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PIGEON BANK RESIDENCE AND GARDEN
450 KANGAROO GROUND-WARRANDYTE ROAD KANGAROO GROUND, NILLUMBIK SHIRE

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Nillumbik Shire

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 02 - The Hon. Ewen Hugh Cameron (1832-27/9/1915) (ELHPC NO.435) - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 03 - Shire of Eltham Councillors in 1913 - Ewan Cameron bottom left (ELHPC NO.755) - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 04 - Agnes Cameron, daughter of pioneer settler John Bell Senior, photographed in 1907 (ELHPC NO.434) - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 05 - Old photograph of Hay Barn at Pigeon Bank (ELHPC NO.438) - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 06 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

172 - Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground 07 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Hon. Cameron - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Black & White 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Colour 1 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Colour 2 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Colour 3 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

Pigeon Bank Residence Kangaroo Ground Colour 4 - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study 1992

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Statement of Significance
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Statement of Significance

REVISED STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE, CONTEXT, 2010

What is significant?
The house, commenced in the 1860s, and the mature exotic site planting (in particular the two English Oaks and a Hawthorn hedge) and the surrounding site to a radius of 50 metres.

Why is it significant?
The house and mature plantings are historically and aesthetically significant to the Shire of Nillumbik.

How is it significant?
The house is historically significant because it is associated with Francis Rogerson, an early pioneer in the district, and with Ewan Cameron (Member of the Legislative Assembly for Evelyn, former minister, and member of the Eltham Roads Board and Shire Council for over 50 years) who lived at the property from 1874 until 1915. During Cameron's residency, the house was frequented by a number of well-known people, including Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria, the artist Longstaff and Governor Lord Hopetoun (Criterion H). The house is also significant as one of the oldest farm buildings in the Shire and a comparatively large one for the area (Criteria A & B).

The garden is historically and aesthetically significant because it is one of a handful of ornamental gardens on rural properties in the Shire and because, unusually, several early elements have been retained, including two large English Oak trees and a well maintained Hawthorn hedge (Criteria B & E).

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- Historical Australian Themes
  
  PIGEON BANK RESIDENCE AND GARDEN - Historical Australian Themes
  
  FARMING
  
  PROMINENT RESIDENTS
  
  4.5 Making settlements to serve rural Australia.
  
  8,12 Living in and around Australian homes
  8.14 Living in the country and rural settlements
  
  Physical Description 1
  
  PIGEON BANK RESIDENCE AND GARDEN - Physical Description 1
  
  Pigeon Bank
  Style Victorian with 1930s alterations.
  
  Design standard.
  
  Plan rectangular.
  
  Single storeyed.
  
  Walls timber stud construction, weatherboard clad.
  
  Roof gabled with shallow eaves, corrugated iron clad. Features are the built and altered in stages nature of the building, which reflects its history.
  Garden
  The site described here is located on the top of a large hill commanding views overmuch of Kangaroo Ground. The garden is partly bounded by Radiata Pine trees (Pinus radiata), some of which have apparently died and been removed, others are in a state of decline. Other features of the garden are two large English Oak trees (Quercus robur) and a well maintained Hawthorn hedge (Crataegus monogypa) to the street frontage.
  
  Usage/Former Usage
  
  PIGEON BANK RESIDENCE AND GARDEN - Usage/Former Usage
  
  Original and Later Use: Farming property
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Heritage Study and Grading
  
  Nillumbik - Shire of Eltham Heritage Study
  
  Author: David Bick
  Year: 1992
  Grading:
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- HAWTHORN HEDGES (Crataegus monogyna)
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- ENGLISH OAK TREE KNOWN AS "DONALDSON'S OAK", LOT 2 DONALDSON RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- WELLER'S HOTEL, PITMAN CORNER, ELTHAM-YARRA GLEN RD
  
  Nillumbik Shire
- 'CARINYA' LADSONS STORE
  
  Victorian Heritage Register H0568
- 1 Alexander Street
  
  Yarra City
- 1 Botherambo Street
  
  Yarra City