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Dawson's Cactus Garden
571 Napier Street (Midland Highway), WHITE HILLS VIC 3550 - Property No G13067
Dawson's Cactus Garden
571 Napier Street (Midland Highway), WHITE HILLS VIC 3550 - Property No G13067
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Statement of Significance
Dawson's Cactus Garden, established as both a garden and nursery by T H Dawson & Gill in 1933 and operated until the 1980s, is of State significance:
- as one of the most intact early cactus gardens in Victoria, the plants not merely used as isolated specimens but forming a total design, and the collection of buildings such as shade houses and a quarantine shed which complement the plants;
- for its collection of outstanding individual specimens of cacti and succulents, amongst which are many plants imported in the period prior to restrictive quarantine embargos;
- for the manner in which the garden reflects the hot and relatively dry local climate;
- for the retention of a mid-nineteenth century rendered brick residence, characteristic of Bendigo architecture and now romantically dwarfed by giant cacti and mature trees;
- for its contribution to the streetscape of the Midland Highway, a thoroughfare which contains notable gardens such as Rosalind Park, Lake Weeroona and White Hills Botanic Gardens;
- historically, as a noted specialist nursery responsible for the wide distribution of cacti and succulents throughout Australia.
- as one of the most intact early cactus gardens in Victoria, the plants not merely used as isolated specimens but forming a total design, and the collection of buildings such as shade houses and a quarantine shed which complement the plants;
- for its collection of outstanding individual specimens of cacti and succulents, amongst which are many plants imported in the period prior to restrictive quarantine embargos;
- for the manner in which the garden reflects the hot and relatively dry local climate;
- for the retention of a mid-nineteenth century rendered brick residence, characteristic of Bendigo architecture and now romantically dwarfed by giant cacti and mature trees;
- for its contribution to the streetscape of the Midland Highway, a thoroughfare which contains notable gardens such as Rosalind Park, Lake Weeroona and White Hills Botanic Gardens;
- historically, as a noted specialist nursery responsible for the wide distribution of cacti and succulents throughout Australia.
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WHITE HILLS CEMETERYVictorian Heritage Register H2136
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WHITE HILLS BOTANIC GARDENSVictorian Heritage Register H1915
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WHITE HILLS RESERVEVictorian Heritage Inventory
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