Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age
?yrsTrees
7Diameter
?mHeight - 37m
Details
Common name
Queensland Kauri Pine
Botanical name
Agathis robusta
Type
Avenue
Condition
Good
Municipality
Mitcham (SA)
Location
17 Inverloch Ave Torrens Park SA 5062
Access
Restricted
Significances
- Horicultural/Genetic (Scientific)
- Outstanding size (Scientific)
- Landscape (Social)
- Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
- Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
Statement of Significance
The Kauri pines, used in the planting of a large garden on Robert Barr-Smith's extensive Torrens Park Estate in the 1870s.These were some of the huge exotic trees planted by him around an ornamental lake formed by damming Brownhill Creek