Tree of Knowledge (Australia) | |
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Location | Oak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia |
Coordinates | 23°33′08″S 145°17′23″E / 23.5523°S 145.2897°E |
Design period | 1870s–1890s (late 19th century) |
Built | 1891–1891 |
Official name | Tree of Knowledge |
Type | state heritage (landscape) |
Designated | 21 October 1992 |
Reference no. | 600021 |
Significant period | 1891 (historical) |
Significant components | memorial – plaque, flagpole/flagstaff, memorial/monument |
The Tree of Knowledge was a heritage-listed tree in Oak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, that was poisoned and killed in 2006. It was a 200-year-old Corymbia aparrerinja ghost gum.[1] It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.[2]
The town was the headquarters of the 1891 Australian shearers' strike and the tree was the site of the 1892 reading of the Labour Party manifesto leading to the formation of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).[3]