Wednesday,
15 October 2025
Shameful destruction of significant tree

When I read the Wangaratta Chronicle page one headline last Friday (about arson of 700-year-old Indigenous significant tree at Northern Beaches) the emotions I felt were disbelief, anger, extreme sadness, shame and sorrow.

Why a person, or people, would deliberately set fire to such an ancient tree in a beautiful area leaves me bewildered.

The article mentioned that it was of cultural significant t...

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