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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age (approx)

90yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

1m

Height - 22m

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Details

Common name
Bogong Gum
Botanical name
Eucalyptus chapmaniana
Type
Specimen
Condition
Good
Municipality
Melbourne (VIC)
Location
The Domain, Birdwood Avenue Melbourne VIC 3000
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
  • Commemorative (Historic)
Date of measurement
05 Dec 2010
Date of classification
23 Mar 2015

Statement of Significance

This single tree, located 300 metres south-east of the shrine in the Domain,is marked with a bronze plaque, "HMAS Ballarat" World War II. It is a species unusual in cultivation and found mainly in the wild, the species is localised on mountain slopes, mainly in Wood's Point/ Mt Howitt area, Mt Buffalo and Bogong.