941471 293 High St, Nagambie NAGAMBIE Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57621749 14 MairSt, Benalla BENALLA WW2, Vietnam, Korea andtheIndonesian conflict. by aboriginalsoldiers andlistingalllocals whoserved in WW1, andglasspanelsacknowledging theservice provided rotunda erected in1928honouringthosewhoserved in Upgraded in2020,theMemorial precinct includesa established duringWorld War IIinTatura andsurrounding areas. prisoner of warandfour internment campsthat were A uniquecollection of thehistory surrounding thethree War I,World War IIandVietnam. an obeliskcommemorating thosewhoserved duringWorld Robert MactierV.C. Memorial Gardens inTatura along with A statue honouringPrivate Robert Mactierstandsin the service, aswell asnearby WW2POW/internment camps. holds memorabilia associated withthe waryears andlocals’ The museum(open Saturday mornings exc Winter months) Lt.Charles Roberts (BoerWar), First andSecond World Wars. Shady gardens withpicnicareas, feature memorialsto nearest to Armistice Day, 11thNovember. commemorative service held here each year onthe Sunday members of the public are welcome to attend the Camps throughout Australia during World War 2.Interested Prisoners-of-War whodiedduring theirincarceration in the remains of 130Italian civilianInternees andmilitary This Italian styleMausoleum commemorates andcontains his sonSergeant Calder Woodburn. 2457 trees between 1945and1949initially asamemorialto War IIcommemorative plantings. Fen Woodburn planted The Avenue isthegrandest andlargest of Victoria’s World and theremains of thePOW campstillexisttoday. Italian andGermanprisoners of warwere detained here men settled inthedistrictafter thewar. Approximately 250 able to work intheforest duringtheday andmany of these The prisoners were guarded at night inthePOW campbut During WWII, prisoners of warwere campedat Graytown. armour museumsinAustralia. Armoured Fighting Vehicles, makingitoneof thelargest RAAC Memorial &Army Tank Museum ishometo over 70 Located onthefunctioning Puckapunyal Military Base,the women whoserved inWorld War One. The Memorial Park pays tribute to thelocal menand opening of Puckapunyal Camp in1939. Seymour Camp, Victoria’s largest training facility priorto the Explore therelics andbushtracks onpartof theformer this periodof Australian history. The walkalsoprovides astirringphotographic timelineof served intheVietnam War are scripted ontheglasspanels. Veterans. The namesof the60,000menandwomen who one of itskindinAustralia, dedicated to allVietnam The Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk istheonly into theAustralian vernacular. World War 1,whichbought theslangphrase “it’s afurphy” (manufactured inShepparton), anditsimportant role during The collection features theFurphy Water Cart Australia to beinterred inonecommemorative place. of eachindividualwere brought from cemeteries across internees whodiedduringboth World Wars. The remains The final resting place for 250GermanPOWs andcivilian DISCOVER MILITARY HISTORY M G H D C A K B E J L F I

McLennan Street (Midland Highway) Mooroopna 49 Hogan Street Tatura Tatura Irrigation &Wartime Camps Museum Hogan Street andFlanagan Place Tatura Private Robert MactierVC Memorial Garden Stevenson Street Murchison Murchison Riverbank Gardens Murchison Cemetery Willoughby Street Murchison Italian Ossario Goulburn Valley Highway Between Arcadia andKialla Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue Graytown POW Camp Hopkins Barracks Puckapunyal Military Area RAAC Memorial &Army Tank Museum Corner of Callen andBretonneux Street Seymour3660 WWI Memorial Park Goulburn Valley Highway Seymour Australian Light Horse Memorial Park Seymour High Street (junctionof Emily andTallarook Streets) Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Museum), 7725GoulburnValley Highway Kialla Emerald BankLeisure Land(Shepparton Motor Furphy Museum Collection Mooroopna War Memorial Tatura Cemetery Mulcahy Road Tatura German War Cemetery

sea onoperational service. World Wars. It isalsoatribute to allmenandwomen lost at Waller asanoutstandingnaval officer whoserved during both A granite monument commemorates Captain Hector ‘Hec’ military service intheFirst World War. Artist:Cam Scale women from theDevenish community whoenlisted in This artwork isavisualtribute to the50young menand Open 7days aweek withbistro mealsavailable. feature uniforms, weapons, photos, wartimerelics andmore. Donated by local families, theever changingdisplay cabinets display at theShepparton RSL. An impressive collection of local memorabilia isalways on Aboriginal peoplewhohave represented Australia inconflict. for Australia duringWorld War 1,inrecognition of alllocal Daniel Cooper, aYorta Yorta manwhofought anddied Painted by well known artistCam Scale,featuring Private ‘Mateship’ sculpture by BelaAngyal. View the‘Helping Hand’ sculpture by Web Gilbert,andthe in thevariousconflicts inwhich Australia hasbeeninvolved. The Shepparton Cenotaph commemorates thosewhoserved

