The Old Gum Tree

The Old Gum Tree
Plaque from 1857 celebrating the 21st anniversary of Proclamation Day at the site
Postage stamp, Australia, 1936

The Old Gum Tree is a historic site in Glenelg North, Australia. Near this tree on 28 December 1836, the British governor John Hindmarsh delivered the proclamation creating the colony of South Australia. A ceremony is held each year at the site on Proclamation Day, with the current Governor reading out Hindmarsh's original speech.[1]

The tree itself, probably a red gum, had died by 1907.[2] Its decayed outer surface was encased in concrete in 1963.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ City of Holdfast Bay: "Proclamation Day and the Old Gum Tree". Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "THE OLD GUM TREE". Observer. LXIV, (3, 412). South Australia. 23 February 1907. p. 44. Retrieved 28 September 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2007.

Further reading

  • "Glenelg - Old Gum Tree". The Manning Index of South Australian History. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
  • "Old Gum Tree Reserve". City of Holdfast Bay - days at the bay. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

Coordinates: 34°58′13.42″S 138°31′14.21″E / 34.9703944°S 138.5206139°E / -34.9703944; 138.5206139

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