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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

59yrs

Trees

25

Diameter

?m

Height - 42m

Details

Common name
American Redwood
Botanical name
Sequoia sempervirens
Other name
Sequoia Avenue of Remembrance
Type
Scar Tree
Condition
Good
Municipality
Mitcham (SA)
Location
Close To Eastern Boundary Of Belair Np, On Southern Bank Of Minno Creek. Access Is Difficult Through Scrub From Cherry Plantation Road: Access Track Along Creek Is Totally Blocked By Feral Vegetation. Upper Sturt Road Belair SA 5052
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Outstanding species (Scientific)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Contemporary association (Social)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
  • Commemorative (Historic)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of germination
01 Jan 1966
Date of classification
07 Mar 2005

Statement of Significance

The avenue is a World War II mermorial planted in 1966 after bushfire destroyed the area in 1955. It was the last exotic mass planting in Belair National Park.