An Endurance of Trees

This program tells the stories of some iconic and mighty South Australian trees and their local communities.   

Trees have always provided humankind with food, shelter, timber, and respite from summer heat. Over millennia they have also served as community meeting places and landmarks to guide travellers.  

From the beginning of South Australian settlement, trees have been used for good and ill, as dwellings, landmarks and as places of both celebration and punishment. Trees have been an integral part of local history from Proclamation in 1836 and the very public hanging of the man who shot the sheriff, to church meetings, weddings, parties and picnics. Trees have seen it all and some have endured despite it all. If only they could speak. 

Image: North Terrace, Adelaide c1930 SLSA B 5542