Soldiers Memorial Avenue in Tasmania

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Get directions Soldiers Memorial Avenue, Queens Domain Tasmania 7000, Australia

Coordinates: -42.87552, 147.33330
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Friends of Soldiers Memorial Avenue Inc. (FOSMA)
GPO Box 1867, Hobart TAS 7001
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Begins at the intersection of Aberdeen Street and Liverpool St, by the Aquatic Centre and Rose Gardens. It then curves up and begins in earnest further up the hill, with its officially mapped namesake walking path. There are signs along the way with the details of who is commemorated where, exactly. And there is further details at Legacy Park, by the oval up on the Domain.

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Around the perimeter of the sporting fields behind you and extending south to the Aquatic Centre is an avenue of 535 trees. Each tree has been planted to remember a soldier from Hobart or New Town who lost their life during the First World War.

In 1917 the Mothers and Wives, and Fathers and Sons Associations initiated this avenue of trees, proposing to Hobart City Council that family members of deceased soldiers plant a tree in their memory.

At one planting event almost a third of the population of Hobart and New Town attended the commemoration. For the first few decades the trees were well tended and they became sites for Sunday picnics, birthday visits and social gatherings. But this dwindled as the years passed, parents of soldiers died and siblings aged.

In the 1960s this part of The Domain became a Council Tip Site. Nameplates of soldiers were removed and some trees died.

In 2002 the Friends of Soldiers Walk was formed.

This group of dedicated volunteers worked with Hobart City Council to restore the Avenue. Over 15 years all missing trees have been replaced and each has had its soldier's nameplate restored.

These memorial trees, and the men and one woman they commemorate, tell a bigger story of grief and loss - and our eternal hope for peace.

One hundred years on, the building of this park and nature playground is a return to the original intent of this place as a space for families and friends to gather and remember.

In the 1960s this part of The Domain became a Council Tip Site. Nameplates of soldiers were removed and some trees died.

In 2002 the Friends of Soldiers Walk was formed.

This group of dedicated volunteers worked with Hobart City Council to restore the Avenue. Over 15 years all missing trees have been replaced and each has had its soldier's nameplate restored.

These memorial trees, and the men and one woman they commemorate, tell a bigger story of grief and loss - and our eternal hope for peace.

One hundred years on, the building of this park and nature playground is a return to the original intent of this place as a space for families and friends to gather and remember.