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Level of Significance

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Age

?yrs

Trees

48

Diameter

0.4m

Height - 10m

Details

Common name
Purple-Leaved Dutch Elm
Botanical name
Ulmus x hollandica 'Purpurascens
Other name
Wallan Avenue of Honour
Type
Avenue
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Mitchell (VIC)
Location
Northern Highway, Wallan VIC 3756
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Horicultural/Genetic (Scientific)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
  • Commemorative (Historic)
Date of measurement
25 Aug 1994
Date of classification
08 Sep 1994

Statement of Significance

Located between Queen and Watson Streets.<BR>This World War I Avenue of Honour was planted in the early 1920s to commemorate Wallan's soldiers. The number of trees represent the number of citizens who served. This planting is the only major one of this cultivar known in Victoria, possibly Australian and unknown internationally. Isolated trees occur in St Kilda Road, Gisborne, and Kyneton Botanic Gardens. While the two rows are widely spaced and have not grown to a large size they make an important contribution to the landscape.