The Arch of Victory/Avenue of Honour Committee was established by the Mayor of Ballaarat in 1931 and consisted of representatives from the City of Ballaarat, Ballarat Shire, Returned Soldiers Association and E Lucas & Co. Ninety years on, the Committee is still going strong and is more active than ever as an advisory committee to the City of Ballarat Council, raising funds, monitoring the Avenue and Arch precinct, and organising events.

Today the Committee consists of fourteen community representatives with an appropriate range of the skills necessary to fulfill the Charter of the Committee.  These include representatives of the Lucas Past Employees' Association, and members with professional hertiage and arborist skills.

Projects undertaken or supported by the Committee have included:

• Installation of bronze name plaques in 1934
• Erection of the Memorial Cairn & Cross of Remembrance in 1936
• Management of the Avenue in partnership with Country Roads Board (now VicRoads) and the Shire of Ballarat from 1960
• Construction and Opening of the Memorial Wall Precinct in 1993
• Development of the Ballarat Avenue of Honour Management Strategy Plan in 1997
• Tree Replacement program beginning in 1997 (over 2000 trees planted)
• Renovation of the Arch of Victory in 2011
• Avenue of Honour Upgrade/Fence to Fence Project during 2012 to 2015
• Development of the Conservation Management Plan – Ballarat Avenue of Honour and Arch of Victory 2014.
• Avenue of Honour Overpass and Rail crossing Opening at Burrumbeet in 2015.
• The creation of the Garden of the Grieving Mother, adjacent to the Arch of Victory, in 2016.
• Restoration of the Memorial Cairn at the Weatherboard end of the Avenue in 2018.
• Funding the replacement of 60 trees following a serious storm in October 2021.

The Arch of Victory/Avenue of Honour Committee continues to raise funds for the restoration and maintenance of the Arch, trees and plaques. All donations to the Committee are tax deductible and can be sent to the address below.

Arch of Victory/Avenue of Honour Committee
C/- City of Ballarat
P.O. Box 655
BALLARAT VIC 3353

The Committee may be contacted by email here.