Tree Section - Marked by Explorer Landsborough
Production date
26 Apr 1862
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Description
On loan from the Royal Historical Society of Queensland.
Length of tree trunk, carved, ascribed to Landsborough, 1862. Large, very clear blaze with inscription carved in heartwood in blaze.
Length of tree trunk, carved, ascribed to Landsborough, 1862. Large, very clear blaze with inscription carved in heartwood in blaze.
Classification
EXPLORATION Terrestrial tree section
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Production date
26 Apr 1862
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Measurements
L400 x W440 x H1580 mm
Media/Materials description
Indeterminate Hardwood (Woods)
Signature/Marks
. + Q \ EXPN.\ <up arrow> \ L \ C.5- \ AP(?) \ 1862
History and use
In 1862, the explorer William Landsborough and his team travelled in search of a practical livestock route from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the the Warrego River, near Cunnamulla. This tree section is believed to be one of the many that Landsborough blazed to mark this route. It comes from Terrick Terrick Station, Blackall. While the markings are unclear, the blaze has been dated 26th April 1862.
Landsborough's route paved the way for extensive non-Indigenous pastoral activity and settlement in western and north-western Queensland from the 1860s.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Landsborough's route paved the way for extensive non-Indigenous pastoral activity and settlement in western and north-western Queensland from the 1860s.
Uploaded to the Web 27 May 2011.
Registration number
H8333
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