Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections)
Main Road Honour (Old Western Highway) BALLAN, MOORABOOL SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
An Avenue of Honour dedicated to those local people who served in the Second World War.
It is of local historical significance in demonstrating a commemorative association with an international engagement ; the affect on a close rural community and its response and sacrifice in support of government action. It is aesthetically significant for the quality ofits scenic beauty.
Finally, it is socially significant as known and valued by the community as part of its sense of identity .
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Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections) - Physical Description 1
At the western approach to Myrniong, on the road verge, an avenue of elm tr ees, on both sides of the road, with dwarf timber marker posts with cast bronze plaques. Behind these, on the north side is a line of windbreak poplars on the property boundary line. On the southern side is an old timber letter box and milk stand, at the end of a former driveway (on the Ballan Shire boundary) to a Victorian farmhouse on a hill to the south, now isolated from the Myrniong-Greendale Road by the freeway. Landscape. The specie s is Ulmus procera (English Elm), the same species as the avenue trees in Myrniong and the Avenue of Honour in Bacchus Marsh. The trees appear to be quite young, as they have yet to develop to the size of the avenue trees.
Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections) - Physical Conditions
CONDITIONS & THREATS: Good. The grass is kept mown. All plaques appear intact and in good condition.
Landscape. The soil and climatic conditions are a lot more severe in this location and the trees seem to be suffering from water stress due to the current drought conditions.
Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections) - Intactness
Good. Two trees are missing on the south side and three trees on the south side, at the east end are recent, without plaques.
SIG NIFICANT INTACT ELEMENTS:
STREET FURNIT URE. MEMORIALiMARKERS,
TREES, PLANTING FORMAT ION
Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections) - Historical Australian Themes
township / Commernoratiug.
Heritage Study and Grading
Moorabool - Bacchus Marsh Heritage Study 1995
Author: Richard Peterson and Daniel Catrice
Year: 1995
Grading:
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Medway HotelNational Trust
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Avenue of Honour (WWI and WWII sections)Moorabool Shire
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