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Friday, 24 May 2013

Kojonup, WA, Sept 12


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The plaque has the inscription:

 This tree was mounted on this site as a tribute to the 8 Aborigines who on 28 February 1837 directed Surveyor Alfred Hillman and party to a nearby fresh water spring which they called Kojonup.
It demonstrates an Aboriginal method of climbing a tree by means of notches cut into the trunk for each step. The intention being in this case to raid a beehive built in the hollow above.

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