TOORA AVENUE OF HONOUR
WELSHPOOL ROAD, TOORA, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Toora Avenue of Honour, planted in 1920 & 1933, at Foster, Welshpool and Grip Roads, Toora.
Why is it significant?
The Toora Avenue of Honour is of local historic, aesthetic and social significance to the town and district of Toora.
Historically, it is important as one of a series of similar memorial avenues that were established throughout the Shire, and expresses the significant effect that the First World War had upon small rural communities. (AHC criteria - A.4 and D.2)
Aesthetically, the Avenue enhances the appearance of the South Gippsland Highway and Grip Road and provides an appropriate visual setting for the World War 1 memorial situated at the intersection with Stanley Street. (AHC criterion - E.1)
Socially, the Avenue is important as a memorial to local residents who served in World War 1 and contributes to the identity of Toora. (AHC criterion - G.1)
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TOORA AVENUE OF HONOUR - Physical Description 1
The Toora Avenue of Honour comprises a double row of Mahogany Gums planted along Welshpool and Foster Roads (South Gippsland Highway), and also the same species planted on either side of Grip Road. (formerly known as Piggery Lane)
Heritage Study and Grading
South Gippsland - South Gippsland Heritage Study
Author: David Helms with Trevor Westmore
Year: 2004
Grading:
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TOORA REALIGNMENT H3 TRAMWAYVictorian Heritage Inventory
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