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Chirnside Park Country Club and Oak Trees

Other Name Chirnside Park, Redbank Location 68 Kingswood Drive, Chirnside Park VIC 3116 - Property No 3753, SO7321 R70318, S0603 File Number 134 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

Chirnside Park has a number of levels of significance:
- For its historic values as one of the earliest pastoral holdings of the area, including the very early (1850s) and architecturally significant homestead building. (RNE criteria D.2, E.1)
- For its historic significance as a rare example of a form of subdivision and social planning introduced from America in the 1960s. (RNE criterion F.1)
- For its association with a series of families notable both in the district and wider society, including the original settler William Fletcher, the Hon William Nicholson (1860-1884); William Jamieson, a Melbourne broker (1910-1916) and George Chirnside, grazier (1921-1940). For its historic association with the Chirnside family and its occupation and building works by George Chirnside. (RNE criterion H.1)