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ringbarking & non indigenous

Antigar scar close up
budda ( Budtha ) poisoning Pocket
bullet wounds TB
wire scar Gingie rd
the dog chain ?
whitefella scar on pine in Ration
I dont know why this coolamon tree was cut?
ringbarking in the Moonal
poison fail MR
more recent poisoning - Tordon?
failed poisoning stripes
poisoning - Nardoo
poisoning fail stripes
steel axe cut on scar TB
surveyors scar on Gingie Rd
the bin HP
tree poisoning MR
ringbarking fail I think W
chinese ringbarking scars 1880s
steel axe cuts indicate failed poisoning attempts
surveyors scar on Gingie road
poisoning fail
steel axe cuts Mooroo - failed poisoning
who cut this with a steel axe & planted gargaloo?
shallow poisoned strips AG
funny face by steel axe
chinese ringbark Stud
steel axe cut resource tree
bullet wounds again TB
steel axe cuts - possum hunting?
Antigar scar 4381
Tordon cuts? TB (5)
Supplejack scar tree used by pig hunteres for firewood
old hinge near gallows
poisoning fail?
old rifle range TB
the no 3 tree
old chinese ringbarking
surveyors tree Spillbury
surveyors tree arrow
steel axe cuts unknown
scrubcutting - rosewood regrowth
scrubcutting - Supplejack regrowth
new surveyors tree SP
steel axe stripes the result of failed poisoning
A - Whitefella canoe ?
explorer/surveyor scar P
old scars & new TB
scarring from ringbarking in the 1880s
poisoned scartree
surveyors scar in Keero
belah ringbarking - unknown reason
ringbarking in Keero
steel axe cut ? Newtons
steel axe scar not cultural
ringbark regrowth
ringbark recovery
steel axe cut in the Moonal
unknown axtrax
steel axe cuts on old scar
steel axe cut chips out of scar sides - why?
surveyors tree Spillbury
Chinese ringbarking P
Axtrax - steel - not cultural
this shallow scar was caused by that wire
Bullet holes ? Newtons
teardrop scar caused by ringbark fail
ringbark scar not cultural WB
poisoning in warrambool
old scar new steel axcuts
failed poisoning
dozer blade scar Preist
steel axe poisoning & scar cut
modern art ...branch tear or canker scar
ringbarking or collar scar?
chinese ringbarking 1880s
high double galah scars
high branch tear I think K
high coolie or branch tear
steel axe resource scar
old Tordon poisoning Bimber
high canker scars I think
old wood borer scars prob.
old branch tear scar i think R
steel axe cut shelter scar HP
old bucket abrasion scar HP
self pruning abcission layer? P
favourites - target cankers
target canker close K
lightning strike radius damage old scartree
ringbark or poison fail - not cultural
high branch tear scar?
ringbark/ poison fail WB
ringbarking fail regrowth
axtrax - ringbarking
rosewood scrubcut MW
rosewood old scrubcut branch stubs MW
Allan finds old rosewood stumps from previous scrub cutting
strange steel axe scar
high branch tear I think W
chainsaw cut scar P
Rosewood cut for stock fodder
why is there Belah ringbarking in Keero ?
wood canker scar natural
necklace scar - poisoning fail
No. 3 tree - 150+ yrs old
chinese ringbarking I think
cankerous coolabah limb
steel axe cut scar TB
roadworks scar non Indig.
Belah ringbarking fail K
RT ringbarking fail ?
RT canker or some disease
RT ringbarking 1891-1901
BR Travelling Stock Route
ringbarking post 1880s
BR crazy scarring with coolabah reshoots
FW high galah scarring?
FW disease pockmarks
steel axe resource tree G
steel axe resource cuts?
canker not axcuts G
CS chinese ringbarking recovery?
CS timber cutting or possum hunting?
CS termite trails
CS natural branch tear
CS axcuts - ringbark fail
wire scarring Goorie
Tungra - possum hunt
NB disease or fire ?
NB kissing cousins natural
tiny steel axcut coolamon
pinched bark - ringbarking? G
ringbark scarred doubles
telegraph line tree G
GY ringbarking I think
GY possum hunting steel axe
self pruning - cladoptosis
failed ringbarking common
failed ringbarking most likely
ringbarking + coolamon
high galah scar I think ?
steel axtrax across old scar - why?
axe scar or healed self pruning?
tordon poisoning fail WG
surveyors blaze Spillbury
canker scars natural WG
layered scar -ringbark fail
A crazy canker scars
A scars & ringbarking
A ringbarking maybe ?
A ringbarking scar
A irregular ringbark scar
A ringbarking grinner
G canker or grub search ?
G surveyors scar
G ringbarking triple
G ringbark scarring
G ringbarking pinch scar
G termite tracks
G old ringbarked coolabah
G canker disease ?
G strange ringbarking ???
BR surveyors scar modern
BR chainsaw burl theft
surveyors scar T.W track Wlg
RT natural canker scarring
disease or indig. scarring ?
natural branch tear scar TB
G triangular galah scar
G high galah scar
BH V.old ringbarking
BH V.V old ringbarking
BH V.old ringbark coolie
101 uses for coolamons ?
G more ringbarking
G unknown - branch tear ?
G steel axe resource hole
G canker scarred coolabah
G canker scars close up
branch tear coolie MW
dunno whats going on here ?
G burns + steel axe cuts
G branch tear coolamon?
Dunno whats going on here either?
