Park Lake
Botanic Gardens
Creswick
Park Lake Botanic Gardens Creswick |
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Historical
Maps |
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Plan of Police
Paddock, Creswick prior to 1860 (undated), showing original course of the
creek prior to the formation of the lake. Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Map of the township
of Creswick, dated 11 August 1859. The "Commissioner's Camp",
which became the gardens, is shown at the top (note the original course
of the creek). Name of R. Shepherd appears.Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Diagram, dated
10 August 1860, showing the proposed site for the Botanical Gardens, Creswick.
T. McLaughlin was the draughtsman. This
is perhaps the map that was submitted to the Government requesting the formal
reservation of the land as a botanical gardens. Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Close-up of the inset from the above map. | |
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Proposed Muinicipal
Reserve for Botanic Garden. Original map surveyed by John Carruthers in
1860 and photo-lithographed by J. W. Osbourne at the Department of Lands & Survey, Melbourne 9 Jan 1861. Hand amendments show locations of buildings
around the house. The house and "triangle" area is annotated as
"Proposed Police Reserve ( ? text unclear)", whereas the NE end
is annotated as "Proposed Municipal ( ? text unclear) Reserve for Bot.
Garden"..Photocopy of map in Reserve File
0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department of Sustainability and
Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Map showing area
of original government camp, subject to claim by Warden Dowling. Date 7
December 1863.Photocopy of map in Reserve File
0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department of Sustainability and
Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Plan of Botanical
Reserve around 1864, showing house and grounds subject to claim by Warden
Dowling. Name of Hugh Frasor appears. Several similar maps from the same
period appear in the files (see next two maps).Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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See previous map. | |
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See two maps above. | |
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Plan submitted
by Warden Dowling in support of his claim for compensation for being removed
from the house. His notes are shown in the margins, along with his signature.
The date 18 February 1868 appears in the annotation. Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Town map, showing
Public Gardens Reserve. Photo-lithographed at the Department of Lands and
Survey, Melbourne, by J. Noone, 20 January 1887 Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Planting
plan produced by George Perrin, Conservator of Forests, in 1888. The original
is in the possession of the Creswick Historical Museum. This plan was
never fully implemented, while other additions (such as a fernery) were
made. |
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Addition to Botanical
Reserve, Creswick. Shows strip added along the Castlemaine road (current
allotment 17). Certified 28 June 1889.Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Map of Creswick
Plantation Areas, dated 1925. Park Lake Reserve (marked simply as "Gardens",
between the words "TOWNSHIP OF" and "CRESWICK") is shown
in the centre north of the town. Prepared by A. D. Hardy & F. W. Johnson.
In Creswick File, Heritage Section, Department of Sustainability
and Environment, Nicholson Street, Melbourne. |
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Plan of Survey
of Part of Public Garden Reserve, showing the area to be excised for strightening
the Castlemaine road. Prepared by Culliver & Sim, Melbourne. Undated,
but sketch map dated 31 March 1958.Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Township of Creswick
map, showing the gardens as allotment numbers 15-17. No date shown.
Photocopy of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number
06988, held by Department of Sustainability and Environment, State Government
Offices, Ballarat. |
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Contour map of the
western end of Park Lake Reserve, Creswick. Prepared in February 1986 at
the request of Kevin Tolhurst. Shows original paths still visible on the
escarpment, as well as locations of Fernery and waterfall. |
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Cadastral map dated
11 September 1997, prepared by the Office of Geographic Data Coordination.
Photocopy of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number
06988, held by Department of Sustainability and Environment, State Government
Offices, Ballarat. |
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Plan of the reserve,
from "Park Lake Reserve Creswick draft Management Plan 1999",
an unpublished project by students of the School of Forestry, Creswick.
Copied from the original in the School of Forestry (Creswick)
Ltd, coutesy of P. Shepherd. |
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Department of Natural
Resources and Environment GIS map dated 14 February 2002. Photocopy
of map in Reserve File 0505932, Reserve Number 06988, held by Department
of Sustainability and Environment, State Government Offices, Ballarat. |
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Hepburn Shire GIS
map. Undated, but attached to a town planning application dated 13 February
2002. Photocopy of map in Reserve File 0505932,
Reserve Number 06988, held by Department of Sustainability and Environment,
State Government Offices, Ballarat. |