Tourello Avenue of Honour
Tourello Road, 1 Km west of the Ascot to Clunes Road,Tourello, BALLARAT CITY
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Statement of Significance
Register of Significant Trees (National Trust): Juglans regia (Walnut), Height 6.5 m, 36 trees
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Tourello Avenue of Honour - Physical Description 1
Avenue planted c 1918 to commemorate soldiers from the Tourello district. Tree: Juglans regia L. (Walnut), Height 6.5 m, 36 trees. At site of former Sheep Wash/Tourello School no. 740 and parish hall , 1864-1993
Tourello Avenue of Honour - Historical Australian Themes
Remembering the fallen
Tourello Avenue of Honour - Physical Conditions
Fair to good
Tourello Avenue of Honour - Usage/Former Usage
Commemoration
Veterans Description for Public
Tourello Avenue of Honour - Veterans Description for Public
The Tourello Avenue of Honour was planted c.1918 to commemorate soldiers who served in the First World War from the Tourello district. The avenue comprises of thirty-five trees at an average height of 6.5 metres. Tourello is one of the ten surviving avenues of honour in Victoria which are specifically associated with plant symbolism, in this case Walnut trees (Juglans regia L.) which are traditionally associated with funerals.
In Australia, commemorative trees have been planted in public spaces since the late nineteenth century. Arbor Days were held regularly in most Victorian State Schools during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and numerous trees were planted in parks in Melbourne and throughout Victoria to mark the visits of important and famous people.
This tradition of commemorative planting was continued in 1901 when at the end of the Boer War trees were often planted for each soldier of the district who was killed in South Africa. These plantings, however, rarely consisted of more than two or three trees in each town.
During and after the First World War avenues of honour consisting of trees lining significant streets became a popular form of commemoration. They represented a new egalitarian approach to the commemoration of soldiers where rank was not a consideration: each tree symbolises a person.
Avenues of honour are a uniquely Australian phenomenon. Australians, and in particular Victorians, embraced the idea of planting them more enthusiastically than any other country in the world. Dating from May 1916, the Eurack Avenue of Honour is the earliest known avenue of honour to be planted in Victoria.
By the time of the Second World War avenues of honour had declined in popularity as a means of commemoration. Today it is estimated that over 300 avenues of honour have been planted in Victoria to commemorate service personnel since 1901.
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NORTH AUSTRALASIAN MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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COSMOPOLITAN MINEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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Tourello Avenue of HonourVic. War Heritage Inventory
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