201-209 SCOTT STREET, AND 705 INGLIS STREET, BUNINYONG, BALLARAT CITY
File Number
56
Level
Incl in HO area contributory
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Queen Victoria Rotunda,
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Queen Victoria Rotunda opening
Statement of Significance
What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
The Buninyong Botanic Gardens is included on the Victorian Heritage Register (H1826) as a place of State significance. Please refer to the VHR citation for the statement of significance. The local SoS is:
The Queen Victoria Rotunda is a particularly fine example of a lattice structure garden building. The Pavilion has been recently restored which serves to increase its significance. From its opening, to celebrate Queen Victoria's Jubilee, the pavilion has been a focus in the Buninyong Botanic Gardens catering for picnic parties and later used as a kiosk selling local market garden produce to the public.