YALLAMBIE 1, ROAD AND ORCHARD

TARCOOLA DRIVE YALLAMBIE, BANYULE CITY

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    YALLAMBIE 1, ROAD AND ORCHARD - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: In 1839 Thomas Wills bought at auction Portion 8 (970 acres) on the Plenty River. During 1839, portion 8 was subdivided into 12 blocks. William Thomas Elliot, a Westernport pastoralist, was the principal purchaser. Between 1840 and 1842, John and Robert Bakewell slowly purchased a large proportion of portion 8. The Bakewells had constructed a prefabricated timber homestead (Howitt 1842; Garden 1972:12-13). The floodplain beneath the Bakewell's homestead, is the site recorded.The flat of four to five acres contained a garden, orchard and vineyard (Garden 1972: 55). European plantings were all over the slopes during the Bakewells' ownership, and later with Thomas Wragge.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    YALLAMBIE 1, ROAD AND ORCHARD - Heritage Inventory Description

    The tree-lined road has pines and oaks from the terrace top to the flat. The remnant orchard belonging to the property is on the floodplain. It is remnant of the large scale agricultural use of the floodplain in the nineteenth century. The Dam on the floodplain has sides cut down on the north, east and south edges. It is 14 metres in diameter and 1.2 metres deep on the east face. There is also nearby an old fence line.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Medium-High

    Heritage Inventory Site Features: Of the orchard one row of fig trees, some walnut trees and a few other species remain. The remainder were bulldozed by the City of Heidelberg in the 1980's. Site consists of a tree-lined road, orchard, dam and old fence line.

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