This former arboretum was located near Unwin Place in the suburb of Weston. The gross area was about 10 ha. Approximately 100 species of eucalyptus were planted here in 1980. The arboretum was laid out in eight parallel blocks running the length of the arboretum in a north-south direction. Seed was probably obtained from CSIRO Forest Research’s Australian Tree Seed Centre but the seed identification numbers are unknown.
An assessment by FACTA (unpublished) in 1992 indicated that about 93 species had survived. The 2003 bushfires damaged or killed many trees, and subsequent natural regeneration makes identification of some of the original plantings quite difficult. In 2007 there were about 67 plots with one or more of the original trees surviving.
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