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White Hills Gardens Precinct

Other Name

Former White Hills Botanic Gardens

Location

Scott Street WHITE HILLS, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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White Hills Botanic Gardens

Statement of Significance

White Hills Botanic Gardens, dating from 1857 and continuously maintained as a public garden is of regional significance:

* as a reserve for significant exotic species, particularly those listed on the National Trust Register of Significant Trees;

* for its role in providing passive and active recreation to citizens of Bendigo and neighbouring areas;

* for the retention of a number of bird and animal cages which are evidence of its earlier role in the acclimatization of birds and animals within the colony;

*historically for its early date of development, 1857, as a recreational site with close parallels to the development of the city; as a reserve for significant exotic species, particularly those listed on the National Trust Register of Significant Trees;

*for its role in providing passive and active recreation to citizens of Bendigo and neighbouring areas;

*for the retention of a number of plants which are evidence of its original role as a botanic garden; mature specimens of note (other than the Significant Trees) include Ficus macrophylla, Cedrus deodara, Juniperus Virginiana, Ulmus procera and U.X hollandica, Pinus spp. and Quercus spp. for the retention of a number of bird and animal cages which are evidence of its earlier role in the acclimatization of birds and animals within the colony;

*historically for its early date of development, 1857, as a recreational site with close parallels to the development of the city;

* for those features which enhance the garden's qualities; these include the lakeflagoon and island, floral bedding, arch (soldiers memorial to (WW1), pavilion (c1910?) and mature planting.

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