Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM
645 MAIN ROAD ELTHAM, NILLUMBIK SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
ELTHAM STUDY STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE:
Wingrove Park is primarily significant for its historical value as a place where travellers would stop and camp overnight. It was formerly known as Bremner's Reserve and Gazetted a water reserve. It was also a place where artists would come and paint, Max Meldrum, for instance, rented a house opposite the park in 1921, and loved to paint the surrounding area, which was shown in an early 1920s exhibition. Nowadays the park retains some fine examples of remnant native trees along Diamond Creek, particularly Manna Gums Eucalyptus viminalis, which merit individual protection; some of the Manna Gums have scars of aboriginal origin.
REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE (with AHC criteria)
The Eltham watering place reserve, later Wingrove Park, is significant to Nillumbik Shire:
for its representation of indigenous landscape in the area, particularly the manna gums, and hence the early history of settlement in the area and its use as a watering place for stock (Criterion A4);
- for its long-held association with the nationally prominent Heidelberg School of painters (Criterion G1);
- for its memory to a long-term public servant within the Shire, Wingrove; and
- as the documented focus of environmental action by the noted environmental designer, Alistair Knox, and the local Natural Development Association in the 1980s, highlighting a continuing community concern for indigenous landscape (Criterion A4, H1).
BASIS OF SIGNIFICANCE:
ILLUSTRATION OF THE THEMES: ELTHAM ARTISTS, REMNANT NATIVE VEGETATION
HISTORY
STREETSCAPE
LANDSCAPE
DEGREE OF SIGNIFICANCE: LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE
REVISED ELTHAM STUDY EXTENT OF DESIGNATION: RESERVE AND INDIGENOUS PLANTING
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Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM - Historical Australian Themes
ARTISTS AND THE ELTHAM LANDSCAPE.
REMNANT NATIVE VEGETATION.
Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM - Physical Description 1
ELTHAM STUDY DESCRIPTON:
Wingrove Park is an informal park set on the edge of Diamond Creek and features a meandering pathway which runs through a landscape of indigenous trees and some groups of Prunus species at the northern end. Many of the trees are very large Manna Gums in excellent condition. Other trees have been planted quite recently. Apart from the immediate creek edge where understorey shrubs exist, areas between the trees are grass which is slashed regularly. The park has a natural quality and has a simple character typical of Eltham.
Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM - Physical Description 2
REVISED OR EXTENDED DESCRIPTON:
The park contains exotic grasses and weeds, as well as the manna gums and wattles. Car parking areas and pathways are further man made intrusions into any perceived natural character. Some revegetation is evident.
Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM - Physical Conditions
Condition: Good (partially disturbed, well preserved)
Eltham watering place reserve, MAIN ROAD, ELTHAM - Integrity
Integrity: Externally substantially intact/some intrusions- car parks, man made objects.
Heritage Study and Grading
Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
Author: David Bick
Year: 1992
Grading: LocalNillumbik - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study 2001
Author: Graeme Butler & Assoc
Year: 2001
Grading:
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MONTSALVATVictorian Heritage Register H0716
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ELTHAM COURT HOUSEVictorian Heritage Register H0784
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FORMER POLICE QUARTERSVictorian Heritage Register H1539
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