O'Connell 100 Years Commemoration

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Sunday 15th March 2026

10am Muster at the O’Connell Hotel for commencement of the commemorative procession along the Avenue, O’Connell Road, O’Connell.

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

We hope that you can join us in commemorating this uniquely historical and very special centenary event.

• Attendance by a Notable Military Dignitary

• Tiger Moth aircraft fly-past

• A stirring Light Horse enactment

• Planting of a Desert Ash tree, grown from original 100-yr-old rootstock

• Unveiling of commemorative plaque mounted on local sourced pink granite

• Bathurst Air Cadet Group participation including Catafalque Party

• Bathurst City & RSL Concert Band participation

• Haunting bugler tribute performance

This event is proudly organised by the Community Guardians of the O’Connell ANZAC Memorial Avenue of Trees, a sub-committee of the O’Connell Valley Community Group, with assistance from both Oberon and Bathurst RSL Sub-Branches.

PARKING IS AVAILABLE in both the O’Connell Recreation Ground and St Thomas Church grounds (enter via Beaconsfield Rd, O’Connell).

 

When

Location

O'Connell Recreation Ground, O'Connell