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Locals boast about gorgeous nature, fantastic Further on past Puckapunyal via Tooborac take the turn off Detour between Shepparton andfood and Benalla wine and a thriving arts and crafts scene. The Military History Trail is a great way to explore all the The Goulburn River Valley region has to offer. to Graytown, from the Northern Highway into black box The Goulburn River Valley Further on past Puckapunyal via Tooborac take the turn off Detour between Shepparton and Benalla to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was to Graytown, from the Northern Highway into black box to Devenish. The Graincorp Silos was and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at BENALLA Further on past Puckapunyal viaMILITARY Tooborac take the turn off region in Central Victoria unveiled on Anzac Day Eve 2018 and Detour betweenGraytown. Shepparton and Benalla and wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at coincides with the 100 year centenary The Military History Trail is just 1.5 hours from DISCOVER MORE In the small town of Devenish, the has a rich military history Didn’t know Victoria had POW camps? Survivors of German of the end of the First World War. The The Goulburn River Valley14 Mair St, Benalla Melbourne if you begin at Seymour. Here, you’ll find raider HSK Kormoran, which sank HMAS Sydney off Western unveiled on Anzac Day Eve 2018Graincorp and Silos celebrate the war artwork is of both a First World War nurse, region in Central Victoria to Graytown, from the Northern Highway into black box the Vietnamof Veterans people, Commemorative places Walk, and where Australia, and, incongruously, German Jews fleeing Hitler (the Graytown. Phone 5762 1749 efforts of women and the contribution of tothe namesDevenish. of more than 60,000 people who served The“Dunera boys”),Graincorp were among the more than 7,000 people a modernSilos day combat medic was and the light in the Vietnamstories. War are scripted across the 106 glass held in three POW camps and four internment camps in horseman. Fifty young men and women War Memorials in places like Alexandra, Avenel, coincides with HISTORYthe 100 year centenarythe local community to the First World panels. Vivid photographs create a stirring visual northeast Victoria during World War II. from the Devenish community enlisted in Email [email protected] wildflower country to the remains of POW Camp 6 at timeline that guide you through one of Australia’s most War. A half hour north, Tatura Irrigation & Wartime Camps Museum military service for the First World War. poignant historicalYour journey moments. – a pilgrimage of sorts - can start at any of the main centres of Benalla, Euroa, Seymour or brings those numbers to life, as people who painted and Nagambie, Mooroopna, as well as Rookies’ Return in Website www.enjoybenalla.com.au unveiled on Anzaccarved board games, Day wrote poetry and musicals, Eve laughed and 2018 and has a rich military history Didn’t know Victoria had POW camps? Survivors of German Shepparton. Be moved by the evocative Vietnam Veterans region in Central Victoria Nearby is the WWI memorial park, where Gallipoli, loved, and became Australian citizens after the war. The power of art is further evidenced by the sculpture Graytown. of the end of the First World War. The Peace andCommemorative RSL roses line the Walk paths, in Seymour a lone which pine honourstree those who served in Australia’s most divisive war. Red poppies of Australian soldier-surgeon and war hero Sir Edward Shepparton and the Boer War Memorial in Longwood stands, and the Australian and New Zealand flags The German War Cemetery at Tatura, consecrated in 1958, “Weary” Dunlop assisting a skeletal POW, in Benalla raider HSK Kormoran, which sank HMAS Sydney off Western proudly flyand in ahonour faded blue of theteddy ANZACS. bear increase From the here, poignancy it’s of the is the final resting place of 239 German civilian detainees walk: a wall of panels on which the names of the 60,000- Botanical Gardens, 66km east. coincidesjust a short drive to the Australian Light Horsewith theand eleven German 100POWs who died during yearboth World centenary plus men and women who served in Vietnam are inscribed artwork is of both a First World War nurse, Memorial Park, the site of the former Seymour Camp, Wars. Each POW’s grave is marked with an Iron Cross, each Allow time in this town on the Broken River for Benalla DISCOVER offer special insights into local history and heroism. Each over photographs of the conflict. It is a short drive to the VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRES NAGAMBIE Victoria’s largest military training and staging facility internee’s with a Latin Cross. Aviation Museum, World War II home of No. 11 EFTS of people, places and Australia, and, incongruously, German Jews fleeing Hitler (the WWI Memorial Park at the corner of Callen and Bretonneux before Puckapunyal opened in 1939.