Walker/Landsborough Coolibah tree - Hughenden, Qld. Australia
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S 20° 50.730 E 144° 12.300
55K E 209134 N 7692425
An historic blazed tree
Waymark Code: WM137HJ
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 10/04/2020
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The Walker/Landsborough Tree, a coolabah (Eucalyptus Mycrotheca), was blazed by Frederick Walker, leader of the Burke Relief Expedition into the Queensland interior. Walker's journal notes passing the present site of Hughenden on 23 October 1861. William Landsborough also blazed this same tree in March 1862. Landsborough led the Burke Relief Expedtion from the Gulf of Carpentaria south to the Flinders River just east of Hughenden before continuing south to Melbourne.
Historic Event:
Blazed by two expedition leaders searching for Burke and Wills
Year: 1861 , 1862
Species: Coolabah (Eucalyptus Mycrotheca
Approximate Age: 250
Location: Hughenden
Website: Not listed
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