| House | $547,700  |
| Unit | $397,500  |
| Land | $458,300 |
Surrounding suburbs
| Bendigo | $729,100  |
| East Bendigo | $595,000 |
| Jackass Flat | $551,600 |
| Kennington | $660,600 |
| North Bendigo | $492,000 |
| House | $445 |
| Unit | $314 |
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| Registered as Victorian heritage |
| Last updated on - November 14, 1996 What is significant? A Reserve for a Botanic Garden is shown on an 1854 plan of the township of White Hills. The garden was formed around the Bendigo Creek which was later straightened to form an ornamental lake. By 1869, 266 trees had been planted, including 180 Blue Gums. In May 1870 a total of 1857 plants were recorded and another 1117 plants were ready for planting. The planting included 600 Blue Gums, 292 Pinus halepensis and 40 P. radiata. Plants had been received from Ferdinand von Mueller of the Melbourne Botanic Gardens including 20 sultana cuttings in 1871. By 1872 the gardens included a hothouse, rotunda, 200 roses, and a zoo with monkeys, koalas and birds. In 1882 there was a good collection of trees and shrubs representing the flora of every country and it was a popular place for picnics. A pavilion was built in c1910 and in 1925 an Arch of Triumph was erected at the main entrance as a memorial to those who served in the First World War. Today there is a fine collection of trees and shrubs, flower beds, animal enclosures and aviaries. How is it significant? The White Hills Botanic Gardens are of historical, architectural, scientific (botanical), aesthetic and social significance to the State of Victoria. Why is it significant? The gardens are of historical significance as one of Victoria's earliest regional botanic garden reserves. First shown on a plan of 1854, a date that coincides with legislation that allowed for municipal Councils to make bylaws for the establishment of botanic gardens. The reserve was gazetted in 1857, along with other botanic gardens at Ballarat, Malmsbury and Hamilton. Earlier Gardens had been established at Melbourne (1846), Geelong and Portland (1851) and Williamstown 1856. The Gardens are of historical significance as one of only two in Victoria (the other being the Hamilton Botanic Gardens) that still retain animal exhibits related to the acclimatization movement established in the nineteenth century. The 1925 Arch of Triumph is of historical and architectural significance as a rare example of this building type in Victoria. The only other arches, all First World War memorials and of different designs, occur at Ballarat (1920), Murtoa (1921) and Mansfield (c1923). The Arch of Triumph is a Mannerist design with massive rusticated voussoirs and decorated with wreaths. The Arch incorporates a list of servicemen on two metal plates. The gardens are of aesthetic significance, forming a picturesque landscape around a central lake planted with remnant River Red Gums and exotic trees. The mature conifer planting along the western boundary comprising of Pinus pinea, P. radiata, P. halepensis and individually significant P. torreyana and P. roxburghii, both rare in cultivation, is an important and prominent landscape planting. The land |
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