Sherbrooke Forest
70A Monbulk Road, SHERBROOKE VIC 3789 - Property No 57571
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Statement of Significance
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Sherbrooke Forest - Physical Description 1
Sherbrooke Forest is a much-loved Melbourne icon. Sherbrooke Forest covers the southern area of the Dandenong Ranges National Park from Selby in the south to Sherbrooke in the north. The largest section of Dandenong Ranges National Park, Sherbrooke occupies over 800 hectares of the park's total 3,215 hectares.(Parks Victoria, n.d.)
The main attraction of the park is its mountain ash forests, lush gullies and its reputation as a place to see lyrebirds. Its features include a network of walking tracks to picturesque sites such as the Sherbrooke Falls. O'Donohue Picnic Ground, Grants Picnic Ground and the Sherbrooke Picnic Ground are all favourites with visitors. Grants Picnic Ground has a kiosk built probably in the 1950s/60s, a contemporary flat roofed building clad in flagstones. It has long been a popular place to feed parrots.
The Littlejohn memorial seat is located in a walking track to the east of the O'Donohue Picnic Ground. It is a stone seat with brass plaque on one end, and was erected in memory of Ray Littlejohn who studied the lyrebirds in the forest (see History). The seat is simple in form, a long bench shape, slightly curved, and solid to the ground. The broadcast area used by Littlejohn is located near O'Donohue track, not far from the Sherbrooke Picnic Ground.Sherbrooke Forest - Physical Conditions
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Sherbrooke Forest - Integrity
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Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra Ranges - Shire of Yarra Ranges Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2000
Grading: State
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MAWARRAVictorian Heritage Register H2300
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MerrimuNational Trust
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Former Marybrooke Guest HouseNational Trust
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