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LocationLyons Street and Melbourne Road WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncl in HO area contributory |
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What is Significant?
The Dennis (Lyons Street) Reserve, established between c.1885 and 1940, between Lyons Street and Melbourne Road, Williamstown. The Dennis (Lyons Street) Reserve is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobson's Bay. Historically, it is one of three of the first public reserves established in Williamstown during the nineteenth century and is an integral part of the Government Survey Plan. The remnant mature trees including the Aleppo and Canary Island Pines illustrate the initial period of development of the Reserve as a formal garden, while the later sporting pavilions illustrate the transformation to a place of active rather than passive recreation during the early twentieth century. It has strong associations with the development of early sporting clubs and recreation in the city and is highly valued by the local community. The HR Maclean memorial is important for its associations with an important early citizen of Williamstown. (AHC criteria A4, D2, G1 and H1) Aesthetically, while the original formal Victorian and Edwardian character of the reserve is diminished, the surviving original or early features such as the asphalt dividing path and other remnant pathways, remnant significant trees, sporting pavilions, the Maclean memorial and the rare Coronation Lamp nonetheless enable the early development of the reserve to be interpreted and understood. (AHC criteria B2, E1 and F1)
Parks, Gardens and Trees
Reserve