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Selwyn Park
Selwyn Street, ALBION VIC 3020 - Property No 68

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Brimbank City

1964 - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study 1997

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

Selwyn Park is historically significant as an example of the close ties between the Sunshine Harvester Works and the local area, since the McKay firm donated the land for the park, part of McKay's Sunshine Estate. The special link with the family of Hugh Victor McKay is expressed in the naming of the park after Selwyn (eldest son of H.V. and Sarah McKay), who died at Sunshine in 1913. The park is also significant because it reflects the concepts of the Garden City movement which influenced Sunshine's early development. Since its establishment, the park has played a major role in the sporting life of the Sunshine district, especially as a venue for cricket, football and soccer.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  Selwyn Park - Physical Description 1
  
  Description
  Recreation reserve and sports field on an unusual octagonal plan adjacent to Kororoit Creek, at the end of King Edward Avenue and along Selwyn Street. The reserve contains many tall, mature sugar gum (Eucalyptus cladocalyx) trees planted around the reserve's perimeter, There are also two kurrajongs (Brachychiton acerifolius), a number of pepper trees (Schinus molle var. areira) and a Lagunaria patersonia, which all date from c.1910-20s. An adjacent timber house at 61 Selwyn St, currently the Albion Community House, is thought to have originally been a caretaker's house.
  
  Physical Conditions
  
  Selwyn Park - Physical Conditions
  
  Condition/integrity
  Good
  
  Historical Australian Themes
  
  Selwyn Park - Historical Australian Themes
  
  4 Building settlement, towns and cities
  4.1 Planning urban settlements
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Brimbank - Brimbank City Council Post-contact Cultural Heritage Study
  
  Author: G. Vines
  Year: 2000
  Grading: Local
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- McKay Housing Estate - King Edward Ave
  
  Brimbank City
- War Service Homes Precinct
  
  Brimbank City
- Albion Sub-Station
  
  National Trust
- 'GUNYAH', FIRST CANTERBURY TROOP SCOUT HALL & CAMBERWELL NORTH GUIDE HALL
  
  Boroondara City
- 1) ELTHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE, 2) PEPPERCORN TREE, 3) MATURE EXOTIC PLANTING AND 4) WHEEL RIM (TYRING) TOOL IN THE GROUNDS
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 10 Down Street
  
  Yarra City