Photograph, "Herbig Family Tree", South Australia, c1980s

Historical information

Friedrich Herbig left Germany in 1855 and later that year arrived in South Australia. He went to work on a farm and made his home in a large hollowed-out base of a river redgum tree.
In 1858 Friedrich married Caroline Rattey and they lived together in the tree. They had sixteen children. After the second child was born they moved to a two-roomed pine and pug hut that Friedrich built

Physical description

Members of the Chatham family visit the "Herbig Family Tree" in South Australia

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