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NORFOLK ISLAND PINE AVENUE

Location

PORT WELSHPOOL ROAD, WELSHPOOL, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The Avenue of Norfolk Island Pines, established in 1936 by the Country Roads Board, along Port Welshpool Road, Welshpool.

Why is it significant?
The Avenue of Norfolk Island Pines along Port Welshpool Road is of local historic and aesthetic significance to South Gippsland Shire.

Historically, the Avenue commemorate the construction of the road, which was a project to facilitate access to the newly constructed Long Jetty at Port Welshpool. (AHC criteria A4 & D2)

Aesthetically, although diminished by the loss of trees, the Avenue enhance the landscape character and amenity of Port Welshpool Road. It is the only avenue of this species within the Shire. (AHC criterion E1)

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Tree groups - avenue