
Red gum tree - Eucalyptus camaldulensis
The canoe tree
A section of bark was carefully removed from this red gum tree by aboriginal people of the Ngarrindjeri Nation and used to make a canoe out of that pice of bark.
The time was around 1830 and coincided with the settling of the first European settlers to this area.
The Gnarrindjeri nation was made up by related tribal groups with 18 different languages.

''Eucalyptus camaldulensis'', commonly known as the river red gum, is a tree that is endemic to Australia. A familiar and iconic tree, it is seen along many watercourses across inland Australia, providing shade in the extreme temperatures of central Australia.