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Location Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

The Victorian Garden of Remembrance is situated within the Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne. The original garden was opened in the early 1960s and was extended in 1988. The extensions were officially opened by the then Minister for Veterans' Affairs, the Hon. Ben Humphreys MP, on 3 March 1989.

The Victorian Garden of Remembrance has a plaque capacity of 70,000.

The entry building houses the register books which list the wall and row number of each plaque.

When first entering the garden, the visitor will see, towards the rear, the large granite stone which bears a commemorative plaque collectively honouring all those whose names are inscribed in the garden. On each side of the pathways are walls bearing plaques commemorating individual veterans.

Midway, between the entrance and the commemorative stone, a path leads into the extended Garden of Remembrance. A little way along is the plaque marking the dedication of the extended garden.

The visitor proceeding through the garden will walk through the European Sunken Garden, which is bounded by a covered pergola, then on to an Australian Dry Creek Bed and the Asian Garden. The European and Asian gardens symbolise the main theatres of war in which Australians served during the First and Second World Wars and subsequent conflicts.

The Victorian Garden of Remembrance earned a nomination in the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects award programme.

Visitor information
Within Springvale Botanical Cemetery , Princes Hwy, Springvale
Open 7.15am to 5pm, 7 days during winter and 7.15am to 6pm, 7 days during summer
Office open normally 7.15am to 4pm, Monday to Friday + Anzac Day and Remembrance Day
Assistance available, tours with notice
Shelter & seating
Wheelchair access
Toilets
Water
Plaque location register
Normally, service on last Sunday before 11/11.

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Inscription

VICTORIAN GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE

Condition

Good

Names

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RANAUDO, Benjamin James

Service number 8515121
Private
1st Battalion
The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 13 Apr 1987

PLAIN, Douglas Brian

Service number 3789448
Private
HQ 1st Australian Task Force
Vietnam
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 12 Jan 1946

FLEER, Johannes Cornelis

Service number 44041
Corporal
2nd Special Air Service Squadron
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 27 Apr 1949

BLOW, Rex

Service number QX4648
Major
Z Special Unit
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 13 Nov 1917

FURLONG, Harold

Service number 2143
Private
24th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

WAWN, Clive Newton

Service number 400163
Flight Lieutenant
Born 5 Nov 1910

RICHARDSON, John Victor

Service number 4891
Private
5th Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Sep 1887

BARBER, William George

Service number 64
Lieutenant
Army Pay Corps (AIF)
AIF WW1
Born 16 Jan 1891

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