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Other NameCrataegus monogyna LocationHENLEY ROAD KANGAROO GROUND, NILLUMBIK SHIRE LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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see also Hermes Nos. 55424 & 55567 for other individually identified Hawthorn hedges. REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010 What is significant?
How is it significant?
Why is it significant?
All Hawthorn hedges defining the field pattern and the surrounding site to a radius of 10 metres (see also HO 44, HO52 & HO87).
The hedges are historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.
The hedges are historically significant because the planting of Hawthorn hedges reflects the adoption of European farming techniques by the Kangaroo Ground population in the period following settlement and because the grid pattern of paddocks that the Hawthorn hedges define is very different to today's farm landscapes (Criterion A). Also because such planting is now rare in or around the Melbourne area and this is one of the only parts of the Shire of Nillumbik in which hedges still grow (Criterion B). The hedges are aesthetically significant because they grow to three metres in height and, in the undulating landscape, form a major landscape feature (Criterion E).
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