Two eucalyptus trees with significant value to Canberra's Indigenous community have been wrongly cut down.
Two eucalyptus trees with significant value to Canberra's Indigenous community have been"wrongly" cut down, according to Government documents.Contractors removed two scarred trees in Canberra's south in errorThe two trees in the suburb of Wanniassa both bore deep scarring from where canoes had likely been carved hundreds of years ago.
One of the trees has been relocated, but the second — affectionately known by locals as the Spook Tree — has been destroyed. "Scar trees are done by our ancestors, but also there are stories behind them, a spiritual connection," Ngunnawal elder and traditional custodian Tyronne Bell, who runs cultural tours of scar trees around the ACT, said.Trees removed, turned to mulchAccess Canberra investigated the"destruction" of the Spook Tree, which was cut down and mulched in April 2017, ultimately finding it had been mistakenly removed as part of a larger tree removal program.
"The contractor undertaking the clearance had sought advice from the Conservator of Flora and Fauna, in line with standard process prior to removing any trees, and it was identified as a tree not to be removed," Ian Walker from Access Canberra said. "Unfortunately an error by the contractor saw the tree wrongly removed … the contractor notified the ACT Government straight away and expressed their regrets."
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