14 MILES IN LENGTH - 3700 TREES
Commenced June 4th, 1917
Completed June 9th, 1919
A LIVING MONUMENT to all Loyal Citizens
of Ballarat who Volunteered for Active Service
Abroad
The enclosed list of Three Thousand Seven Hundred names of Soldiers from the Beautiful City of Ballarat, who offered their services to the Empire for Active Service Abroad, and in whose Honour the Employees of E. Lucas and Co. have planted the "Avenue," has been compiled, and a tree planted for each Soldier in the order of their enlistment, as near as it has been possible to obtain this information.
Position of trees in Avenue
Even Numbers right side (North)
Odd Numbers left side (South).
Starting from Golf Links (Arch of Victory)
"Souvenir of the Ballarat Avenue of Honour"
Final Edition, June 1919
Price 2/-.
The book contains the following details:
No. of Tree
Name of Soldier
Rank and Battalion
Date of Enlistment
Name of Person Planting Tree.
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