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1 RAAF MUSEUM Spiritual homeland of the RAAF Operations at Point Cook RAAF base commenced in 1914 and provided initial flight training until 1992. The museum collection documents all aspects of RAAF history. Popular Interactive Flying Displays show a heritage aircraft in flight. Point Cook Road, Point Cook. Open Tue-Fri 10-3, Weekends 10-5. 2 B-24 LIBERATOR RESTORATION e ultimate in ‘boys’ toys’ Restoration of a B-24 MR Liberator long-range heavy bomber is being carried out in a WWII hanger on the old Werribee airfield. A total of 287 Liberators saw service as heavy bombers. Visit to see the restoration in progress. Geelong Road, Werribee. Open Tue, Thu, Sun 9:30-3:30. 3 MARITIME MUSEUM e many incarnations of Osborne House Domestic residence, naval college, military hospital, submarine service base, army training centre and now Geelong Maritime Museum: Osborne House has many stories to tell. Swinburn Street, Geelong. Open Sun-Fri 10-3.30. 4 JOHNSTONE PARK PEACE MEMORIAL A grand vision WWI was the ‘war to end all wars’, and memorials reflect the desire to commemorate and celebrate peace. The Peace Memorial Foyer opened in 1926. The names of the 3,500 who enlisted from the district are inscribed in panels on the wall. Gheringhap Street, Geelong. 5 GREAT OCEAN ROAD Work for the returned serviceman More than 3,000 returned WWI servicemen built the Great Ocean Road in honour of fallen comrades. Once called the Anzac Highway, the making of the road created the world’s biggest war memorial. Commences at Torquay and continues for 243 kms. 100 places for 100 years SOUTH-WEST VICTORIA VICTORIAN WAR HERITAGE TRAILS Travel the South-West Trail and you will be reminded of the courage, endurance and sacrifice of country Victorians – both here and abroad. Cenotaphs and memorials along the trail inscribe long lists of those who served and those who did not return. The memorials to WWI and WWII are moving. They occupy central positions in country towns such as Colac and Camperdown, forming an integral part of the community. The Great Ocean Road - with its spectacular road carved from the cliffs - inspires, particularly when remembering that it was cut by WWI soldiers on relief work. Move further down the South- West coast and you will encounter the ‘Russian threat’ - defences developed in the late 19th century to ward off an anticipated attack from the Russians. Port Fairy and Portland have substantial remnants of these coastal defences. Endeavours to give our soldiers the best fighting chance are explored at the birthplace of Australian aviation at Point Cook RAAF base and at the military training ground and hospital at Geelong. 100 places for 100 years - Victorian War Heritage Trails commemorates the Anzac Centenary. An App and a series of complementary brochures guide visitors to important war memorials across Victoria by way of eight tour routes from North- West Victoria to Central Melbourne to Gippsland. The free App may be downloaded via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The brochures and fold out maps detailing the eight tour routes may be downloaded at http://anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au The Anzac Centenary provides an opportunity to acknowledge Australia’s contribution to war and the impacts it had on our nation. 100 places for 100 years enables us to reflect on Anzac traditions and consider the contribution of all Victorians. Between 2014 and 2018 Victoria will join global commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War.
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1 RAAF MUSEUM Spiritual homeland of the RAAFOperations at Point Cook RAAF base commenced in 1914 and provided initial flight training until 1992. The museum collection documents all aspects of RAAF history. Popular Interactive Flying Displays show a heritage aircraft in flight. Point Cook Road, Point Cook.
Open Tue-Fri 10-3, Weekends 10-5.
2 B-24 LIBERATOR RESTORATION The ultimate in ‘boys’ toys’Restoration of a B-24 MR Liberator long-range heavy bomber is being carried out in a WWII hanger on the old Werribee airfield. A total of 287 Liberators saw service as heavy bombers. Visit to see the restoration in progress. Geelong Road, Werribee.
Open Tue, Thu, Sun 9:30-3:30.
3 MARITIME MUSEUM The many incarnations of Osborne HouseDomestic residence, naval college, military hospital, submarine service base, army training centre and now Geelong Maritime Museum: Osborne House has many stories to tell.Swinburn Street, Geelong. Open Sun-Fri 10-3.30.
4 JOHNSTONE PARK PEACE MEMORIAL A grand visionWWI was the ‘war to end all wars’, and memorials reflect the desire to commemorate and celebrate peace. The Peace Memorial Foyer opened in 1926. The names of the 3,500 who enlisted from the district are inscribed in panels on the wall. Gheringhap Street, Geelong.
