Footscray Avenue of Honour Monument Back to Search
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| Location | Corner of Ballarat Rd and Mills Close Footscray, Footscray, Maribyrnong - Victoria, Australia |
| Type | memorial |
| Description | The ceremonial terrace has a series of interlocking concrete plinths that support 225 original memorial plaques from the Geelong Road Avenue of Honour. |
| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | Not yet discovered |
| Inscription | ` Keeping forever in our minds the memory of men and women who, in the flower of their youth, gave their lives so that we might continue to live in peace and freedom `.
The Avenue of Honour Ash trees in rows four deep were planted along the area`s Memorial Avenue of Honour, with each plaque set in the kerb opposite a tree. The planting of the Avenue followed a public appeal to raise £3,500 for the memorial, which was to be '...dedicated to citizens who fell in any war in which Australia had been engaged.` Following great changes to Geelong Road and the City of Footscray over subsequent years, the plaques were relocated to Footscray Park in 2012. [ Names ] Left Side Inscription
These 43 names are those of servicemen and women whose plaques were not recovered from the Avenue, where they were originally located. |
| Condition | Good |