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Pays tributetothe1,165volunteers fromthedistrictwhoserved stand intheEuroaVC MemorialPark. Tubb, Corporal Alexander BurtonandLieutenantLeslie Maygar Statues honouringVictoriaCrossrecipientsLieutenantFrederick training historyandbookaflightinrestoredmilitaryaircraft. nalla airfieldduring World War II.ExploreAustralia’s militaryair The historichomeoftheNo.11EFTSSquadron,stationedatBe- DunlopandCaptainHector‘Hec’Waller.‘Weary’ Museum hasawarservicesroomwhichisdevoted toSirEdward Prime Minister, JohnHowardin1996. Dunlop.Officiallyopened lian warhero,SirEdward‘Weary’ by A moving sculpturecommemorates soldier-surgeonandAustra- and womenlostatseaonoperational service. who served duringbothWorld Wars. Itisalsoatributetoallmen A granite monumentcommemorates CaptainHector‘Hec’Waller tribute tolocalpeoplewhoenlistedduringWWI. Large-scale siloartexplores theroleofwomeninserviceandpays V U T S R Q military service for theFirst World War. from theDevenish community enlisted in horseman. Fifty young menandwomen a modernday combat medicandthelight artwork isof both aFirst World War nurse, of theendof theFirst World War. The coincides withthe100year centenary unveiled onAnzacDay Eve 2018and to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was Detour between Shepparton andBenalla Seven Creeks, aGoulburnRiver tributary. attack at Gallipoli,standsentinel onthegrassy banksof that rebuilt abreached trench duringaTurkish counter- Corporal AlexanderStewart Burton, members of ateam Cecil Maygar, and Lieutenant Frederick Harold Tubb and of light horseman andBoerWar hero Lieutenant Leslie produce three Victoria Cross recipients. Life-size bronzes Euroa, the only Commonwealth town andregion to cockpit deHavilland DH-94“Moth Minor”. designed andbuilt Winjeel, orcanaryyellow open- used to train communist Chinesefighter pilots, Australian flights inashiny blue Cold War-era Nanchang CJ-6A, acrobatics? Phone to checkavailability of adventure Fancy goingaloft inahistoric craft? Perhaps some pilot MarkCarr. designed jet trainer],” says ex-RAN,RAAFandcommercial best three years of my life were flying aMacchi [Italian- military training aircraft andthevolunteer staff: “The headline attractions here are theuniquecollection of (Elementary Flying Training School)Squadron. The Aviation Museum, World War IIhomeof No. 11EFTS Allow timeinthistown ontheBroken River for Benalla Botanical Gardens, 66kmeast. “Weary” Dunlop assistingaskeletal POW, inBenalla of Australian soldier-surgeon andwarhero Sir Edward The power of artisfurtherevidenced by thesculpture HISTORY MILITARY DISCOVER VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES Website www.visitshepparton.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 58329330 33-35 Nixon St, Shepparton GREATER SHEPPARTON Website www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au Email [email protected]. Phone 57990233 47 Emily St, Seymour SEYMOUR Website www.visiteuroa.org.au Email [email protected] Phone 57951199 50 Binney St, Euroa EUROA Website www.gonagambie.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57941471 293 High St, Nagambie NAGAMBIE Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au Email [email protected] Phone 57621749 14 MairSt, Benalla BENALLA Brock Street,Euroa Telegraph Park 19 KirklandAvenue, VC MemorialPark, Euroa Honouring OurHeroes 57 SamariaRoad,Benalla Benalla Aviation Museum 14 MairStreet,Benalla Benalla CostumeandKelly Museum Benalla BotanicalGardens,BridgeStreet, Sir Edward‘Weary’ DunlopMemorial Benalla BotanicalGardens,BridgeStreet, Hector Waller Memorial Devenish Road,Devenish Graincorp Devenish Silos