The famous Tobruk Fig Tree was named because it marked the entrance to a network of underground caves used to treat wounded soldiers. It became known as the Fig Tree Hospital. The caves became a place where wounded soldiers could be stabilized before being transferred to the Australian General Hospital. The Fig Tree was the only feature in an otherwise barren desert and an easy target for German artillery who heavily shelled the site for several hours per day. A cutting from the tree was brought back to Australia and planted at Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance.The 2/24th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army, which served during World War II .A unit of all-volunteers, it was formed in July 1940 from primarily Victorian volunteers and was known as "Wangaratta's Own" because of the time the battalion spent in the town during its formative period prior to deployment overseas. It served in North Africa in 1941–1942 as part of the 26th Brigade, which was assigned to the 7th Division, before being reassigned to the 9th Division. In early 1943, the battalion returned to Australia and later took part in campaigns against the Japanese in New Guinea in 1943–1944 and Borneo in 1945, before being disbanded in 1946. The 2/24th suffered the highest number of casualties of any 2nd AIF infantry battalion. The Unit was granted the Freedom of the City by the Rural City of Wangaratta in 1996 and one of the first, if not the first, to receive this type of honour. Reproduced black and white photograph of four soldiers under large tree - one soldier in dugout under tree watching two stretcher bearers carry out wounded soldierHandwritten on rear - Fig Tree Tobruk 2/24th battalion, fig tree, tobruk

Photograph of a tree stump with axeman's footholes at Camberville.camberville, tree stump, forestry

Colour photographof a tree at St Joseph's, Blampied. .st joseph's blampied, st joseph's mount prospect, catholic church, tree

Van Gogh Print - Pear Tree in Bloom

Red chalk drawing of a hilly landscape with trees. Signed (L.r) 'Dargie'.sir william dargie, landscape, drawing, chalk

Moving a mature Elm tree outside the Library.elm tree, library

19 colour photographs of students climbing trees.students, tree climbing, arboriculture, creswick, johnston

Huttley and Martin FamilyB/W. furrowed paddock, trees, four women in front of a tree. Two youngest with dreses above the knee. Two Older mid below the kneehuttley, martiin

Written on backing sheet, "Blood's store on right, Club Hotel behind tree, Cornell's store on left".

Flyer for annual fruit tree pruning demonstrations. Scannedpruning, trees

10 slides showing tree lopping Nov 82tree lopping, arboriculture

Its twisted old trunk is gnarled, its disembowelled carcass plump with cement and now, like many outback legends, its cadaverously pale and very dead. It has stood, an unmolested leafy sentinel, over Barcaldine’s Railway Station depot since the 1880s. It was a living Australian Labor Party memorial and heritage-listed. The double centurion, Oak Street’s most senior resident, was respectfully nursed into its dotage by Barcaldine’s faithful. Countless thousands of travellers photographed it, patted it and peered up at its bushy green tops with dutiful reverence. ... And then, by an act of craven foul play, it was murdered. Allegedly. Cold, hard forensic science pronounced death by poisoning. Sometime around May Day 2007 they reckon. (Australian Travellor, November 25, 2007.)Photograph of Philip and Elizabeth under the Barcaldine Tree. It was in the shade of this tree the Australian workers rallied and the Australian Labor Party was formed after the ramifications of the great shearers strike in 1891.barcaldine tree, australian labor party, chatham-holmes family collection

32 slides demonstrating pruning trees and cutting down trees. Equipment. Nov 85. Possibly pruning Variegated Elm at Burnley after lightening damage and an Elm at Burnley.demonstration, tree cutting, arboriculture, pruning trees, variegated elm, elm

Red plastic bound book detailing the Pollard Family Tree

Black and white photograph of tree planting ceremony at front of school.

Colour photograph of a living Christmas Tree in Sturt Street, Ballarat.sturt steet gardents, ballarat, christmas tree, christmas

From Victoria and Metropolis.Black and white image of a scarred tree, with bark removed for a canoe.aboriginal, aborigines, scar tree, scarred tree, canoe

Black and white photograph of dead tree stump, Eltham c.1960s.trees, eltham, george w bell collection

Sletches scanned from Tree Top Magazine (VC Item 21141)rts, ringwood tech

Colour photograph of the Fairies Tree in Fitzroy Gardens, carved by Ola Cohn.fitzroy gardens, ola cohn, fairy tree, heritage

Photographs from a very tall grass tree at Geelong Botanical Gardensgeelong botanical gardens, grass tree

Australian Tree Climbing Championships 1999. 4 colour photographs of a participant.tree climbing, championship, denise johnston, burnley, arboriculture