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Level of Significance

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Age (approx)

150yrs

Trees

2

Diameter

5m

Height - 20m

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Details

Common name
English Elm
Botanical name
Ulmus procera
Other name
English Elm
Type
Stand
Condition
Good
Municipality
Act (ACT)
Location
150 Brigalow St Lyneham ACT 2602
Access
Restricted
Significances
Date of measurement
17 Jun 2014
Date of classification
29 Jun 2014

Statement of Significance

Planted in the winter of 1871 by early district pioneer, Peter Schumack senior

History

In the 1830’s and 1840’s, when free workers were reluctant to work and settle in the inland, some of the major landholders on the “Limestone Plains” assisted the migration from Scotland of shepherds and other workers with suitable skills. It was not until the early 1860’s, however, when the Free Selection legislation enabled these people to own small holdings of their own, that a stable Presbyterian community developed. They had no minister and services were usually far apart or irregular until 1861, when the minister from Braidwood, and later the minister from Queanbeyan. came every four weeks and held services in the Canberra School House in Reid. Permission to use these premises was withdrawn in the following year, stimulating the Presbyterian community to build their own slab and bark church on, or very near, the site of the present church. The first service was held on 4 January, 1863. This was the beginning of the Canberra Presbyterian Church as an outstation of the Queanbeyan charge.