Remembrance Driveway (Australia) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Remembrance Driveway New South Wales–Australian Capital Territory
General information
Type	Road
Opened	5 February 1954 (1954-02-05)
Major junctions
ne end	Macquarie Place Sydney central business district
sw end	Treloar Crescent Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Highway system
Highways in Australia National Highway • Freeways in Australia Highways in New South Wales Road infrastructure in Canberra

Remembrance Driveway
Australia
The Remembrance Driveway in Canberra, from a view on the steps of the Australian War Memorial.
Used for those deceased
Established	5 February 1954 (1954-02-05)
Location	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.

Route

The northeastern terminus of the Remembrance Driveway is in Macquarie Place, Sydney, and follows the 320-kilometre (200 mi) 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.