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PIN OAK TREE AT ELTHAM HIGH SCHOOL, view from ELY STREET (OPP. FALKINER ST)

Other Name

Quercus palustris

Location

30-60 WITHERS WAY ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

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Pin Oak Tree at Eltham High
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71 - Pin Oak Tree at Eltham

Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The 1932 mature Pin Oak tree at Eltham high school and the surrounding site to a radius of 15m.

How is it significant?
The Pin Oak tree is historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The tree is historically significant because it was planted in 1932 by Miss Sedunary (a schoolteacher) and is illustrative of the early landscaping of the school grounds (Criteria H & A). The tree is aesthetically significant because it is of substantial size and age, in good condition and has high landscape value (Criterion E).

BICK STUDY, 1992
This tree is of substantial size and age, of high landscape value and illustrates early landscaping of the School grounds.

BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE:

HORTICULTURE

LANDSCAPE

STREETSCAPE

HISTORY

DEGREE OF SIGNIFICANCE:

LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE

EXTENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:

ENTIRE TREE AND SITE TO A RADIUS OF15 METRES

Group