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Canoe Tree Memorial

Other Name

Gandolfo Gardens

Location

2 & 2A STATION STREET, COBURG, MORELAND CITY

Level

Incl in HO area contributory

Statement of Significance

Memorial situated within Gandolfo Gardens, adjacent to Moreland RailwayStation. The memorial is in the form of part of a trunk of a tree, cast in cement, surrounded by a bench seat. The plaque on the top of thememorial commemorates the removal of a 'canoe' tree and bears the following inscription:

This plaque is to record that on this site stood a stately old gum tree. Local residents claim that an Aboriginal canoe was cut from its trunk. Because it became dangerous it was removed on 9.4.1968.

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