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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age (approx)

150yrs

Trees

3

Diameter

2m

Height - 17m

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Details

Common name
Moreton Bay Fig
Botanical name
Ficus marophylla
Other name
Tasman Terrace Moreton Bays
Type
Avenue
Condition
Excellent
Municipality
Port Lincoln (SA)
Location
On Seafront Opposite No. 10 Tasman Tce West 10 Tasman Tce West Port Lincoln SA 5606
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Outstanding species (Scientific)
  • Other scientific (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Landmark (Social)
  • Park/Garden/Town (Historic)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
30 Mar 2014
Date of classification
28 Jun 1990

Statement of Significance

The Mayor of Manly (N.S.W.) drew attention to the beauty of these trees several years ago, when addressing a tourism meeting as a guest speaker. He stated that such trees should be preserved. His utterance appeared in the local Port Lincoln Times paper. A local landmark of the Pt Lincoln foreshore. Asssociated with the early pioneer Henry Holroyd, a Special Magistrate and Inspector of Mounted Police on Eyre Peninsula in The 1860's and Pt Lincoln's first Road Board Chairman in 1870.