Elm and ash street tree avenue

Bunbury Street FOOTSCRAY, Maribyrnong City

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Bunbury St Elms & Ashs

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Physical Description 1

    Planted as combination of elms and ash in an avenue extending east of Hyde Street to Moreland Street where they join with an oak and elm avenue. Mature trees in the block Mooreland to Whitehall- 5 (2 ash, 3 elms) on the north side, 6 (5 elms, 1 ash) on the south; Whitehall to Cowper Street - 8 on the north (2 ash, 6 elms) and 7 (4 elms, 3 ash) on the south; and Cowper to Hyde Street - 3 (1 elm, 2 ash) on the north, 4 (2 ash, 2 elms) on the south . Intermixed are immature elm plantings, planted in recent years to fill in gaps. These trees are planted in a grassed median which has basalt kerbing as an addition to the original basalt kerb and channel. Similar medians are in Cowper and Whitehall Streets. These medians appear to be after the 1895 MMBW plans but echo the placement of trees in tree guards shown in those plans.
    
    Elms `The 20 or so species in this genus of trees and shrubs occur naturally in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. During the 1920s and 1930s, and again in the 1960s and 1970s, elm trees in Europe and North America were devastated by Dutch elm disease, caused by the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi, which is transmitted by the elm bark beetle. Except for a few East Asian species, they are deciduous, turning yellow in fall (autumn). The leaves are usually alternate, one sided at the base, with prominent, parallel, lateral veins and regularly toothed margins; the small, disc-like fruits have a membranous wing and are carried in clusters. Most elms are large limbed with furrowed grey bark and high, domed crowns {Botanica}'.
    
    Ash `This genus consists of 65 species of mainly deciduous, fast-growing trees, ranging throughout the northern hemisphere except for the coldest regions and lowland tropics. It differs from other woody members of the olive family (Oleaceae) in having pinnate leaves consisting of several leaflets, small insignificant flowers that in most species lack petals, and single-seeded, winged fruits botanically called samaras. One group of species known as the 'flowering ashes', typified by Fraxinus ornus, produces showier flowers with small petals in large terminal panicles at the tips of the branches. Several larger species are valued for their tough, pale timber {Botanica}.'

    Physical Conditions

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Physical Conditions

    Good (partially disturbed, well preserved)

    Integrity

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Integrity

    substantially intact/some intrusions

    Physical Description 2

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Physical Description 2

    Context
    Set in a related Edwardian-era and Victorian-era residential streetscape with basalt kerb and channel, asphalt footpaths.

    Historical Australian Themes

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Historical Australian Themes

    Thematic context
    Australian Principal Theme Developing cultural institutions and ways of life
    PAHT Subtheme Creating public landscape
    Local Theme(s) Developing Local Government
    

    Physical Description 3

    Elm and ash street tree avenue - Physical Description 3

    Map (Melway) 42D5
    Boundary description The trees and sufficient land around each to allow for root zone and canopy protection, nominally 1m beyond the tree centre line, root zone or canopy perimeter which ever is the greatest, plus the associated medians and stone kerbs.
    Heritage Significance City
    Creation date(s) 1903-8, 1930s
    Local Government Area City of Maribyrnong
    Ownership Type Public

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Heritage Study and Grading

    Maribyrnong - Maribyrnong Heritage Review

    Author: Jill Barnard, Graeme Butler, Francine Gilfedder & Gary Vines
    Year: 2000
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  • Maribyrnong Heritage Review 2000, Volume 6
    
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