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Robertson Reserve Dutch Elms
Other Nameformer Market Reserve Location105 Cecil Street WILLIAMSTOWN, Hobsons Bay City LevelIncl in HO area contributory |
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Statement of Significance
What is Significant?
The Elms at Robertson Reserve (former Market Reserve), 105 Cecil Street, Williamstown. The Elms at the Robertson Reserve are of local historic and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobson's Bay. Historically, they demonstrate the early development of the Market Reserve, which was one of the first public reserves set aside in Williamstown and assist in illustrating prevailing attitudes to landscape design of public places during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. (AHC criteria A4 and D2) Aesthetically, they contribute to the historic cultural landscape character of the reserve and the surrounding precinct. (AHC criterion E1)
Group
Parks, Gardens and Trees
Category
Reserve