No State heritage listing for Thornlie tree
17 February 2010
The Heritage Council of WA has determined that a Thornlie Yellow Box tree is not of State cultural significance and will not be entered on the State Register of Heritage Places.
The tree, located on the verge of 100 Hume Road, Thornlie is at the centre of a protest by a local resident about its planned removal by the City of Gosnells.
Heritage Council Executive Director Graeme Gammie said the State Register was reserved for places of significant cultural value to the State.
Following a preliminary review, both the Heritage Council’s Register Committee and the full board of the Heritage Council determined that the tree was unlikely to cross the threshold for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places and a full assessment was not warranted. Accordingly, the nomination will not be progressed for entry into the State Register.
Mr Gammie said the Heritage Council expedited this matter because of the interest shown by the community.
“The removal of trees in both the public and private domain is often an emotive issue, and is periodically of great community concern. However, these concerns most often relate to issues of local amenity and local cultural significance as is the case with the Thornlie tree,” he said.
Mr Gammie said the native Yellow Box was not rare as a verge tree in Australia and was one of a variety of trees planted along Hume Road.
There is currently no evidence that the street tree planting in Hume Road is characteristic of Thornlie, or Gosnells as a whole.
“In contrast, the avenue of fig trees in Dongara were placed on the State Register because they are a rare example of this species being planted in WA as an avenue arrangement and have made a significant contribution to the town’s sense of place since 1906,” Mr Gammie said.
There are only three individually listed trees or groups of trees on the State Register including the Proclamation Tree in Fremantle which was planted in 1890 to commemorate the granting of responsible government to WA. A number of other trees are also included on the State Register because they form part of a significant place or precinct.
The tree, located on the verge of 100 Hume Road, Thornlie is at the centre of a protest by a local resident about its planned removal by the City of Gosnells.
Heritage Council Executive Director Graeme Gammie said the State Register was reserved for places of significant cultural value to the State.
Following a preliminary review, both the Heritage Council’s Register Committee and the full board of the Heritage Council determined that the tree was unlikely to cross the threshold for entry into the State Register of Heritage Places and a full assessment was not warranted. Accordingly, the nomination will not be progressed for entry into the State Register.
Mr Gammie said the Heritage Council expedited this matter because of the interest shown by the community.
“The removal of trees in both the public and private domain is often an emotive issue, and is periodically of great community concern. However, these concerns most often relate to issues of local amenity and local cultural significance as is the case with the Thornlie tree,” he said.
Mr Gammie said the native Yellow Box was not rare as a verge tree in Australia and was one of a variety of trees planted along Hume Road.
There is currently no evidence that the street tree planting in Hume Road is characteristic of Thornlie, or Gosnells as a whole.
“In contrast, the avenue of fig trees in Dongara were placed on the State Register because they are a rare example of this species being planted in WA as an avenue arrangement and have made a significant contribution to the town’s sense of place since 1906,” Mr Gammie said.
There are only three individually listed trees or groups of trees on the State Register including the Proclamation Tree in Fremantle which was planted in 1890 to commemorate the granting of responsible government to WA. A number of other trees are also included on the State Register because they form part of a significant place or precinct.
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