Oak street tree avenue

Fehon Street YARRAVILLE, Maribyrnong City

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29096 Fehon St oaks 5426

Statement of Significance

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  • Physical Description 1

    Oak street tree avenue - Physical Description 1

    Oak avenue with a total of 35 trees, with some very mature specimens (i.e. near no.46 Fehon Street), extending north from Francis Street to the Beaton Reserve: starting on the west side on the north at 44 with 9 to the corner of Blackwood Street, 4 to Marjory Street, another 5 to the corner of Beatrice Street, and 5 to Francis St. On the east side of Fehon Street, there are 2 from Hance Street to the corner of Clarendon Street, another 3 to the corner of Hawthorn Street, and 2 to Gladstone Street. There has been some unrelated replanting to Blackwood Street, with no examples to Ovens Street, 3 mature specimens to Tarrengower Street, and 2 mature examples to Simpson Street.

    
    Most oaks are from temperate regions but `a surprisingly large number of the 600 or so evergreen, semi-evergreen and deciduous species come from tropical and subtropical regions of Mexico, Southeast Asia and even New Guinea. Oaks range from shrubs 3 ft (1 m) high to trees of 120 ft (36 m), and are mostly very long lived; some species have been used for centuries for their hardwood timber. Their leaves, mostly lobed and leathery but in some species thin and lustrous, provide a dense canopy for a multitude of animals, birds and insects and make wonderful compost for acid -loving plants. The leaves of some deciduous oaks develop magnificent hues during the cooler months before they drop. Oaks can be divided into 'white oaks' and 'red oaks', the former with rounded leaves and edible acorns that mature in one year, while the latter have pointed leaves and acorns that mature in 2 years and are too bitter to eat.
    
    The female flowers are small, insignificant and greenish, while the male flowers appear as yellow catkins in spring {Botanica}.

    Physical Conditions

    Oak street tree avenue - Physical Conditions

    good (partially disturbed, well preserved)

    Integrity

    Oak street tree avenue - Integrity

    substantially intact/some intrusions

    Physical Description 2

    Oak street tree avenue - Physical Description 2

    Context

    Close to inter-war and Edwardian-era housing groups

    Historical Australian Themes

    Oak 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

    Oak street tree avenue - Physical Description 3

    Map (Melway) 41K10
    Boundary description The trees and sufficient land around each to allow for root zone and canopy protection, nominally 1m beyond the drip line, root zone or canopy perimeter which ever is the greatest.
    Heritage Significance Regional
    Creation date(s) 1935-
    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
    Grading:

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  • Maribyrnong Heritage Review 2000, Volume 6
    
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