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The Old Gum Tree (also known as The Proclamation Tree) is a historic site in Glenelg North, South Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation announcing the establishment of Government of the colony of South Australia .
The southern part of the settlement was occupied first and was originally known as Lone Gum after a prominent local landmark, a River Red Gum tree (Eucalyptus camaldulensis). The tree still stands today, although it was nearly destroyed in a fire caused by a local land owner. The tree's image is used on the Monash Primary School emblem.
Location in South Australia Spirit of endurance or 'The Cazneaux Tree', 1937 Cazneaux Tree in 2013 Interpretive sign for the Cazneaux Tree, in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park The Cazneaux Tree , also known as Cazneaux's Tree , is a Eucalyptus camaldulensis or river red gum that was made famous by the photographer Harold Cazneaux .
In one a tooth evulsion is taking place while under a tree a group of men are gathered around a fire sharing a clay pipe. [4] James Gleeson , who attributed this painting to Captain James Wallis of the 46th Regiment, interpreted the scene by the large gum tree to the right as a woman being beaten for intruding on an all-male ceremony.
In 2008 the manifesto was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Australian Register and in 2009, the document was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World International Register. [ 8 ] Because the area beneath the Tree of Knowledge was the scene of actions and decisions which had a profound effect on the future of labour and politics in Australia ...
A large mountain blue gum tree measuring 65 metres (213 ft) high with a trunk 6 metres (20 ft) in circumference grows in the Blue Gum Forest. Being over 600 years old, it is a local landmark for bushwalkers. [4] Because of the effects of trampling, camping is permitted at nearby Acacia Flat, not in the Blue Gum Forest itself. [5]
Gum tree is the common name of several trees and plants: Eucalypteae, particularly: Eucalyptus, which includes the majority of species of gum trees; Corymbia, which includes the ghost gums and spotted gums; Angophora, which includes Angophora costata Sydney red gum; Nyssa sylvatica, common names include blackgum, sour gum
Eucalyptus viminalis, commonly known as the manna gum, white gum or ribbon gum, [3] is a species of small to very tall tree that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has smooth bark, sometimes with rough bark near the base, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and cup-shaped or hemispherical fruit.