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CLYDEBANK DAIRY TREES
679 Gilbert Road, RESERVOIR VIC 3073

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Clydebank Dairy Trees, 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

What is significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses (Cupressus torulosa) at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are significant.

The buildings on the site are not significant.

How is it significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are of local historic significance to Darebin City.

Why is it significant?
The four Bhutan Cypresses at 679 Gilbert Road, Reservoir are historically significant for their associations with the Clydebank Dairy, which was established on this site by the Olver family and later acquired by Metropolitan Dairies. The significance of the trees is enhanced by their rarity value as they are the only features associated with the Clydebank Dairy to survive and so provide important tangible evidence of its existence.

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- Physical Description 1
  
  CLYDEBANK DAIRY TREES - Physical Description 1
  
  This comprises four mature Bhutan Cypresses (Cupressus torulosa) along the frontage of 679 Gilbert Road. The trees are all of similar height and are evenly spaced, which indicates that they were planted at the same time, possibly around the 1930s/40s.
  
  The trees are situated on a site that is now occupied by a multi-dwelling development. No other evidence of the former use of this site as the Clydebank Dairy survives.
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Darebin - Darebin Heritage Study
  
  Author: Context P/L
  Year: 2011
  Grading: Local
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- BRAITHWAITES TANNERY
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- BUTCHER & GROVER, HIGH STREET RESERVOIR
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory
- PRESTON POLICE STATION
  
  Victorian Heritage Inventory