Buln Buln Avenue of Honour
Old Sale Road,Buln Buln, BAW BAW SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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Buln Buln Avenue of Honour - Physical Description 1
English Elm trees located along Old Sale Road south side from Brandy Creek Road to Buln Buln School
Buln Buln Avenue of Honour - Usage/Former Usage
Commemoration
Veterans Description for Public
Buln Buln Avenue of Honour - Veterans Description for Public
The Buln Buln Avenue of Honour consists of English Elm trees planted along Old Sale Road, from Brandy Creek Road to Buln Buln School. Originally 60 trees were planted to commemorate the First World War with a picket fence to protect them. Today 47 of the original trees remain while others have been replaced.
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. The Eurack Avenue of Honour is the earliest known avenue of honour to be planted in Victoriaand dates from May 1916.
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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Buln Buln Avenue of HonourVic. War Heritage Inventory
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