Marianne North Tree

Author

Shire of Manjimup

Place Number

24747

Location

Old Vasse Rd Warren National Park

Location Details

Local Government

Manjimup

Region

South West

Construction Date

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type Status Date Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type Status Date Grading/Management
Category
Municipal Inventory Adopted 28 Aug 2008 Category Natural Heritage (NH)

Statement of Significance

Historic, Aesthetic, Representativeness and Rarity

Physical Description

• Located in Warren National Park; • Large karri tree (Eucalyptus diversicolour), and; • Tree has large bulbous outgrowth around trunk about 10 metres above ground.

History

This tree has been named after Marianne North, an English artist who visited the area and painted this distinctive tree in 1880. Marianne was born in England in 1839, daughter of Frederick North, Liberal MP for Hastings. As a young girl she developed a talent for drawing. She travelled with her father, and after his death she devoted her life to painting flowers in their natural habitat, travelling widely and often ending considerable discomfort. During the 1870s she travelled to the United States of America, Canada, Jamaica, Brazil, Japan, Sarawak, Java and Sri Lanka. She stopped in India for 15 months, producing over 200 paintings. After a successful exhibition in London, she presented her paintings to the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew. In 1880, following a suggestion by Charles Darwin, Marianne travelled to Australia and New Zealand. After touring each of the colonies, she arrived in Albany in November 1880. Her visit to the South West region inspired a number of paintings, one of which is of this very distinctive tree, now called the Marianne North Tree. After this trip she continued to travel, in 1883 visiting the Seychelles and in 1884 painting plants in Chile. During her lifetime Marianne North produced over 800 paintings. These are mostly housed in the Marianne North Gallery in Key Gardens. She died in Gloucester in 1890, aged 60. A copy of Marianne North’s painting is displayed in the Pemberton Visitor Centre

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Good Authenticity: Good

Condition

Good

Place Type

Tree

Uses

Epoch General Specific
Original Use OTHER Other

Creation Date

09 Aug 2002

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

01 Jan 2017

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