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Norfolk Island Pine 'Peace Tree'

Location Corner Shaw and Dunlop Street, Mortlake VIC 3272 File Number Original Hermes No: 122921 Level -

[1/2] Norfolk Island Pine 'Peace [2/2] Norfolk Island Pine 'Peace

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Norfolk Island Pine (Auraucaria heterophylla), known as a 'Peace Tree', located at the corner of Shaw and Dunlop Streets, Mortlake, is a mature specimen. It is believed to have been planted in 1919 to mark the end of the First World War.

How is it significant?
The Norfolk Island Pine (Auraucaria heterophylla), known as a 'Peace Tree', located at the corner of Shaw and Dunlop Streets, Mortlake, is of historical, aesthetic and scientific (horticultural) significance to Moyne Shire.

Why is it significant?
The Norfolk Island Pine (Auraucaria heterophylla), known as a 'Peace Tree', located at the corner of Shaw and Dunlop Streets, Mortlake, is of local historical significance as a tree planted to mark the end of hostilities in the First World War.

The Norfolk Island Pine (Auraucaria heterophylla), known as a 'Peace Tree', located at the corner of Shaw and Dunlop Streets, Mortlake, is of local aesthetic significance as a mature specimen, and as an important element in the streetscape.

The Norfolk Island Pine (Auraucaria heterophylla), known as a 'Peace Tree', located at the corner of Shaw and Dunlop Streets, Mortlake, is of local scientific (horticultural) significance as a tree of known planting date as a record of growth of a particular species at a particular time.