Centenary of Armistice at Kingston Avenue of Honour
Below find road map to the Avenue, map of events area and program
Kingston Avenue of Honour
A Program of Commemoration and Celebration – 11th November 2018
9.00 Tree Trail runs every 30 minutes starting 9.00 near the Info Centre. Closes at 10, reopens
11.30. Displays will be in place all day, best viewed either side of the commemorations.
Register at the Information Tent throughout the day to enter the draw to win a night’s
accommodation at Rossmore Cottage in Creswick ($150 value)
10.00 Town Crier - Philip Greenbank. Start assembling at the Obelisk
10.15 Creswick Brass Band - final song “Tree of Peace”
10.30 Commemorative Parade, assembled by Ken McMillan, led by the Creswick Light Horse
10.35 Welcome Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners - Michael Ronaldson, former MP
10.40 Remembrance Service - Alan Morris, Creswick Smeaton RSL sub branch President
“Abide With Me" - Creswick Brass Band featuring Tim Drylie
Prayer - The Revd Canon Geoffrey Tisdall
Poem “In Flanders Fields” John McCrae - Lilli Bowyer, Daylesford Secondary College
Commemorative Address - Alan Morris
Laying of Wreaths - Alan Morris
The Ode - Alan Morris
The Last Post - Suzi Keone
11.00 Minute Silence
The Rouse - Suzi Keone
National Anthem - Tim Drylie
Michael Ronaldson - closing remarks
Time to mingle, take a break, view displays, have morning tea or some lunch, do the Tree
Trail, visit the steam machinery and vintage cars, see the lost trades, or find your tree.
11.45 Master of Ceremonies - Rob Lockhart descendant of SIster Ella (Tot) Redman
Neil Adam’s “The Kingston Avenue of Honour” performed by the Creswick Brass Band
with the Kingston Avenue Singers
“Salute to the Anzacs” Tim Drylie
Band to play marches and singalongs
11.45 to 1.00 “Games of the Times” everyone welcome, in the Avenue south past the maze
1.00 “Anzacs at War” Raffle Draw and Speakers
Julie Baulch - President Kingston Friends of the Avenue
Lilli Bowyer - Daylesford Secondary College
Peter Rickard - author of “Sentinels of Service - Volunteers of the Kingston Avenue”
Tim Fitzgerald of the 39th Battalion Association - banner custodian
Greg Green - President of the VIC West sub branch of the Military Brotherhood
Military Motorcycle Club
1.30 Duncan Brown - Scottish Reels and Jigs
2.00 The Mary Gardens
2.30 The Australian Irish Dance Company Ballarat
3.00 Roundabout Folk Band
3.45 Draw of Rossmore Cottage registration prize, and thank you
4.00 Road reopens
9.00 Tree Trail runs every 30 minutes starting 9.00 near the Info Centre. Closes at 10, reopens
11.30. Displays will be in place all day, best viewed either side of the commemorations.
Register at the Information Tent throughout the day to enter the draw to win a night’s
accommodation at Rossmore Cottage in Creswick ($150 value)
10.00 Town Crier - Philip Greenbank. Start assembling at the Obelisk
10.15 Creswick Brass Band - final song “Tree of Peace”
10.30 Commemorative Parade, assembled by Ken McMillan, led by the Creswick Light Horse
10.35 Welcome Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners - Michael Ronaldson, former MP
10.40 Remembrance Service - Alan Morris, Creswick Smeaton RSL sub branch President
“Abide With Me" - Creswick Brass Band featuring Tim Drylie
Prayer - The Revd Canon Geoffrey Tisdall
Poem “In Flanders Fields” John McCrae - Lilli Bowyer, Daylesford Secondary College
Commemorative Address - Alan Morris
Laying of Wreaths - Alan Morris
The Ode - Alan Morris
The Last Post - Suzi Keone
11.00 Minute Silence
The Rouse - Suzi Keone
National Anthem - Tim Drylie
Michael Ronaldson - closing remarks
Time to mingle, take a break, view displays, have morning tea or some lunch, do the Tree
Trail, visit the steam machinery and vintage cars, see the lost trades, or find your tree.
11.45 Master of Ceremonies - Rob Lockhart descendant of SIster Ella (Tot) Redman
Neil Adam’s “The Kingston Avenue of Honour” performed by the Creswick Brass Band
with the Kingston Avenue Singers
“Salute to the Anzacs” Tim Drylie
Band to play marches and singalongs
11.45 to 1.00 “Games of the Times” everyone welcome, in the Avenue south past the maze
1.00 “Anzacs at War” Raffle Draw and Speakers
Julie Baulch - President Kingston Friends of the Avenue
Lilli Bowyer - Daylesford Secondary College
Peter Rickard - author of “Sentinels of Service - Volunteers of the Kingston Avenue”
Tim Fitzgerald of the 39th Battalion Association - banner custodian
Greg Green - President of the VIC West sub branch of the Military Brotherhood
Military Motorcycle Club
1.30 Duncan Brown - Scottish Reels and Jigs
2.00 The Mary Gardens
2.30 The Australian Irish Dance Company Ballarat
3.00 Roundabout Folk Band
3.45 Draw of Rossmore Cottage registration prize, and thank you
4.00 Road reopens
Kingston Avenue of Honour & Armistice Centenary Parade
Kingston Avenue of Honour & Armistice Centenary Service