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Maddingley Park and Memorial Gates

Other Name

Maddingley Police Paddock Reserve

Location

between Grant St Bond St Tavener St & Station St MADDINGLEY, MOORABOOL SHIRE

Level

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Maddingley Park
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Maddingley Park

Statement of Significance

Maddingley Park is the major public parkland and recreation reserve in Bacchus Marsh. Although it no longer has a unifying design, a number of element s are significant individually. It is planted with mature avenue trees and individual specimens. It was developed from 1887.

It has regional historical significance for its association with social and sporting developments in community life and it has social significance as a tradition al community and visitor focus and meeting place as well as a landmark, illustrated on representative views including postcards. It bas further historical significance to the town and the region as containing elements which offer a representative embodiment of a way of life and its social values, particularly of he period 1887- 1952 and in demonstrating the effect of local government action in providing for the recreational needs of a rural municipality and region.

It bas aesthetic significance to the town in revealing beauty in its plantings and elements and it has regional architectural significance as a relatively intact example of a surviving nineteenth and early twentieth century municipal garden. Finally its various commemorative elements demonstrate associations with important and influential figure s in the town.

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