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LAKE RESERVE
LocationDE CHENE PARADE, LAKE GROVE and MURRAY ROAD, COBURG, MORELAND CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? - The mature trees dating from prior to 1945 Plantings and built landscape elements dating from after c.1950 are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? Aesthetically, it is significant as an example of a large formal twentieth-century park in the City of Moreland. The park is especially notable for the collection of now-mature exotic formal trees, which create one of the most impressive cultural landscapes in Moreland City. (Criteria D & E)
The Lake Reserve, created between c.1919 and c.1940, which is generally bounded by De Chene Parade, Lake Grove and Murray Road, Coburg. The following features contribute to the significance of the place:
- Built landscape features including the pathway system (but not the materials) dating from prior to 1945
- The weir across Merri Creek
- The rustic drinking fountain dating from c.1935
- The men's toilet block dating from c.1929
The Lake Reserve is of local historic, social, aesthetic and scientific significance to Moreland City.
Historically and socially, it demonstrates the efforts made by the Coburg municipality to improve parks and gardens within the city during the 1920s and is a place of recreation used and enjoyed by successive generations of Moreland residents. The Avenue of Honour is historically and socially important as tangible evidence of the impact of World War Iuponthe Coburg community and the uniquely Australian tradition of planting trees in honour of returned soldiers. Its associations with the early penal settlement are also of particular importance. (Criterion A, D & G)
Group
Monuments and Memorials
Category
Avenue of Honour