Yarra Ranges

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Aboriginal canoe tree, Mount Mary Vineyard

Location

22-24 Coldstream West Road, Coldstream VIC 3770 - Property No 1860, 1861

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Statement of Significance

An easily recognisable canoe tree; one of only three known Aboriginal sites in the region with existing physical evidence. (Tansley, 1978)

Description

An old yellow box tree with a large scar resulting from the removal of its bark, long ago, by Aborigines for the purpose of making a canoe. It stands in an open paddock overlooking an old swamp, now drained as pasture (Tansley, 1978)

The tree is healthy but the scar, now 8 feet by 2 feet, is in bad condition. The wood is rotting and the tree has grown over its perimeter. (Tansley, 1978)


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