24 April 2018

Thirty-nine Catholic primary schools in Melbourne are planting Gallipoli Oaks this week as a symbolic link between Gallipoli, the people of Turkey and the primary school children of Victoria.

Since the Gallipoli centenary in 2015, 600 seedlings have been planted in primary schools. Acorns were sent home to Australia from the front, and the Gallipoli Oaks are descended from those original trees. The 2018 Gallipoli Oaks coincide with the centenary of the end of the First World War, and the following Catholic primary schools will be planting their seedlings this year.

• Annunciation Catholic Primary School, Brooklyn
• Holy Family Primary School, Bell Park
• Holy Trinity Primary School, Wantirna South
• Mother Teresa Catholic Primary School, Mount Ridley
• Nazareth Primary School, Grovedale
• Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School, East Brunswick
• Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School, Eltham
• Our Lady of the Pines Primary School, Donvale
• Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Primary School, Kyneton
• Sacred Heart School, Fitzroy
• St Ambrose’s Parish Primary School, Woodend
• St Andrews Primary School, Werribee
• St Anne’s Primary School, Kew East
• St Anne’s Primary School, Sunbury
• St Bernadette’s Primary School, Ivanhoe
• St Charles Borromeo Catholic Primary School, Templestowe
• St Clare’s Catholic Primary School, Truganina South
• St Columba’s Primary School, Elwood
• St Damian’s Primary School, Bundoora
• St Dominic’s Primary School, Melton
• St Francis de Sales Primary School, Lynbrook
• St Francis of Assisi Primary School, Mill Park
• St Gerard’s School, Dandenong North
• St James the Apostle Primary School, Hoppers Crossing North
• St Joseph’s Primary School, Springvale
• St Leo the Great Primary School, Altona North
• St Luke the Evangelist, Blackburn South
• St Martin de Porres Primary School, Laverton
• St Martin of Tours Primary School, Rosanna
• St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Catholic Parish Primary School, Epping North
• St Mary’s Parish Primary School, Greensborough
• St Mary’s Primary School, Lancefield
• St Mary’s Primary School, Mt Evelyn
• St Monica’s Primary School, Footscray
• St Pius X Primary School, Heidelberg West
• St Thomas the Apostle Primary School, Blackburn
• St Timothy’s Primary School, Vermont
• St Vincent De Paul Primary School, Strathmore
• Stella Maris Primary School, Beaumaris

For more information about the Gallipoli Oaks, teaching resources and history of the project, visit the Gallipoli Oaks website. A short film about the 2017 planting of a Gallipoli Oak at Holy Name School, Reservoir, is available on the Catholic Education Melbourne website.