5 GREAT OCEAN ROAD Work for the returned servicemanMore than 3,000 returned WWI servicemen built the Great Ocean Road in honour of fallen comrades. Once called the Anzac Highway, the making of the road created the world’s biggest war memorial. Commences at Torquay and continues for 243 kms.
100 places for 100 yearsSOUTH-WEST VICTORIA
VICTORIAN WAR HERITAGE TRAILS
Travel the South-West Trail and you will be reminded of the courage, endurance and sacrifice of country Victorians – both here and abroad. Cenotaphs and memorials along the trail inscribe long lists of those who served and those
who did not return.
The memorials to WWI and WWII are moving. They occupy central positions in country towns such as Colac and Camperdown,
forming an integral part of the community.The Great Ocean Road - with its spectacular road carved from the cliffs - inspires, particularly when remembering that it was cut by WWI soldiers on relief work. Move further down the South- West
coast and you will encounter the ‘Russian threat’ - defences developed in the late 19th century to ward off an anticipated
attack from the Russians. Port Fairy and Portland have substantial remnants of these coastal defences.
Endeavours to give our soldiers the best fighting chance are explored at the birthplace of Australian aviation at Point Cook RAAF
base and at the military training ground and hospital at Geelong.
100 places for 100 years - Victorian War Heritage Trails commemorates the Anzac Centenary. An App and a series of
complementary brochures guide visitors to important war memorials across Victoria by way of eight tour routes from North- West Victoria to Central Melbourne to Gippsland.
The free App may be downloaded via the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. The brochures and fold out maps detailing the eight tour routes may be downloaded at
http://anzaccentenary.vic.gov.au
The Anzac Centenary provides an opportunity to acknowledge Australia’s contribution to war and the impacts
it had on our nation. 100 places for 100 years enables us to reflect on Anzac traditions and consider the contribution of all Victorians. Between 2014 and 2018 Victoria will join
global commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War.
9 BATTERY HILL The Russians are coming…Battery Hill in Port Fairy was built in the late nineteenth century to repulse a possible Russian invasion. The guns were operated by a Volunteer Corps, but were never fired in action. Some guns remain and can be viewed with fortifications and bunkers.Battery Lane, Port Fairy.
10 1889 BATTERY Defending the BayThe Battery consists of a concrete gun emplacement, underground magazine and 80-pounder gun. It was built to defend Portland Bay, believed to be under threat from Russian warships. In WWII the Volunteer Air Observer Corps used the Battery. It was restored in 1984.
Battery Point, Victoria Parade, Portland.
11 KENNA VC STATUE The highest degree of braveryHamilton born, Edward Kenna served in WWII. Under heavy machine gun fire, Kenna took down a Japanese gun post in New Guinea, earning the Victoria Cross. The statue honours his service to community and country.Sam Fitzpatrick Gardens, Brown Street, Hamilton.
12 MEMORIAL PRECINCT Remembering the fallenThe Empire War Memorial, a fine marble sculpture, honours Australian soldiers who died in the Boer War. The 1929 sculpture of Brittannia is located nearby commemorating local servicemen and women who lost their lives in WWI. Camperdown, near clocktower.
13 COLAC CENOTAPH Memories in the heart of ColacColac Memorial Square, in the WWI Memorial Reserve, features an imposing sandstone cenotaph, which lists the names of 1,665 local servicemen. A pine tree taken as a cutting from the original Gallipoli Lone Pine stands nearby.
Princes Highway/Gellibrand Street, Colac.
7 WWII RADAR BUNKER Lighthouse, wrecks and bunkersThe Cape Otway Lighthouse is the oldest surviving lighthouse in Australia. Learn about the wreck of the SS City of Rayville, sunk at the Cape by a German mine in 1940. See inside a radar bunker, built by the Americans in 1942.Cape Otway, follow road to lighthouse.
8 WARRNAMBOOL WAR MEMORIALS The country sent its finestA 38-foot granite work stands tall on Cannon Hill. Unveiled in 1926, it immortalises 1,100 local WWI recruits. The Aboriginal War Service Memorial pays tribute to the Indigenous people from the district that served. Other plaques and memorials are in the park nearby.
Artillery Crescent, Warrnambool.
6 ARCHWAY EASTERN VIEW An impressive tributeThe Arch commemorates the construction of the Great Ocean Road and symbolises the sacrifice made by so many in WWI. The Arch is the fourth to be erected on this site; removal of road toll facilities, fire, and a wayward truck removed the previous three. Eastern View, Great Ocean Road.
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