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Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge Festival Back. Annual long weekend celebration of entertainment and events delivered to you with Outback Queensland's ever cherished country hospitality Date 2nd May 2024 - 6th May 2024 Every day Location Barcaldine Cost Depending on events Time 08:00 - 22:00.
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Email. [email protected]. Phone. +61 74651 1724. The historic Tree of Knowledge is famous for being the birthplace of the Australian Labour movement. The tree was poisoned in 2006, preserved and placed under an award-winning timber structure. It is now a place of inspiration, reflection and celebration.
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Many visitors use Barcaldine as a base from which to explore central west Queensland. The extensive range of accommodation and shopping facilities make Barcaldine a relaxing place to stay, recover and explore.. Barcaldine is home to the Tree of Knowledge, the reputed birthplace of the labour movement in Australia. The Tree - a ghost gum.
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The Tree of Knowledge was a eucalyptus papuna (Ghost Gum) which grew outside the Railway Station on Oak Street Barcaldine, until May 2006 when it was poisoned by an unknown culprit; from which it sadly did not recover. The Tree of Knowledge grew in this position for an estimated 200 years and earned its place in history, as the headquarters of.
Tree of Knowledge, Barcaldine, Western Queensland, Australia Stock Photo Alamy
The Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine (Western Queensland) was the shaded point of the great shearer's strikes of the late 1800s, as well as the site of the first ever reading of the Labor Party Manifesto. It is a heritage place of national significance. The formation of the Australian Labor Party (and the National Party), the first Labor.
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The Tree of Knowledge is a ghost gum located in front of the railway station at Barcaldine, under which the workers of the 1891 Shearer's Strike met. An icon of the Labor Party and Trades Unions, it symbolises the foundation of the organised representation of labour in Queensland. Barcaldine sprang up in 1886 as the terminus of the Central Railway.
Barcaldine QLD 'Tree of Knowledge' commemorating the birthplace of the Queensland Labour Party
In 2009, the preserved remains of the Tree were returned to Barcaldine and (re)placed in the original spot on site as the centrepiece of the new Tree of Knowledge Memorial. The opening of the Tree of Knowledge Memorial by the then-Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, was a large event attended by many current and past residents as well as.
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In 1891 Barcaldine was the centre for the striking shearers during the "Great Shearers Strike" when they met under its boughs. In May 1891, about 3000 striking shearers marched under the "Eureka" flag to put forward their protests against poor working conditions and low wages. Because the area beneath the Tree of Knowledge was the scene.
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You may already know that one of Barcaldine's most famous residents is a tree. But not just any old tree - the Tree of Knowledge was a towering 200-year-old ghost gum that marked the site of the historic 1891 shearers' strike - and later in 1892, the spot where the Labor Party in Queensland was formed. And although it was mysteriously poisoned in 2006, today its preserved trunk and.
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The Tree of Knowledge was a heritage-listed tree in Oak Street, Barcaldine, Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia, that was poisoned and killed in 2006. It was a 200-year-old Corymbia aparrerinja ghost gum. [1] It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
Manifesto displayed under the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine State Library Of Queensland
The Tree of Knowledge Festival is the big weekend for the Barcaldine Community to shine, welcome visitors and showcase the wonderful community spirit of Western Queensland. Commemorating such an important part of not only Barcaldine's past but the history of a series of events which changed a nation is no small feat. Catering for people of.
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Oak Street, Barcaldine, QLD. The historic Tree of Knowledge is famous for being the birthplace of the Australian Labour movement. The tree was poisoned in 2006, preserved and placed under an award-winning timber structure. It is now a place of inspiration, reflection and celebration. It is beautifully lit with lighting during the night, giving.
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Tree of Knowledge marker in Barcaldine The Tree of Knowledge, 1997. Barcaldine played a significant role in the Australian labour movement and the birth of the Australian Labor Party. In 1891, it was one of the focal points of the 1891 Australian shearers' strike, with the Eureka Flag flying over the strike camp. The landmark Tree of Knowledge.
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Tree of Knowledge Memorial. Back. The Tree of Knowledge is Barcaldine's most famous and much loved attraction located in Oak Street outside the Railway Station. The tree has had a long and fascinating history and is most famous for its connection to the 1891 Shearers' Strike. Legend has it that the striking shearers held their meetings.