NRS-21280 | Films of Remembrance Driveway [Remembrance Driveway Committee, Department of Local Government [II]]

This series consists of films relating to the Remembrance Driveway between Sydney and Canberra that were produced by The Australian Broadcasting CommissionOver fifty groves have been planted alongside the Hume Highway and the Federal Highway, on the 200 mile route between Sydney and Canberra. The Driveway is a memorial to those who served in World War II and subsequent wars. The first of its trees - at Macquarie Place, Sydney, and the War Memorial, Canberra - were planted by the Queen in 1954. (SR Films 313-314). Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本系列影片均涉及悉尼至堪培拉的纪念大道（Remembrance Driveway），由澳大利亚广播委员会（The Australian Broadcasting Commission）摄制。在悉尼至堪培拉全长200英里的路线沿线，休姆高速公路（Hume Highway）与联邦高速公路（Federal Highway）两侧已栽植五十余处林带。该纪念大道旨在纪念第二次世界大战及后续战争中的服役人员。大道首批栽植的树木分别位于悉尼麦夸里广场（Macquarie Place）与堪培拉战争纪念馆（War Memorial），由女王于1954年栽种。（SR Films 313-314）注：本描述摘录自2000年出版的《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》第三版。