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Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees
Station Street SEAHOLME, Hobsons Bay City

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Seaholme Railway Station Complex and trees, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
Seaholme Railway Station Complex and trees, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
Seaholme Railway Station Complex and trees, Hobsons Bay Heritage Study 2006
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Statement of Significance

What is Significant?

The Seaholme Railway Station complex, comprising the station buildings and platform constructed in 1921 and the related mature trees including Canary Island Palms, Figs and Flowering Gums, at Station Street, Seaholme.

How is it Significant?

The Seaholme Railway Station complex is of local historic, social and aesthetic significance to the City of Hobsons Bay.

Why is it Significant?

Historically, it is significant for its strong associations with the revival of the Altona Beach Estate in the Interwar period and the development of new facilities by Victorian Railways to serve the growing population in this area. (AHC criterion A4 and H1)

Socially, it is significant for its strong associations with the development of the Altona and Seaholme communities as one of the oldest public buildings in this area and a public gathering place for nearly 80 years. (AHC criterion G1)

Aesthetically, it is significant as an intact inter-war weatherboard station complex, which is enhanced by its mature and related landscape setting, which features a significant group of Canary Island Palms. (AHC criteria B2 and E1)

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    • Physical Description 1

      Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees - Physical Description 1

      The Seaholme railway station complex comprises a gabled weatherboard early twentieth century station building with timber verandah, and timber platform edging. A distinctive grove of Canary Island palms provide an appropriate and related landscape setting. The palms are grouped mainly on the north side of the tracks but there are also specimens to the south. There are also fig trees, flowering gums, and later native planting.

      Integrity

      Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees - Integrity

      External Condition

      Good

      External Integrity

      High

      Physical Description 2

      Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees - Physical Description 2

      Context

      Set in an inter-war and later residential domain, with a small commercial area nearby.

      Historical Australian Themes

      Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees - Historical Australian Themes

      Moving goods and people by rail

      Physical Description 3

      Seaholme Railway Station Complex and Trees - Physical Description 3

      Associations

      Altona Bay Estate Co., Victorian Railways

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Heritage Study and Grading

      Hobsons Bay - Hobsons Bay Heritage Study

      Author: Hobsons Bay City Council
      Year: 2006
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