Remembrance Driveway (Australia) Explained

Type:	road
Road Name:	Remembrance Driveway
State:	nsw
State2:	act
Relief:	1
Coordinates A:	-33.8633°N 151.21°W
Coordinates B:	-35.2806°N 149.1492°W
Direction A:	ne
End A:	Macquarie Place
Direction B:	sw
End B:	Treloar Crescent

Remembrance Driveway
Country:	Australia
Coordinates:	Between Macquarie Place, Sydney and the Australian War Memorial, Canberra

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.^[1]

Route

The northeastern terminus of the Remembrance Driveway is in Macquarie Place, Sydney, and follows the 320km (200miles) 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[2]

Road	State/Terr.	Location	Rest area name	Established	Coordinates	Honouree	Notes
Ash Road, north of Camden Valley Way	NSW		Sir Roden Cutler VC	2006	-33.9531°N 150.8737°W		^[4] ^[5]
Hume Motorway		Partridge VC	2003	-34.1569°N 150.7385°W		^[6]
		Kenna VC	2012	-34.2464°N 150.6582°W		^[7]
Hume Highway		Gordon VC	2001	-34.5352°N 150.2814°W		^[8]
		Mackey VC	2001	-34.579°N 150.2534°W		^[9]
	Penrose	Kingsbury VC	1995	-34.6195°N 150.2133°W		^[10]
		Chowne VC	1997	-34.7365°N 149.8302°W		^[11]
		Derrick VC	1999	-34.7438°N 149.8869°W		^[12]
	Yarra	French VC	1996	-34.787°N 149.6397°W		^[13]
		Kibby VC	1996	-34.8155°N 149.6041°W		^[14]
Federal Highway		Edmonson VC	1995	-34.8955°N 149.5106°W		^[15]
		Gratwick VC	1996	-34.9118°N 149.4428°W		^[16]
	Lake George	Gurney VC	1995	-34.9996°N 149.3824°W		^[17]
		Badcoe VC	1998/99	-35.0352°N 149.3779°W		^[18]
		Wheatley VC	1998/99	-35.0671°N 149.3742°W		^[19]
		Anderson VC	1998/99	-35.1008°N 149.3767°W		^[20]
	Bywong	Middleton VC	1997	-35.1432°N 149.3339°W		^[21]
		Newton VC	1997	-35.1435°N 149.3344°W		^[22]
	ACT	Majura	Edwards VC	2000	-35.2115°N 149.1903°W		^[23]
Treloar Crescent	,	Kelliher VC	2002	-35.2792°N 149.1503°W		^[24]
		Rattey VC	2002			^[25]
		Simpson VC	2005			^[26]
		Starcevich VC	2005			^[27]

See also

• Military history of Australia

External links

• • Remembrance Driveway web site with maps
• VC Citations
• Interactive rest areas . Roads & Maritime Services, Government of New South Wales . 2017 .

Notes and References

1. Remembrance Driveway . Gentleman, Mick . Mick Gentleman . . Legislative Assembly for the ACT . 27 February 2014 . 13 January 2017 . 356 .
2. Web site: Driveway Map: Sydney to Canberra . Remembrance Driveway Committee Inc . 2017 . 12 January 2017 .
3. Web site: Macquarie Place Including Road and Park Reserve, Obelisk, Canon, Anchor . 3 January 2017 . Office of Environment & Heritage . . 21 December 2011 .
4. The Remembrance Driveway and VC Rest Areas . Roads & Maritime Services, Government of New South Wales . 13 January 2017 .
5. Web site: Sir Roden Cutler V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
6. Web site: Frank Partridge V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
7. Web site: Edward Kenna V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
8. Web site: James Gordon V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
9. Web site: John Mackey V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
10. Web site: Bruce Kingsbury V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
11. Web site: Albert Chowne V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
12. Web site: Thomas Derrick V.C. Rest Area . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
13. Web site: John French V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
14. Web site: William Kibby V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
15. Web site: Corporal John Edmondson V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
16. Web site: Percival Gratwick V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
17. Web site: Arthur Gurney V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
18. Web site: Peter Badcoe V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
19. Web site: Kevin Wheatley V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
20. Web site: Charles Anderson V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
21. Web site: Rawdon Middleton V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
22. Web site: William Newton V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
23. Web site: Hughie Edwards V.C. Memorial Park . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
24. Web site: Richard Kelliher V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
25. Web site: Reginald Rattey V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
26. Web site: Ray Simpson V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .
27. Web site: Leslie Starcevich V.C. . Themes: People: Military . Monument Australia . 2017 . 13 January 2017 .