Landsborough Tree
Historic site in Queensland, Australia
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Landsborough Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 August 1992.[1]
| Landsborough Tree | |
|---|---|
Landsborough Tree (before it was burned down) | |
| Location | Burketown, Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia |
| Coordinates | 17.7391°S 139.5648°E |
| Official name | Landsborough Tree |
| Type | state heritage (landscape) |
| Designated | 21 August 1992 |
| Reference no. | 600374 |
| Significant period | 1862–2002 |
  Location of Landsborough Tree in Queensland  Landsborough Tree (Australia) | |
History
The Landsborough Tree marks the site by the Albert River where explorer William Landsborough established a depot camp while searching for the missing Burke and Wills expedition in 1862.[2] He buried supplies near the eucalypt tree in case the explorers should come up upon it; he carved the word "Dig" into the tree.[3]
The brig Firefly used in the search was abandoned nearby on the riverbank.[2]
In December 2002, vandals set the tree alight, causing the trunk to fall over.[3] In 2007, it was described as "nothing but a small charred stump", but by June 2009 there was a sapling "replanted" alongside the dead tree to replace it.[4]
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