EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD

HOPETOUN-YAPEET ROAD HOPETOUN, YARRIAMBIACK SHIRE

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    EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD - History

    Heritage Inventory History of Site: Established in 1891 by E H. Lascelles. Yarriambiack Creek damned to supply water. 6 acres of vines, a lucerne plot, fruit trees, flowers and vegetables were established. Abandoned in 1915 because of salinity.

    Heritage Inventory Description

    EXPERIMENTAL ORCHARD - Heritage Inventory Description

    Two lochs forming part of an orchard. Tangyes pump and engine now at Hopetoun Homestead. Two olive trees survive on freehold land.

    Heritage Inventory Significance: Local significance (on public land) but together with olive trees and pump, site is of regional significance especially because of association with Lascelles.

    Informants: Hopetoun Historical Society/nRecorded by: Andrew Ward and Associates, LCC Mallee Area Review Date Recorded: 00MAY1986

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