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Tooradin State School site and trees

Other Name

Tooradin Primary School Trees

Location

50 Tooradin Station Road,TOORADIN, Casey City

Level

Included in Heritage Overlay

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The former site of Tooradin State School, comprising the four Peppercorns (Schinus molle var. areira) along front fenceline, two English Oaks (Quercus robur), one Canary Island Oak (Quercus canariensis), one Silky Oak (Grevillea robusta), two Monterey Pines (Pinus radiata) and two Kurrajongs (Brachychiton populneus - one located on footpath outside property line) and archaeological remains of the former school, at 50 Tooradin Station Road, Tooradin.

How is it significant?
The former site of Tooradin State School is of local historic, social, aesthetic and scientific significance to the City of Casey.

Why is it significant?
Historically and socially, it is significant for its strong associations with the local community as the original site of the Tooradin State School, which operated here from 1875 and once formed part of a public buildings group including the Public Hall (still extant), and the Catholic Church (now gone). The trees are now the only elements associated with the former school to remain on the site. (AHC criterion A4, D2 and H1)

Aesthetically, the surviving mature trees on the site contribute to the historic cultural landscape of Tooradin and are local landmarks that mark the site of the former school. (AHC criterion E1)

Scientifically, it is of archaeological significance for its potential as a long term public school to provide further evidence about the early development of Tooradin. (AHC criterion C2)

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