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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

125yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

1m

Height - 19m

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Details

Common name
Norfolk Island Hibiscus
Botanical name
Lagunaria patersonia
Type
Individual Tree
Condition
Good
Municipality
Corangamite (VIC)
Location
34 Gnotuk Lane Camperdown VIC 3260
Access
Restricted
Significances
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
Date of germination
01 Jan 1900
Date of measurement
23 Apr 2015
Date of classification
24 Jan 2017

Statement of Significance

This Norfolk Island Hibiscus is significant for aesthetic, historic and scientific reasons at Regional level. This tree is outstanding for its large height of 19 metres and its impressive canopy spread of 13-14 metres. This tree provides a significant contribution to the landscape, forming part of the historic garden of Gnotuk. This Norfolk Island Hibiscus is one of the oldest trees at Gnotuk.

Location

Gnotuk House is of local historic and aesthetic significance in the Corangamite Shire. The first plantings at Gnotuk were in the early 1860s, at the site of the original stone farmhouse. At that time the 7,700 acre property was at the eastern edge of the vast Glenormiston sheep run of Niel Black, an influential pioneer of the Western District. His nephew Archie built the first “Gnotuk”. According to Niel Black’s diary, the early garden was laid out in July 1862 by Daniel Bunce, a self-taught botanist and first curator of the Botanic Gardens at Geelong. The oldest trees at “Gnotuk” include Illawarra Flame trees, Moreton Bay Figs, Norfolk Island Pines, a New Zealand kauri, a Norfolk Island Hibiscus Tree and an Italian Cypress.