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CHESTNUT-LEAF OAKS (QUERCUS CASTANEIFOLIA)

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Location

1 & 5 VICTORIA ROAD, and 30 RAWLINGS LANE, LOCH, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

The three large Chestnut-leaved oak trees (Quercus castaneifolia) , in the paddocks at the rear of 1 Victoria Road, Loch, are significant. The canopies do extend into the neighbouring properties. These three trees have been planted in a row to the eastern boundary of the property at the rear paddocks. The latest measurements taken, on 23 November 2003, the tree closest to Victoria Road had a girth of 4 metres and a height of 17 metres, spreading to a width of 27 metres.
Other trees and flora within 1 Victoria Road, Loch, are not significant.

How is it significant?

The three large Chestnut-Leaved oak trees at the rear of 1 Victoria Road, Loch, are of local historical significance to the South Gippsland Shire.

Why is it significant?

These three large oak trees are arranged in a straight line along the rear eastern boundary of the property, well behind the Catholic Church at the front of the property. The latest measurements of the tree closest to Victoria Road, in November 2003, dated the tree at approximately 90 years old, making these three trees over 100 years old. These trees and their configuration suggest they were meaningfully planted early on in the settlement of Loch and South Gippsland. The trees are also potentially associated with the Catholic Church at the front of the property (LO-VI-001) that was built in 1903 (Criterion A).

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