ROWAN STREET PRECINCT

Although the commercial components of this precinct are, in the main, altered, the old gold-era village centre of this once independent suburb is still perceptible, together with all of the diversity to be found in 19th century urban development. Among the unusual combination of uses, in today's terms, is the individually significant Central Foundry, set side by side with the important house, Wetterau. This centre was once the commercial and social focus of a gold field of State importance. 

Former Bendigo West & Golden Square Residential Precinct
This precinct contains some highly skilful designs and representative examples from the late 19th and early 20th century, marking the continuous prosperity of gold in that period. Intermixed are the gold sites themselves, with public buildings such as the Lutheran Church, showing nodes of early settlement. Apart from the buildings associated with the important gold era, there are the individually important sites and groups of sites which arose from the 1920s-30s. Many important figures also lived in the area such as Harkness, Paterson, Getzschmann and the safety fuse maker, Perry. 

Most sites are offered picturesque hill side settings with sometimes steep hills providing unexpected views to neighbouring high ground and fine platforms for the social and public centres such as the Violet Street School. 

Added to the setting are the mature elm plantings which extend off High Street, providing some of the more consistent plantings from the Victorian-era.