Back to search results »

Back to search page »

Botanic Gardens Precinct Hamilton

Location HAMILTON, Southern Grampians Shire Level Stage 2 study complete

Statement of Significance

This area has regional significance because of its associations with the Hamilton Botanical Gardens, regarded during the last century as `one of the beauty spots of the colony'. In a sense Hamilton started officially with the Police Camp in what was to become Martin Street. Like Church Hill, this became a prestigious residential area and was a focus for many prominent business and professional men who built fine residences there. It is the site, too, of the town's earliest state school, which replaced an earlier timber national school, the town's first school building.

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Garden Botanic