Majestic Gum Tree

By Mick Roberts on July 4, 2016 • ( 0 )

This magnificent eucalypt in the Mount Barker District

is doomed to destruction, the tree having been sold

to be cut up into staves for beer barrels.

–Observer (Adelaide) Saturday 11 January 1919

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