Market Place Precinct
Railway Place QUARRY HILL, GREATER BENDIGO CITY
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Statement of Significance
Railway Reserve, Bendigo Station, dating from the 1870s and continuously maintained as an institutional garden is of regional significance:
* as a reserve for significant exotic species in particular the row of Ficlis macrophylla ,Phoenix canariensis and other various palm species;
*for its association with the railway station and the establishment of the railway line to Bendigo;
* for its demonstration of features as a representative part of a group of railway gardens with individual variation;
* for its aesthetic value to the railway travellers and local individuals and the garden's appropriateness as the setting to the building;
* for its major importance as a place highly valued by the community for reasons of cultural and social associations. The garden has been enjoyed by the community over a long period of time and provides a passive green space within an institutional/industrial precinct; the garden is an integral part and associated with a local landmark valued by the community; the place has social sentiment and is well used for social interaction.
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Market Place Precinct - Physical Description 1
The garden is established in the triangular shaped reserve between Railway Place and fronting Mitchell Street. The mature planting is predominantly of exotic trees, in particular a fine row of Ficus macrophylla along Railway Place which were probably planted between c1880 and 1900. A number of palm trees, including Phoenix canariensis,Washintonia robusta and Jubaea chilensis, border Mitchell Street - this planting is more typical of the turn of the century and 1920s and may therefore be associated with the development of the VRI garden (assumed to be post 1924 when the building was erected).
The rockery beds and formal path layout are largely intact with the exception of the path running north east towards Mitchell Street. Much of this has been altered with the construction of the VRI Bowling Clubhouse and greens in the 1930s. The rockery on the corner of Railway Place and Mitchell Street has been replaced by an unsympathetic native rock garden. In some sections of the rockery beds, bluestone has been used to replace the local stone which is a different scale, colour and texture.
Current planting includes many shrubs such as Viburnum tinus, Euonymus sp., Photinia spp, Escallonia, Ceanothus, Nerium oleander, Abelia, Raphiolepis delacourii and R indica much of which would seem to date from the 1930s.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading:
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SPECIMEN COTTAGEVictorian Heritage Register H1615
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BENDIGO SCHOOL OF MINES (BENDIGO TAFE)Victorian Heritage Register H1505
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LAW COURTSVictorian Heritage Register H1466
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