CLYDEBANK DAIRY TREES

Location

679 Gilbert Road, RESERVOIR VIC 3073

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses (Cupressus torulosa) at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are significant.

The buildings on the site are not significant.

How is it significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are of local historic significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are historically significant for their associations with the Clydebank Dairy, which was established on this site by the Olver family and later acquired by Metropolitan Dairies. The significance of the trees is enhanced by their rarity value as they are the only features associated with the Clydebank Dairy to survive and so provide important tangible evidence of its existence.

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Trees of social, historic or special significance