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.

Route

The northeastern terminus of the Remembrance Driveway is in Macquarie Place, Sydney, and follows the 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.
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.

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.
RoadState/Terr.LocationRest area nameEstablishedCoordinatesHonoureeNotes
Ash Road,
north of Camden Valley Way		NSWSir Roden Cutler VC2006Sir Roden Cutler
Hume MotorwayNSWPartridge VC2003Frank Partridge
Hume MotorwayNSWKenna VC2012Edward Kenna
Hume HighwayNSWGordon VC2001Jim Gordon
Hume HighwayNSWMackey VC2001Jack Mackey
Hume HighwayNSWPenroseKingsbury VC1995Bruce Kingsbury
Hume HighwayNSWChowne VC1997Albert Chowne
Hume HighwayNSWDerrick VC1999Tom Derrick
Hume HighwayNSWYarraFrench VC1996Jack French
Hume HighwayNSWYarraKibby VC1996Bill Kibby
Federal HighwayNSWEdmonson VC1995John Edmondson
Federal HighwayNSWGratwick VC1996Percy Gratwick
Federal HighwayNSWLake GeorgeGurney VC1995Stan Gurney
Federal HighwayNSWLake GeorgeBadcoe VC1998/99Peter Badcoe
Federal HighwayNSWLake GeorgeWheatley VC1998/99Kevin Wheatley
Federal HighwayNSWLake GeorgeAnderson VC1998/99Charles Anderson
Federal HighwayNSWBwyongMiddleton VC1997Ron Middleton
Federal HighwayNSWBwyongNewton VC1997Bill Newton
Federal HighwayACTMajuraEdwards VC2000Sir Hughie Edwards
Treloar CrescentACT, Kelliher VC2002Richard Kelliher
Treloar CrescentACT, Rattey VC2002Reg Rattey
Treloar CrescentACT, Simpson VC2005Ray Simpson
Treloar CrescentACT, Starcevich VC2005Tom Starcevich