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Level of Significance

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  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

?yrs

Trees

0

Diameter

2m

Height - 9m

Details

Common name
Cabbage Tree
Botanical name
Cussonia spicata
Type
Specimen
Condition
Good
Municipality
Melbourne (VIC)
Location
University Of Melbourne, 156-292 Grattan Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Contemporary association (Social)
  • Species/Location (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
01 Feb 1982
Date of classification
16 Feb 1982

Statement of Significance

In the centre of a courtyard known as "Cussonia Court", bounded by the quadrangle, Law theatres, Old Arts and Old Physics. It was presumably planted by Professor Eward, Foundation Professor of the School of Botany, in the 1920s. <BR>The tree suffered a major loss of its canopy in January 1985, when the eastern half of the tree collapsed after a storm.<BR>The tree was removed in 1988 and replanted with a 5 year old specimen.