Local Government
Derby-West Kimberley
Region
Kimberley
Derby-Gibb River Rd 4 km from Derby Town Commonage
Adjacent to Myall's Bore, Derby Town Commonage
Derby-West Kimberley
Kimberley
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Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 01 Dec 1995 | Category 2 |
The Prison tree is significant as much because it has become a symbol for the town of Derby as for the history associated with it. It represents the harsh treatment prisoners often received in the north of Australia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Large hollow boab tree believed to have been used as a holding post for prisoners who were being taken into Derby.
Prisoners were often marched in chains over hundreds of miles, from their places of arrest for trial and imprisonment. The prison tree is a well established tourist landmark.
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6607 | Register of significant trees as at June 1988. | Report | 1988 |
Tree
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Present Use | SOCIAL\RECREATIONAL | Other |
Original Use | GOVERNMENTAL | Gaol |
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DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Workers {incl. Aboriginal, convict} |
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