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Healesville Street Trees and Streetscape

Other Name Nicholson Street streetscape Location Nicholson Street (Maroondah Highway), Healesville VIC 3777 - Property No R73259, R71720, File Number 303 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

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Statement of Significance

After the arrival of the railway in 1889, plantings of elms and oaks in Nicholson Street and other main streets made a major contribution to the development of Healesville as a major district town. The remaining elms in Nicholson Street (now Maroondah Highway) and oaks in Church Street near the Mechanics Institute, planted last century, contribute to the special character of Healesville streetscapes. They form an important part of the town's heritage.