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Level of Significance

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  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

152yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

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Height - ?m

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Details

Common name
Cypress Pine
Botanical name
Callitris cupressiformis
Other name
Robber's Tree
Type
Specimen
Condition
Good
Municipality
Paroo Shire (QLD)
Location
Stockyard Street Cunnamulla QLD 4490
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Other social (Social)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)

Statement of Significance

This tree is of state significance as it is an important landmark that commemorates an occasion.

Notes

In 1880, during a period of consolidation for Cunamulla, a station hand called Joseph Wells, attempted to rob the Queensland National Bank there at gunpoint. Following a series of mishaps, the robber was chased into the bush and may have escaped had it not been for a sheepdog which had followed him and sat barking under this tree where he had taken refuge. He was found guilty of armed robbery with wounding and became the last man in Queensland to be executed for that offence. One of his supporters, Arthur Rutledge MLA, on becoming Attorney General (November 1883 to June 1888), legislated to have armed robbery removed from the list of capital offences in Queensland. The tree has subsequently become associated with the robbers story and its outcome and is a feature of interest to tourists. (Queensland Heritage Register)