Classified National Trust Landscapes Applying To
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Classified National Trust Landscapes applying to the Shire of Indigo 1998 I I ) I I Land affected by the SignificantLandscape Overlay SLO 2 includes the following National Trust classified landscapes: 1> Baranduda Range (Inventory no L274); 1> Beechworth Scenic Drive (Inventory no L264) l> Black Springs Bakery southernlandscape (Inventory no L217) l> Chiltern Box Ironbark National Park (Inventory no L223) l> Lady Franklin Range (Inventory no L189) l> Lake Anderson (Inventory no L270) 1> Lake Kerford (Inventory no L368) t> Lake Zwarburg (Inventory no L92) t> Mt Pilot Range (Inventory no L218) t> Murrnungee Basin (Inventory no L222) t> Murray River Flood plain (Inventory no L262) l> Myrtle Creek Valley (Inventory no L272) t> Upper Indigo Valley (Inventory no L267)) t> The Wallaby Mine (Inventory no L281) t> Woolshed Creek (Inventory no L219) t> Yackandandah township and environs (Inventory no L69) 5. ' . LANDSCAPE �UBMISSIO� �AME: .'�-- : LISTI�G STATUS: Classiiica1:ion: ''those parts oi the /1ysic.:,.l . env ir on:nen1: . :.)Oth natural z,.nd nan-made . ·:mien in the Trust's view are essential to the heritage of Australia and which must b2 preserved. INVENTORY NUMBER: L274 LOCATION: Between Wodonga and Yackandandah r ; . , :'-IICIPALITY: City of \vodonga (part) , Shire 0£ Yackandandah (part) . OWNERSHIP: Crown Land. [; 11 DESCRIPTION: Steep sided mountain range with flat" top for the most part covered by native forest. I : Range of hills in a strategic position related I to the proposed city of Albury/Wodonga. o� the western side there is evidence of very inappropriate l ..l clearing. To the east the hills have been left under forest cover in the steeper sections which increases their aesthetic appeal. L It is believed that the botanical features of I the eastern side are of high quality. (This needs L verification). A telecommunications tower gives identity to this I range and it acts as a geographical reference point C from many locations within the region. iu THREATS: Clearing of steep sides. iu n '. - vv .......: ��� ,;'.� .· . ·-�� .. ': v r.osron '. \. --:..::--... --�'.�..:.:c<�;, -� '\'\. ---- . \...":'--:-..., --:::....:_ C1,<!C / •40�- ' .: __ ,:: � ( L __ .v>' .,,. '-...- t� ".... - - - - :,.\.. - --'l J ___.... • �- - ---..-' 80,anouaa -;� ,,, ·� I .it� ' .. .. \\ ':".:'.. _:_.__- .. ,, r�' , / �- .. _.- /.' so\ - -.-_ o:,': / .173 r �, ' -( / --'\-' f'JATIONAL TRUST '.] F L\UST�ALJA (VICTORiA) Nome: Listing Status .:::L\SSif'IED MunicipC!lity: CIT'.: :JATI Ot�AL ':':::US� '. :JST?_:-... �: .:. ' 3EEC:-;;,:ORTI� :.·7'.i3.;\. �:��SE?'l . .;:-::_':: �eecnworth is a oiccuresoue �ineteent� cencury �ro�inci3l town. It is a well ?reserved example of Govern�enc 3nd private juilding, �hie� resulted from t�e cown's 1�porcant historical role as the administrative and commercial centre of Victoria's north-eastern goldfields. 3eechworc� �as once significant for its position on an earl�· overl.:nd :'.":)'..JCe ::::oli1 �elbourne to Sydney. �he town is located aym�achecicall; :J :�e =�pogra;��-, :� sn 3rea of considerable landsca?e interesc. Sec ��102c :Jresced, undulating country, chere remain �any :elics c: :�e �inin9 era 1n and about Beechworth. It is � rich f�eld :or !nduscrial archaeology. There are within the cown a large number of historical and architecturally significant buildings. These display a quality of form, and richness of material and detail, which �ake Oeechworth one of the most significant of Australia's goldfield towns. Of particular interest is the common usage 0£ local granite in construction. Its honey colour impar�s a quality distinctive to Beechworth. The highlights of Beechworth are the grid of �ide screecs flanked with granite kerbing; t�e streetsca?es =E consider3ole 1ncegrity �1th groups of homogeneous �uildings sec cff �! �acure elms and ot�er exotic trees; and tne remnants of �istoric �1c:orian gaLdens. About the town there are many examples of nineteenth century street furniture, signs and fences. Beecnwort�'s historical wealth is of national significance. DESCRIPTION: The Beechworth urban conservation area includes �ost of urban Beechworth, the May Day Hills Hospital, the Beecnwort� Cemetery and the Gorge Road and environs. The boundary of t�e conservation area is in part defined oy topographic features, �art:cularly in the west and north. �he urban conservacion �rea :3 defined on the accompanying map. At an elevation of 550 �etres, the township of BeEc�worth 1s located on gently undulating ground amidst timbered �:lls. The country :o the north o:= :'.le townshi? c::nd ;:J the .·:es: .:alon9 Spring :reeK, iS au1te hill·.1 .::nci ;1eavilv tir:mered. -:'he .:.:::e2: ;:� :he south of t�e urban c;nservation �rea is undulatl�? .::�d ::ghtly ' . timbered. ::;.eo, ..:-amieson, :-:oocis ::::1:-:s:., ::.no ·_·5rr.