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R J Hamer Forest Arboretum & Woolrich Nursery Lookout

Location Chalet Road, Olinda-Monbulk Road, Olinda VIC 3788 File Number 641 Level Included in Heritage Overlay

[1/1] Woolrich House

Statement of Significance

R J Hamer Forest Aboretum (including the Woolrich Nursery Lookout) is of local significance as a tangible example of the fire protection planning that resulted from the disastrous 1962 Dandenongs fires, and as a place that expresses the Garden State philosophy of Rupert Hamer, then Premier of Victoria. It is also valued for its aesthetic and landscape qualities, and as part of a group with the adjoining Olinda State Forest and National Rhododendron Garden.