HISTORY of the AVENUE 

The planting of the 286 elms started in 1918. They were planted by the families of men and women, who enlisted from the Shire of Creswick to serve in the First World War. Each tree had a cast iron nameplate, the names are recorded in the Roll of Honour. At that time the Shire and Borough were separate councils. The Shire extended from Pootila to Cambelltown, from Mollinghip to Ullina. Kingston housed the Shire Offices and thus became the site for the Avenue of Honour. It was officially dedicated in 1927. The Monument has details of this event. 

The Avenue was rededicated on November 11th 2000 here are some images of the event

The Piper	The Light Horse
The Friends	Dedication
Rememberance	Lest We Forget
Celebration	In Memory

Current Friends Newsletter

FORMATION OF FRIENDS 

In February 1999 a group of interested and concerned people formed " Friends of the Avenue - Kingston ". We became a sub committee of The Kingston Community Recreation Centre. We set out to seek funding and to inform people of our project . In May 1999 a Public Meeting of friends was held to ratify the following goals: 

1. to attend to and maintain the health of each tree 

2. to clear around each tree 

3. to restore the names via the plaques and a memorial cairn. 

MEETINGS are held at the Kingston Hall, at 7.30pm on the: LAST TUESDAY in the month. Everyone is welcome to attend.