Level of Significance
- File
- Local
- Regional
- State
- National
Age
?yrsTrees
0Diameter
1mHeight - 21m
Details
Common name
Bogong Gum
Botanical name
Eucalyptus chapmaniana
Type
Specimen
Condition
Good
Municipality
Alpine (VIC)
Location
Falls Creek, Falls Creek VIC 3699
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
- Outstanding size (Scientific)
- Other scientific (Scientific)
- Location/Context (Social)
- Landscape (Social)
- Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
- Attractive (Aesthetic)
- Species/Location (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
05 Dec 1995
Date of classification
14 Dec 1995
Statement of Significance
The type tree from which the species was first described. Identified by the late Brigadier W Chapman MCE, Commissioner of the SEC of Victoria from 1944 to 1955. The tree is located halfway between Mount Beauty and Falls Creek. <BR><BR>Fire damaged in 2003 Alpine fires, reported July 2009. Reported removed January 2011.