WELSHPOOL AVENUE OF HONOUR
MAIN STREET, WOORARRA ROAD, and PORT WELSHPOOL ROAD, WELSHPOOL, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
The Welshpool Avenue of Honour, established from 1917-1920, in Main Street, Port Welshpool Road and Woorarra Road, Welshpool.
Why is it significant?
The Welshpool Avenue of Honour is of local historic, social, and aesthetic significance to the township and district of Welshpool.
Historically, it was the first Honour Avenue established in the Shire and one of the first in the State of Victoria.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)
Socially, the Avenue is important as a memorial to local residents who served in World War 1 and contributes to the identity of Welshpool. (AHC criterion - G.1)
Aesthetically, although parts of the Avenue have been removed and some remaining trees are in poor condition, contributes to the amenity and character of Welshpool and complements the setting of the War Memorial erected in 1920. (AHC criterion - E.1)
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WELSHPOOL HOTEL
South Gippsland Shire -
WELSHPOOL WORLD WAR I SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL
South Gippsland Shire
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NORFOLK ISLAND PINE AVENUE
South Gippsland Shire
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1 Brockenshire Street
Yarra City -
1 Bundara Street
Yarra City
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1 Forster Street
Hobsons Bay City
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