=wons2.. - ::-:e ::..:..s·::t.:-ic telegraph c:mnec:::e-j 3eecnwort:-: s.:ici :·'.elcc.Jr:-:e. :. :1ci �:-:e cown was prosper1ns ::-om its si�uat1on en r.:-:e �=lD .: ·J er- �3nci route from Melbourne, :hrough Albury ::o Sjciney. I� recognition of the ::::wn's 1mportant ::.cimin1s::r::.c:�e :::le, =ontracts were let i� 1S57 for t�e construc::1::n �� ::. numoer of i�portant public ou1ldings. As a result, :he �eat�erooarci Government Offices �ere repl�ced by a complex ::f �:ne stone �uildings which remain ��tact to this dav. The ==�?lex 1� :::ludes the Police Buildings, the former Sub-Treasur� ::.nd Gold Office, the former £lectric Telegraph Office 2.nd ::�e Court House, all fronting Ford Street and buil� of locallv quarried granite between 1857 and 1860. Other notable buildings which date from this era include the �lethodist Church (1856-.37), the original Ovens District. Hospital I 1856-64) of which only the facade remains, the Pres�yterian Church (1857-58), the 3ank of New South iiales ( 1858), the Church of England ( 1858-6.;), the Masonic Temple (c. 1359), the ::;aol : 1859-60) and the Old London Tavern ( 1859-6]). 3v 1860, :ess than a decade after �ts establishment., 3eechwort:-: �ad achieved a sense of per�anence. Development was to set a slower ?�Ce in the following decade, although the completion of the Ovens and �urray Home (originally the Ovens Benevolent Asylum) and the Mental Hospital - for which the rival but smaller town of Wangaratta had competed - brought assured income for local business and storekeepers. In November 1861, the Beechworth Cemetery was gazetted a public cemetery, although public burials had been conducted on the site prior to this. The first to be interred were those that had been previously buried in the graveyard on Asylum Hill and on land later to be occupied by the Congregational Church. Graves in the cemetery were arranged according to religious denomination, �it.� the Chinese occupying a large section to the nortj. Despite a decline in �ining in the 1870's the decade saw the reticulation of water to the town from Lake Ker ford ( 1874); the completion of the new State School (1875); the building of the Newtown Bridge and a gas works (1875); and the railway connection of Beechworth with Wangaratta and Melbourne in 1876. However, the Picturesque Atlas of Australia of 1888 summed up the future for the town:- "The 'good old times' are gone. Mining now - sluicing and quartz reefing - carried on with the usual difficulty and usual varying success ..• Beechworth was born of the Ovens rush about thirty-five years ago and calls itself a mining town still; but it has ceased to rely U?On its gold yield for its ?rosperity and its good name. Its strong points now are its important Government institutions, its virtues as a sanatorium - known even 1n England, whence consumptive patients have been sent to its dry and bracing air - and its attractions a5·a centre of beauti:ul scenery easily accessible i:rom t-\elbourne". ?urc�er �long rorci �treec. �etwee� ���? ]�a :: ...1::��s _:reec, 1s t:-ie fine complex of Government. .:jm1:1 ... z:::-2t1•/e :.:u1l.::1r.gs. This complex which includes �:-i� ��ur= �ouse, �armer :elearaoh Office and Sub-Treasur� 3nd G0ld Office, �as :::;u1lt �� :�� ?�blic �orKs Department. The ?.�.D. Jseci :je :�c3l, �oney-�aloured �ran1te which may be fcund �� many �:her :�1ldings .::-ici 5:ructures (including stone �eroing �nd c�2nnellin�J �nd i�parc3 2 8is cinct1ve, local quality ca t:-ie ��arscter -� ��e :own. 7he .,·1sta to the north 3long �:,re �treet. __ ?:,rtl·:" ::lased :::;·; the massive western wall of t�e Beechwor:� Gaol, ::ompleced 1n 1860. A quarry within the Gaol was for �any years tne source of road �etal, broKen up by �risen labour. �t the souc.hern end of Ford Street, the Church of England, also buil: �f local , -;- granite, is a significant landmark. ;. Away :rom Ford Street, the tree-lined streets contai� a variety '. of nineteenth century dwellings, which range �rom the cimoer cottages of miners, through to the substanti3l two-scorey �remises of the more wealthv. Thus �eechworth contains �anv ;otable buildings of historlcal and/or �rc�itect�ral E1gn1f: icance. The cemetery is of particular design and horticultural int.erest. The iron entrance gates are set in granite posts and were erected in 1888. A Turkish style ornamental fountain was installed within the cemetery in 1900. The cemetery contains over 100 ?lant species, both native and exotic. Much of the cemecery's perimeter is lined with a hawthorn hedge. Of particular interest are the hundreds of headstones inscribed with Chinese characters and which delineate the C�inese section . of the cemetery. The two ceremonial burning towers and the Chinese altar also contribute to the importance of the cemetery . I· The cemetery was considered by the National Estate Study, Cemeteries of Victoria, to be one o� �he S�ate's �ost �1gnificant. The character of Beechworth is therefore, �mong other things a function of its picturesque setting; its gently undulating topography; its broad, treelined streets; its interesting old parks and gardens and its considerable number of historic and architecturally important buildings which either individually, or collectively as streetscapes, contribute to the national significance of this goldfields town.