Corymbia ficifolia

Other Name

Flowering Gum

Location

Metropolitan Golf Club, Golf Road,, OAKLEIGH SOUTH VIC 3167 - Property No T11000

File Number

T11000

Level

State

Statement of Significance

What is significant?

Outstanding size
Aesthetic value
Outstanding example of species

This Flowering Gum is an outstanding example of Corymbia ficifolia. which is magnificent in bloom in February. It is also the club emblem . Mr J B MacKenzie, in the late 1800s, transformed the former farmland by the establishment of magnificent plantations of Australian native trees and shrubs (The tree appears in a photograph dated 1890)
The tree is located near the Club House.

Measurements: 12/12/1982
Spread (m): 15.4
Girth (m): 4.5
Height (m): 11.3
Estimated Age (yrs): 122
Condition: Good

Measurements: 24/12/2003 
Spread (m): 17
Girth (m): 6.4 (multi-stem)
Height (m): 12
Estimated Age (yrs): 141
Condition: Good

Access: Restricted
Classified: 14/04/1983
How is it significant?

Outstanding size
Aesthetic value
Outstanding example of species

This Flowering Gum is an outstanding example of Corymbia ficifolia. which is magnificent in bloom in February. It is also the club emblem . Mr J B MacKenzie, in the late 1800s, transformed the former farmland by the establishment of magnificent plantations of Australian native trees and shrubs (The tree appears in a photograph dated 1890)
The tree is located near the Club House.

Measurements: 12/12/1982
Spread (m): 15.4
Girth (m): 4.5
Height (m): 11.3
Estimated Age (yrs): 122
Condition: Good

Measurements: 24/12/2003 
Spread (m): 17
Girth (m): 6.4 (multi-stem)
Height (m): 12
Estimated Age (yrs): 141
Condition: Good

Access: Restricted
Classified: 14/04/1983
Why is it significant?

Outstanding size
Aesthetic value
Outstanding example of species

This Flowering Gum is an outstanding example of Corymbia ficifolia. which is magnificent in bloom in February. It is also the club emblem . Mr J B MacKenzie, in the late 1800s, transformed the former farmland by the establishment of magnificent plantations of Australian native trees and shrubs (The tree appears in a photograph dated 1890)
The tree is located near the Club House.

Measurements: 12/12/1982
Spread (m): 15.4
Girth (m): 4.5
Height (m): 11.3
Estimated Age (yrs): 122
Condition: Good

Measurements: 24/12/2003 
Spread (m): 17
Girth (m): 6.4 (multi-stem)
Height (m): 12
Estimated Age (yrs): 141
Condition: Good

Access: Restricted
Classified: 14/04/1983

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees

Category

Tree