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MAROONDAH AQUEDUCT, INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND WORKS
KANGAROO GROUND and RESEARCH and ELTHAM NORTH and off Allendale Road, east of Ryans Road DIAMOND CREEK, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 1
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N02 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Inverted syphon across Watsons Creek, one of fourteen totalling 14.88 km of the 65.97 km total length of the Maroondah Aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N03 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Inverted syphon across Watsons Creek, one of fourteen totalling 14.88 km of the 65.97 km total length of the Maroondah Aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N04 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Western End of the above mentioned syphon discharging into a section of open aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N05 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Tunnel Entrance
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N06 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Silver pipe carries groundwater from abutting land over the aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N07 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Silver pipe carries groundwater from abutting land over the aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N08 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Road Bridge over the aqueduct, Nicholas Lane
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N09 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Road Bridge over the aqueduct, Nicholas Lane
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N10 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Eltham Yarra Glen Rd Bridge
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N11 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N12 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Opening of the Maroondah Aqueduct in July 1891
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N13 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Disused Sections of Aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N14 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Disused Sections of Aqueduct
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N15 - of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Section of Aqueduct at Research that has been removed/filled in and replaced by a pipeline. A tunnel began/begins here. The surviving radiata pine tree plantings
MAROONDAH AQUEDUCT - Nillumbik Shire Heritage Study 1997
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2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham N - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992
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2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Channel Sketch
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Grassy hill
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 10
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 11
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 12
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 2
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 3
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 4
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 5
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 6
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 7
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 8
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Colour 9
2 - Maroondah Aqueduct Kangaroo Ground Eltham - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992 - Pipe Opening
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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The pipeline associated with the Maroondah aqueduct pipe track, part of which is visible at Allendale Road.

The mature exotic plantings (including the Monterey pines) along the pipeline.

How is it significant?
The pipeline is historically and technically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

The associated plantings (including the Monterey pines) are aesthetically and historically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

Why is it significant?
The aqueduct is historically and technically significant because it illustrates the design and construction of a late nineteenth century aqueduct in hilly terrain, was a major engineering work, part of the development of Melbourne's water supply and a reflection of the City's growing population (Criteria A & F).

The mature exotic plantings are historically significant, because they reflect the practice of using vegetation to stabilise the embankments and surroundings of the aqueduct and associated pipelines (Criterion A). The plantings are aesthetically significant, for their collective contribution to the landscape associated with the aqueduct (Criterion E).

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