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Level of Significance

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Age (approx)

150yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

?m

Height - 22m

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Details

Common name
Moreton Bay Fig
Botanical name
Ficus macrophylla
Type
Specimen
Condition
Good
Municipality
Stonnington (VIC)
Location
Presentation College, 187 Dandenong Road, Windsor VIC 3181
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Outstanding species (Scientific)
  • Other scientific (Scientific)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
  • Unusual (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
20 May 2012
Date of classification
20 Dec 2015

Statement of Significance

This Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) is one of the 'signature trees' from the formative years of gardens in Victoria. It has a truly outstanding display of aerial roots to an extent rarely seen in cultivation and which may well be unique in Victoria. It displays its 'strangler' or 'banyan' origins in a manner rarely seen outside its subtropical rainforest habitat. The tree shares a long and continuous history with the site, itself closely aligned with the passing of the Education Act in 1872 and the subsequent expansion of religious education in the State.