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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

?yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

1m

Height - 28m

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Details

Common name
Giant Redwood
Botanical name
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Other name
The Big Tree
Type
Other
Condition
Good
Municipality
Mitcham (SA)
Location
Approx 400M W Of Long Gully Kiosk, Belair Recreation Park, Belair Belair SA 5052
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Horicultural/Genetic (Scientific)
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Landmark (Social)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)

Statement of Significance

This is one of the finest specimens of this species in South Australia. It stands as a testament to Samuel Dixon, Chairman of the Planting Committee and a foundation member of the Board of Commissioners of the National Park, Belair. He travelled to the Brisbane Garden in about 1904 especially to collect through J.F. Bailey the Director there, the seeds of many shade trees to plant in the Park and elsewhere in South Australia.