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Level of Significance

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  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

?yrs

Trees

14

Diameter

0.6m

Height - 12m

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Details

Common name
Valonia Oak
Botanical name
Quercus macrolepis
Type
Stand
Condition
Dead
Municipality
Mount Alexander (VIC)
Location
State Primary School, Winter'S Flat, Castlemaine VIC 3450
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Event (Historic)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
  • Unusual (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
23 Aug 2010
Date of classification
18 Jul 1991

Statement of Significance

These tree are the first specimens imported into Australia.In June 1879, Mr George Cunnack, a tanner from Castlemaine, had two Wardian cases made up in London and sent to Smyrna, Turkey, where acorns and 20 rooted plants were collected and sent to Australia. The 14 trees at WInter's Flat,are on the original site of Cunnac's Tannery and are from that original collection. The cups of the Valonia Oak contain substances used for hardening leather and tannic acid used in the tanning process.