Avenue of Honour is the term given to a memorial avenue of trees, with each tree symbolising a person.

The tradition, which originated in the Goldfields region of Victoria

Goldfields region of Victoria

The Goldfields region of Victoria is a region commonly used but typically defined in both historical geography and tourism geography .-Description:...

, Australia

Australia

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 is an important part of Australian culture.

Most avenues are in remembrance of those who fought or died war, particularly the Great War - World War I

World War I

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 (1914–1918), from the town in which the avenue was planted. Since soldiers were grouped by the place they were recruited, a military defeat often meant all of the men of eligible age from the town were killed in the same battle. Many of the avenue's trees include metal plaques naming the victims.

Many of these avenues now feature large, established trees and exotic species.

Several of these avenues are listed on the Victorian Heritage Register

Victorian Heritage Register

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, most others are afforded local levels of heritage protection through the various Local government in Australia

Local government in Australia

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 and the National Trust of Australia

National Trust of Australia

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 however many such avenues have since been affected by road development.

State Significant Avenues

• Ballarat (Alfredton
  Alfredton, Victoria
  Alfredton is a rural-urban fringe suburb west of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2006 census was 5,796 making it the fourth most populated in the Ballarat urban area.Alfredton is located west of Lake Wendouree along Sturt Street...
  
  , Cardigan and Cardigan Village, Ballarat-Burrumbeet Road C805
  Western Freeway (Victoria)
  The Western Freeway is a 125 kilometre Australian freeway linking the state capital of Victoria to the major regional city of Ballarat...
  
  ) - oldest (1917) and largest (22 kilometres & 3,912 trees), along with the Arch of Victory
• Bacchus Marsh Road, Bacchus Marsh
• Eurack
• Macedon-Wooden Road, Shire of Macedon Ranges

Other Victorian Avenues of Honour

• Honour Avenue, Macedon, Shire of Macedon Ranges
• Booroopki
• Lysterfield
• Lakes Entrance
• Woodend North
• Buchan South
  Buchan, Victoria
  Buchan is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Buchan Road, in the Shire of East Gippsland near the Snowy River. At the 2006 census, Buchan and the surrounding area had a population of 326....
  
  
• Hotspur
• Daylesford,

Avenues of Honour outside Victoria

• O'Connell, New South Wales
  O'Connell, New South Wales
  O’Connell is a village in New South Wales, Australia. The village, classified by the National Trust of Australia, is 23 kilometres from Oberon on the O'Connell Road...
  
  
• Cowra, New South Wales
  Cowra, New South Wales
  Cowra is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia in the Cowra Shire. It is located on the Mid-Western Highway, 317 kilometres west of Sydney on the banks of the Lachlan River at an altitude of 310 metres above sea level. At the 2006 census Cowra had a population of 8,430...
  
  
• Albany, Western Australia
  Albany, Western Australia
  Albany is a port city in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, some 418 km SE of Perth, the state capital. As of 2009, Albany's population was estimated at 33,600, making it the 6th-largest city in the state....
  
  
• Armadale, Western Australia
  Armadale, Western Australia
  Armadale is a suburb within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of Perth's metropolitan area. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the...
  
  
• Hobart, Tasmania