Remembrance Driveway (Australia)

The Remembrance Driveway in Australia is a road and memorial system of arboreal parks, plantations, and road-side rest areas that provide a living memorial in honour of those who served in the Australian Defence Forces in World War II, the Korean War, Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War, and who continue to serve around the world. The most prominent feature of the driveway are a series of rest areas dedicated in honour of the Australian Victoria Cross recipients from World War II onwards.<ref>Template:Cite speech</ref>

Route

The northeastern terminus of the Remembrance Driveway is in Macquarie Place, Sydney, and follows the Template:Convert Hume Highway, Hume Motorway, a small section of the Old Hume Highway, and Federal Highway between Sydney, the state capital of New South Wales, and Canberra, the national capital, where its southwestern terminus is at Remembrance Park, adjacent to the Australian War Memorial.<ref name=map>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Remembrance Driveway was instituted in 1954 when Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh marked the beginning of the Driveway by planting two plane trees in Macquarie Place.<ref name=nswhr>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Rest areas

The Victoria Cross rest areas and memorial parks sited along the Driveway honour the 24 Australian World War II and Vietnam War Victoria Cross winners.<ref name=map/>

Road	State/Terr.	Location	Rest area name	Established	Coordinates	Honouree	Notes
Ash Road, north of Camden Valley Way	NSW	Template:NSWcity	Sir Roden Cutler VC	2006	Template:Coord	Sir Roden Cutler Template:Post-nominals	<ref>Template:Cite map</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hume Motorway		Template:NSWcity	Partridge VC	2003	Template:Coord	Frank Partridge Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Template:NSWcity	Kenna VC	2012	Template:Coord	Edward Kenna Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Hume Highway		Template:NSWcity	Gordon VC	2001	Template:Coord	Jim Gordon Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Template:NSWcity	Mackey VC	2001	Template:Coord	Jack Mackey Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Penrose	Kingsbury VC	1995	Template:Coord	Bruce Kingsbury Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Template:NSWcity	Chowne VC	1997	Template:Coord	Albert Chowne Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Derrick VC	1999	Template:Coord	Tom Derrick Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Yarra	French VC	1996	Template:Coord	Jack French Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Kibby VC	1996	Template:Coord	Bill Kibby Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Federal Highway		Template:NSWcity	Edmonson VC	1995	Template:Coord	John Edmondson Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Gratwick VC	1996	Template:Coord	Percy Gratwick Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Lake George	Gurney VC	1995	Template:Coord	Stan Gurney Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Badcoe VC	1998/99	Template:Coord	Peter Badcoe Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Wheatley VC	1998/99	Template:Coord	Kevin Wheatley Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Anderson VC	1998/99	Template:Coord	Charles Anderson Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Bywong	Middleton VC	1997	Template:Coord	Ron Middleton Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Newton VC	1997	Template:Coord	Bill Newton Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	ACT	Majura	Edwards VC	2000	Template:Coord	Sir Hughie Edwards Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Treloar Crescent		Template:ACTcity, Template:Small	Kelliher VC	2002	Template:Coord	Richard Kelliher Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Rattey VC	2002		Reg Rattey Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Simpson VC	2005		Ray Simpson Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
			Starcevich VC	2005		Tom Starcevich Template:Post-nominals	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Military history of Australia

External links

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• Remembrance Driveway web site with maps
• VC Citations
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