SCAR TREES
SCARRED, TOTEMIC MARKER TREES & ARSENAL TREES
preservation
Scar trees which are scars created by humans on the trees through the removal of bark which was used for various purposes. The characteristics of these trees can be noted in the following ways:
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Scar more-or-less regular in shape, often with parallel sides and slightly pointed or rounded ends.
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Scar usually stops above ground level.
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Exposed sapwood free of tree knots or branches or evidence of a branch having been at the top of the scar.
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Exposed sapwood at the base and (more rarely) at the top of the scar may show stone or steel axe cuts.
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Tree an Australian native species which occurs naturally in the district.
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Tree usually over 200 years old.
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Often occur along major rivers, around lakes and on flood plains.
The preservation & conservation of these is knowing firstly what you are looking at and action taken of preservation of these naturally forming living entities in the landscape and are more than just a tree.
Physical works of rake hoeing around these known features are a must in these ever changing climate and wildfire conditions.
Cultural Fire knowledge and fire regime management should be ascertained and more regularly often practiced wherever possible; this is a part of our heritage value obligations.
As a duty of care to our country and waterways and ecosystems. If one’s mother, father, aunty or uncle or kin are sick you would provide medicine for curing illnesses and aid.
If the land looks ill and sick it is no different from placing fire into the country then bandaging a wound of a sick loved one and giving medication like (insulin to a diabetic or tablets and dialysis, treatments for loved kin. Fire acts like these medications to restore health to our veins of waterways and tree branches ecosystems and our aquatic species and birds.
We as a community are obligated for our neighbours welfare according to state Legislative acts jurisdiction. We should shine our beautiful methods of practice to illuminate our fire technology conservation to the broader community of life and asset preservation.
