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Oak tree (Trenowin & former orchard)
83 and 85 Lambert DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Trenowin and former orchard

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

The Trenowin house and orchard site is of regional significance

- for its association with the development of the local fruit-growing industry within the Shire from the 1890;'

- for its long association with the pioneering Lawrey family, especially with John Lawrey who was a prominent orchardist and grower of the Trenowin plum

- for its good and early representation of a type, including the house and farm setting, as compared within the Shire.

- for the house and setting's now rare combination of age and type, within the Shire.

NILLUMBIK STUDY EXTENT OF DESIGNATION:

Trenowin farm complex and former orchard, with emphasis on 19th century and lesser emphasis on fabric from the Lawrey tenure (until the 1950s) and land within the current title.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Oak tree (Trenowin & former orchard) - Physical Description 1
  
  This was formerly John Lawrey's weatherboarded hipped rooffarm house with acorrugated iron roof and cast-iron verandah, sited overlooking the creek in a traditional rural setting. This setting includes Monterey cypress and pines, a mature oak (?), exotic grasslands and Hawthorn hedge remnants along fence lines -all visible from the Diamond Creek Road, and extending to the picturesque hill west of the house site. Across Stone Street, east of the house, is the start of recent residential development.
  
  Inspection 2000
  
  The above inspection was 'conducted from outside of the property but some further elements were identified.
  
  At the west end of the property on the Sawpit Gully Creek is the remains of a rustic bridge which served a former farm track, some terracing and a small dam on the creek thought to have been associated with gold mining { M Spencer, 2000}. Near here are some fruit trees (quince?). It was also noted that the 'picturesque hill' cited in the above description was not in the original Lawrey property. The large oak cited above is a good specimen and there are reputedly other garden elements from earlier layouts.
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  Oak tree (Trenowin & former orchard) - Historical Australian Themes
  
  Farming
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study
  
  Author: Graeme Butler & Assoc
  Year: 1997
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