Hunter House
57 Queen Street, BENDIGO VIC 3550 - Property No 211613
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Statement of Significance
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Hunter House - Physical Description 2
Landscape - Derived from at least two major periods the front garden has mature specimens such as a pomegranate, 'Brachychiton sp.', elms, palms, copper beech, 'Cedrus atlantica glauca' and a 'Magnolia grandiflora'-most from the early garden.
The 1940s sections include stone pond, Silver birch, golden ash near the entry, large lemon scented gum, var. New Zealand flax, and 'Acer sp.'.
The new picket fence is partly related to the house period. William Hunter arrived at th5 goldfields from Ireland in the c1860 and, with his brother Joseph's aid, he investid in the rich Garden Gull Reef.[1] In 1882, William married in Ireland and returned to the house Robert had built.[2]
With the aid of local builder, Thomas Strode, Hunter added an east wing (with the mansard roof bay) in 1893 for his growing family, bringing thte house size to 25 rooms.[3] William Hunter died in 1914, second only to Lansell in the scale of his mining investment.[4]
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[1] Butcher & Gregson, p.113f.
[2] ibid, cites 'Bendigo Advertiser' description 1882
[3] ibid.
[ibid.
Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Bendigo - Eaglehawk & Bendigo Heritage Study
Author: Graeme Butler & Associates
Year: 1993
Grading: B*
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