Canoe Tree Queen's Park, Newtown

Queens Park, NEWTOWN VIC 3220 - Property No 204221

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A Listed - State Significance

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - GRC - HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENTATION SHEET NO. 347

The Canoe Tree in Queens park is witness to the presence of aboriginal communities in the Geelong Region prior to European Settlement.

The bark scar, in the shape of an elongated dish, marks the removal of sound bark to fabricate a crude canoe

The site is of permanent archaeological significance.

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Geelong Regional Commission Register

REFERENCES

This site should be the subject of an archaeological investigation and report by the Victoria Archaeological Society.

No research into the date or origins of this site has been undertaken.

See: W. R. Lang, 'Geelong Monuments and Plaques' - No 25, Geelong Historic Records Centre.

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