Norfolk Island Pine Trees, Rankin Garden

Author

City of Subiaco

Place Number

04388

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Location

Rokeby Rd Subiaco

Location Details

Group of 9 trees partially intersects with the Subiaco Fallen Soldiers' Memorial curtilage.

Local Government

Subiaco

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1899

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
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Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Classified by the National Trust	Classified {Trees}				Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Nominated	09 Aug 1988			Heritage Council
Register of the National Estate	Indicative Place				Heritage Council
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	24 Sep 2002	Trees	Trees Obtain an arboricultural report and implement recommendations for conservation and ongoing management.

Statement of Significance

The trees have aesthetic and historic value as a group of mature Norfolk Island Pine Trees located in Subiaco, remnants of the original Municipal Gardens established in 1899.

History

Planted 1899, remnant features of the original Municipal Gardens.
The civic square is in the heart of Subiaco, bounded by Rokeby, Hamersley, Hensman and Bagot Roads. The eastern portion of the civic square has been used for civic purposes since 1899 when the first council chambers was built next to the original post office and library on the corner of Bagot and Rokeby Roads. It also housed the Literary Institute. Sir John Forrest opened the Council Chambers on 3.11.1900. The space was soon inadequate and a foundation stone was laid in 1909 for a larger chambers and hall next to it. The old chambers became the Mechanics' Institute. The present Council Chambers was built in 1968 and the 1909 chambers was demolished in 1971. The present library was built in 1970. The civic area also contains the primary school (1897), the Uniting Church, the City Hall (1957), and is marked by the War Memorial clock tower on the corner, built in 1922, and the Norfolk Pines planted in 1899 for the original Municipal gardens.
(Ref: Spillman, Ken, Identity Prized: A History of Subiaco, City of Subiaco, UWA Press, 1985, pp. 121-2, 305-7.)

State Heritage Office library entries

Library Id	Title	Medium	Year Of Publication
6607	Register of significant trees as at June 1988.	Report	1988

Place Type

Tree

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	OTHER	Other
Present Use	OTHER	Other

Creation Date

21 Aug 1995

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Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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