Shellharbour Freedom Wall, Peace Grove and Lone Pine Tree

DESCRIPTION

NameShellharbour Freedom Wall, Peace Grove and Lone Pine TreeTypeFloraMonument/MemorialGeolocation^[1]Source SHI NSW Last edited by: Will Chittick

DescriptionThis tree has historic associations with Legacy in Peace Grove (Peace Grove is adjacent to the former Warilla Council Chambers) and adds significantly visually and historically to the local environment.

Historically linked to the "Aleppo Pine" (Pinus halepensis) in the grounds of the Australian War Memorial which was planted by HRH The Duke of Gloucester on 24 October 1934. It bears the following inscription: "After the capture of the Lone Pine ridge in Gallipoli (6 August 1915), an Australian soldier who had taken part in the attack, in which his brother was killed, found a cone on one of the branches used by the Turks as overhead cover for their trenches, and sent it to his mother. From seed shed by it she raised the tree, which she presented to be planted in the War Memorial grounds in honour of her own and others' sons who fell at Lone Pine."

The Lone Pine tree at the Peace Grove Warilla was planted by local Legacy representative, Nell Hogan from Albion Park.

Place

Shellharbour War Memorial Park

Shellharbour City Freedom Wall.

Heritage Information

Heritage NSW LinkShellharbour Heritage Inventory Sheet Last edited by: Erin Tierney

CONNECTIONS

CollectionPlacesLocalityWarillaPlaceShellharbour War Memorial Park

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Shellharbour Freedom Wall, Peace Grove and Lone Pine Tree