Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age
111yrsTrees
1Diameter
1mHeight - 14m
Details
Common name
English Oak
Botanical name
Quercus robur
Other name
War Memorial Oak
Type
Avenue
Condition
Excellent
Municipality
Adelaide (SA)
Location
Creswell Gardens, Adelaide Parklands, Near Adelaide Oval War Memorial Drive Adelaide SA 5000
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
- Horicultural/Genetic (Scientific)
- Seed/Propagation Stock (Scientific)
- Location/Context (Social)
- Landscape (Social)
- Landmark (Social)
- Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
- Commemorative (Historic)
- Event (Historic)
- Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of germination
01 Jan 1914
Date of measurement
07 Nov 2012
Date of classification
05 Feb 2013
Statement of Significance
On 29 August 1914 the state Governor, Sir Henry Galway, on behalf of the Wattle Day League, planted an English Oak (Quercus robur) in Creswell Gardens to honour the fallen of the First World War. Eight Wattles (Acacia ssp) were also planted around this English Oak (Quercus robur) but they do not remain today. This was the first memorial tree planted in Australia for the fallen of this war (Annual Report 1914, p. 80; Hawker pers comm.., 2001).