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Mt Dandenong Observatory

Other Name

Sky High, The Summit, The TV Towers, Trig. Station Reserve

Location

26 Observatory Road, Mt Dandenong VIC 3767 - Property No 21216

File Number

518

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Mt Dandenong Observatory
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Mt Dandenong Observatory

Statement of Significance

Mt. Dandenong Observatory Reserve, which now includes Sky High Restaurant and the TV Towers, has regional significance as an important landmark for the whole of metropolitan Melbourne. The site has historical significance as a place which has attracted tourists for over a century drawn by the superb views of the surrounding countryside. The site has particular historical significance as the highest peak in the Dandenong Ranges, marked in the 1860s as a survey point for the Victorian Geodetic Survey, and now by the Sky High Restaurant and TV Towers. Observatory Road, constructed in 1930 for motor traffic and made a public highway in 1935, has significance for its associations with the tourist boom years of the 1920s and 1930s.

Group

Recreation and Entertainment