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Duneira Garden
8 - 10 Officer Lane, MOUNT MACEDON VIC 3441 - Property No G13102
Duneira Garden
8 - 10 Officer Lane, MOUNT MACEDON VIC 3441 - Property No G13102
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G13102 Duneira drive elms spring 12
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Statement of Significance
Duneira, laid out by pastoralist Suetonius Henry Officer in the 1870s, and carefully developed and managed by subsequent long-term owners, is of National significance:
- as an integral component of the Mount Macedon area, a precinct of hill station gardens of outstanding cultural significance;
- for the manner in which the choice of site, a relatively flat setting in an area noted for its steep terrain, has produced an open plan incorporating a straight drive and carriage loop more common amongst pastoral homesteads than hill stations;
- as a mature garden in an elevated setting which allows an unusually wide range of plants to be grown;
- for its approach drive flanked by an avenue of Elm trees approximately half a kilometre long, one of the best suriviving examples of a private formal avenue in Victoria;
- for its fine collection of rhododendrons and other plants requiring a cool-temperate climate;
- for several outstanding trees listed on the National Trust's Register of Significant Trees of Victoria;
- for the manner in which the garden is complemented by the intact nineteenth century residence and outbuildings;
- for its retention of a detached gate lodge, an unusually fine example of a comparatively rare building type.
- as an integral component of the Mount Macedon area, a precinct of hill station gardens of outstanding cultural significance;
- for the manner in which the choice of site, a relatively flat setting in an area noted for its steep terrain, has produced an open plan incorporating a straight drive and carriage loop more common amongst pastoral homesteads than hill stations;
- as a mature garden in an elevated setting which allows an unusually wide range of plants to be grown;
- for its approach drive flanked by an avenue of Elm trees approximately half a kilometre long, one of the best suriviving examples of a private formal avenue in Victoria;
- for its fine collection of rhododendrons and other plants requiring a cool-temperate climate;
- for several outstanding trees listed on the National Trust's Register of Significant Trees of Victoria;
- for the manner in which the garden is complemented by the intact nineteenth century residence and outbuildings;
- for its retention of a detached gate lodge, an unusually fine example of a comparatively rare building type.
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DUNEIRA
Victorian Heritage Register H2204 -
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Victorian Heritage Register H2281
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Macedon Ranges
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