COMMEMORATIONS
The following commemorations and dedications have been made in Rotary Melbourne Peace Park. Please click on the links to learn more about each outstanding individual.
| 1935 | W A Osborne | Charter President, Rotary Club of Melbourne 1921-22 | Red Ironbark |
| 1935 | Sir Angus Mitchell | President of Rotary Club of Melbourne 1931-32, District Governor District 65, 1934-35 & 1937-38, President of Rotary International 1948-49 | Brush Box |
| 1935 | Paul Harris | Founder of Rotary in 1905 | Brush Box |
| 1935 | Mrs Jean Harris | Wife of Rotary's Founder, Paul Harris | River Red Gum |
| 1935 | Mrs Mitchell | Wife of Sir Angus Mitchell | Brush Box |
| 1935 | A C C Holtz | District Governor District 63, 1929-30 | London Plane |
| 1939 | Crawford C McCullough | President, Rotary International 1921-22 | Marri |
| 1947 | S Kendrick Guernsey | President, Rotary International, 1947-48 | Brush Box |
| 1947 | Mrs Guernsey | Wife of President of RI | Red Flowering Gum |
| 1955 | Sir Dallas Brooks | Governor of Victoria – Rotary Golden Jubilee | Marri |
| 1955 | Albert Zachary Baker | President, Rotary International, 1955-66 | Spotted Gum |
| 1959 | Henry J Brunnier | President, Rotary International, 1952-53 | Red Flowering Gum |
| 1959 | Clifford A Randall | President, Rotary International, 1958-9 | English Elm |
| 1961 | Joseph A Abey | President, Rotary International, 1961-62 | Marri |
| 1963 | Horace Bedggood | District Governor District 250, 1959-60 | Spotted Gum |
| 1963 | Frank Ayre | District Governor District 28, 1955-56 | Spotted Gum |
| 1963 | Leonard Mitchell | District Governor District 65, 1930-31 | Moreton Bay Fig |
| 1963 | Ernest Bate | District Governor District 28, 1949-50 | Yellow Box |
| 1965 | Cornelis P H Teenstra | President, Rotary International, 1965-66 | English Oak |
| 1967 | Richard L Evans | President, Rotary International, 1966-7 | Narrowleaf Peppermint |
| 1969 | James R F Conway | President, Rotary International, 1969-70 | Paperbark |
| 1971 | Thomas C Lothian | Charter member, Rotary Club of Melbourne (Rotary Golden Jubilee) | Native Fig |
| 1973 | William C Carter | President, Rotary International, 1973-74 | English Elm |
| 1975 | J Barton Hack | District Governor District 280, 1967-68 | Brush Box |
| 1975 | S Frank Newman | District Governor District 280, 1975-76 | English Elm |
| 1978 | Jack Davis | President, Rotary International, 1977-78 | Red Ironbark |
| 1978 | A H Royce Abbey | Vice-President, Rotary International 1977-78 | Southern Mahogany |
| 1978 | Alfred S H Gifford | Chairman, Rotary Park Committee 1971-78 | Swamp Yate |
| 1979 | Clem Renouf | President, Rotary International, 1978-79 | English Elm |
| 1982 | Stanley E McCaffrey | President, Rotary International, 1981-82 | River Red Gum |
| 1984 | William E Skelton | President, Rotary International, 1983-84 | |
| 1988 | Charles Keller | President, Rotary International, 1987-88 | London Plane |
| 1989 | A H Royce Abbey | President, Rotary International, 1988-89 | London Plane |
| 1993 | Cliff Dochterman | President, Rotary International, 1992-93 | Firewheel Tree |
| 1994 | Robert Barth | President, Rotary International, 1993-94 | Brush Box |
| 1997 | Glen Kinross | President, Rotary International, 1997-98 | London Plane |
| 2002 | Bichai Rattakul | President, Rotary International, 2002-03 | London Plane |
| 2003 | Jonathan Majiyagbe | President, Rotary International, 2003-04 | London Plane |
| 2004 | Carl-Wilhelm Stenhammer | President, Rotary International, 2005-06 | London Plane |
| 2005 | John Landy | Governor of Victoria, 100 years of Rotary | Candlebark Gum |
| 2006 | William Boyd | President, Rotary International, 2006-07 | |
| 2007 | Wilf Wilkinson | President, Rotary International 2007-08 | English Elm |
| 2008 | D K Lee | President, Rotary International, 2008-09 | London Plane |
| 2011 | Ray Klinginsmith | President, Rotary International, 2010-11 | |
| 2014 | John Kenny | President, Rotary International, 2009-10 | |
| 2016 | John Germ | President, Rotary International, 2016-17 | Brush Box |
| 2017 | Paul Netzel | Foundation Chair, Rotary International, 2017-18 | |
| 2018 | Ian Riseley OAM | President, Rotary International, 2017-18 | Native Fig |
| 2019 | K.R. ‘Ravi’ Ravindran | President, Rotary International, 2015-16 | Red Ironbark |
| 2019 | Mark Maloney | President, Rotary International, 2019-20 | River Red Gum |
The Granite Bench
In 1953, a beautiful red granite seat, designed by Past President Percy Oakley was placed in the Park to acknowledge the work of friends Paul Harris and Angus Mitchell.
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All of the trees that have been planted or dedicated are marked with bronze plaques. About half of the 65 trees in the Park are native Australian species and the remainder European, reflecting the diversity of native species and the history of Melburnians’ interests in trees.
Click here to view a sketch plan of the park.