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Significant Tree Register SIGNIFICANT TREE REGISTER PROPERTY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE OF DESCRIPTION ADOPTION Allman St, Campbelltown, Canary Island Pine Pinus canariensis 5.4.88 Hurley Park. Italian Stone Pine Pinus pinea Bunya Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla Lemon Scented Gum Corymbia citriodora Allman St, Lot 5, Pencil Pine Juniperus virginiana 30.8.83 Campbelltown. Athel Tree Cr, No. 9, Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophylla 21.5.85 Bradbury. Badgally Rd, All mature trees 7.6.83 Campbelltown, Utilux P/L. Bird Pl, No. 4, Canary Island Pine Pinus canariensis 7.6.83 St Helens Park. Cochrane St, Minto Prickly Paperbark (All) Melaleuca styphelioides 30.8.83 John Rider Reserve. Collier Pl, No. 8, Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii 7.6.83 St Helens Park. Cordeaux St, 7.6.83&2.12.86 Campbelltown, St Peters Anglican Church. Lot 501 Forest Red Gum (All) Eucalyptus tereticornis Grey Gum (All) Eucalyptus punctata Grey Box (All) Eucalyptus moluccana Lot 52 English Oak (2) Quercus robur Cordeaux St, Canary Island Palm (3) Phoenix canariensis 7.6.83 Campbelltown, Multideck Car park. PROPERTY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE OF DESCRIPTION ADOPTION Cumberland Rd, Ingleburn, Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani 19.6.90 Hallinan Park. Cockscomb Coral Tree (2) Erythrina crista-galli Camphor Laurel Cinnamomum Prickly Paperbark camphora Melaleuca styphelioides Hansens Rd, No. 32, Camphor Laurel (2) Cinnamomum camphora 7.6.83 Minto Heights. Ingleburn Rd, Ingleburn, Bunya Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii 29.11.83 Ingleburn Railway Station. Kenny Cl, St Helens Park. Bunya Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii 7.6.83 (footpath adjacent to 24). Lincoln St, No. 22, Minto. Cabbage Tree Palm Livistona australis 29.11.81 Hoop Pine Araucaria cunninghamii Lincoln St, No. 28, Minto. Forest Red Gum Eucalyptus tereticornis 29.11.83 Lincoln St, No. 37, Minto. Nepal Cypress (6) Cupressus torulosa 19.6.90 Lincoln St, No's. 18-20, Cabbage Tree Palm Livistona australis 29.11.87 Minto. Lindesay St, Sugar Gum (All) Eucalyptus cladocalyx 7.6.83 Campbelltown, Lemon Scented Gum (All) Corymbia citriodora Campbelltown Central Grey Box (All) Eucalyptus moluccana Public School. Mugga Ironbark (All) Eucalyptus sideroxylon rosea Lithgow St, Campbelltown Kauri Pine Agathis robusta 2.12.86 Seventh Day Adventist Church. Lithgow St, No 21, Bunya Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii 7.6.83 Campbelltown. Menangle Rd, No. 121, Kurrajong Tree Brachychiton populneus 7.6.83 Menangle Park, Riverview. Peppercorn Tree Schinus molle Moore-Oxley Bypass Tallowwood (All) Eucalyptus microcorys 7.6.83 Campbelltown. Patrick St, Campbelltown, Cabbage Tree Palm Livistona australis 30.8.83 Car park. Queen St, Campbelltown, Trees outlined in brochure 7.6.83 Mawson Park. “Mawson Park Campbelltown, NSW - Trees, Shrubs and Memorials 1989” Queen St, Campbelltown, Lemon Scented Gum (3) Corymbia citriodora 7.6.83 Campbelltown Mall. PROPERTY COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME DATE OF DESCRIPTION ADOPTION Queen St, No. 91, Mugga Ironbark Eucalyptus sideroxylon rosea 7.6.83 Campbelltown, Campbelltown City Council. St Helens Park Dr, Bunya Bunya Pine Araucaria bidwillii 7.6.83 No. 81, St Helens Park. St John’s Rd, Coral Tree (2) Erythrina x sykesii 5.4.88 Campbelltown, St Patrick’s Ladies College. Stanley Rd, No. 101, Prickly Paperbark Melaleuca styphelioides 19.6.90 Ingleburn. Stanley Rd, No. 89, Prickly Paperbark Melaleuca styphelioides 19.6.90 Ingleburn. Stennett Rd, Ingleburn, Broad Leafed Apple Gum Angophora subvelutina 19.6.90 Bunbury Curran Creek. Sturt St, No. 34, Coral Tree (2) Erythrina x sykesii 2.12.86 Campbelltown, St John’s Church. Traminer Pl, No. 27, Port Jackson Fig Ficus rubiginosa 7.6.83 Eschol Park, Fig Tree Park. Note: Trees that are located within the curtilage of a heritage item on heritage listed property are not included under Council’s Significant Tree Register. Such trees are protected as part of the listing of the heritage item under the relevant environmental planning instrument that applies to the land where the heritage item is located. In this respect, any works that may impact upon a tree located on a heritage listed property (including pruning and removal) require separate Development Consent from Council. .
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