G lightning strike scar
A Chinese ringbarking
RT resource extraction steel axe
non Indig. AW - surveyors?
possum hunting steel axe
GGS wood borers - natural
M wire scarring
I will survive - bimblebox regrowth
FW ringbarked dead coolamon
T steel axe possum hunting
T canker scars
unknown not cultural scarring
canker type scarred box with Ubend branch
Ubend branch seeking light - natural
canker disease holes
Currant bush growing thru Rosewood
split pine .. natural or not?
natural spiral scars caused by vines
RT ringbarking scars
old ringbarking scar
canker scarring
ringbarking aka girdling in the US
unusual deep ringbarking scar
RT scarred by bulldozer blade slippage
RT vine scars
steel axe possum hunt
This T piece growth caused by scrub cutting
surveyors scar on Spillbury boundary revisit
1880s ringbarking ?
more recent surveyor's scar at Menindee
natural coolabah arch on Menindee lake
steel axe cut - possum hunt?
trunk distortion caused by canker disease
steel axe cut - hunting possum ?
axtrax - cultural or ringbarking ?
Black box reshoot - common & normal
bimblebox reshoot - common & normal
high branch fall scarring
trunk grooves caused by vines not people
Did this pine branch fall in here or was it put there?
This is a branch drop scar not a coolamon
I think this scar is a ringbark fail
dont think this is cultural as its too shallow
1880s ringbark fail scar I think?
ringbark fail scar (1880s) Not a cultural coolamon
same with this teardrop shaped scar I think
1 epicormic shoot from this fire scar has been cut off with a chainsaw
I think this is caused by lightning ?
I think this scar is caused by a branch fall
multiscarring probably canker disease WG
I think this scar was caused by a big branch falling out
dunno what happened here? old bimble box battler
wind smashed pine tree
spiral bark/ cambium layers - lightning scar?
Did the branch fall here or was it a ridge pole for bark shelter?
the box tree has grown around the fallen branch - psydrax camp
Im calling this a failed ringbarking attempt
same, note the mid section axtrax -should be at top & bottom if cultural
skeletal leaf of prickly pear - introduced in 1788
This smile is a tricky bugga - the pointy ends suggest its not cultural?
I think this scarring is caused by wood borers
unknown column cactus - escaped from early settler gardens
I think these twin coolamons were caused by ringbarking
another strange bark scar - probably canker
ringbarking
this is natural scar left by a divide trunk splitting open
this coolamon type scar been caused by wire I think
the tree was possibly used as a fence post - located beside a fence
this is a possum hunt with a steel axe - resource extraction tree
canker scars
wire scarring Boree
the wire has 'rung' this tree used as a fence post - old yards Boree
This scarring is caused by wood borers
and this twister scar is probably caused by a branch tearing off
old style coolabah ringbarking - pre 1880s?
this is a very big twisted scar caused by a branch being torn off
old axe cut or torn branch scar?
I dont think this is a cultural scar - too shallow & misshapen
fungus face
probably canker
kero tin on the Ginghet
the coolamons on this boxtree were caused by ringbarking years ago
I think this 1 was too. Ringbarking often failed on older trees
this one succeeded. Regrowth was a big problem in nth west NSW
wood borer tracks on a dead ironwood
wood borers on a coolabah
weird as they are these scars are caused by ringbarking 1880s/90s
burnt bark sheet from a modern fire - not cultural
multiscarring unknown - natural I think TB
this coolabah has a trunk/ branch twist - probably natural
1880s ringbarking - this is another rung Ringtree - sad but true
this nearby memorial for the death of mother & baby is also rung
this is caused by canker - not cultural
cactus in tree - not cultural - duh!
looks like ringbarking but why are the 2 steel axe rings so far apart?
and whats with this deep centre chop out? making crotches?
why is there a steel pipe thru this branch?
who dunnit? And why they dunnit?
normal 1880s type ringbarking - recovering
This appears to be a naturally occurring scar with whiteant trails
I think this scar was caused by wood borers
phantom of the opera? Cankered & not ...
trees 'consume' wire or inorganic material as they grow.
an arborist told me these are 'canker' scars - never seen them this deep?
also strange this tree should be in the middle of the new Barwon camp?
1880s ringbarking scar that has been revisited & burnt? Confusing
leopardwood slab scar
have come across this 1 before but couldnt resist
surveyor's tree Billybingbone rd
with govt. arrow above the numbers
non eucalypt doubles probably natural
surveyors scar Billybingbone rd
I think these little scars are natural
possibly canker disease? No visible axe marks ..
surveyors scar along Cumberdoon way
this pointy old growth protrusion was caused by Tordon poisoning
I think this is caused by canker not stone axes
poison tin - either this tree has grown or someone was a V good climber
faded surveyor's blaze
target practice - tin can on pine stump
cypress pine surveyor's blaze TCS
Tennis court for the 12 Apostles & families - abandoned after WW2
reference tree marking the SthWestern boundary of Brewon station
I think this reinforced drum is pretty old at Tennis Court Swamp
the 12 apostles last played tennis here in about 1950
fig & cactus epipytes growing on an old shed at Beaudesert Qld
tree face on a eucalypt in a garden in Orange NSW
ringbarking scar on a scar red tree
strange scar with chainsaw cut. Not sure if this caused the scar?
I think these doubles were caused by a failed ringbarking attempt over a century ago
these scars are caused by tordon poisoning - targeting coolabah
this old surveyors blaze was stamped on an existing scar
across the boundary fence is another blaze with the numbers 4 3 8 1
this was a possum tree - here is the scar where they set a fire to smoke it out
this shallow scarring is caused by galahs eating the bark
I think this scarring was caused by Tordon poisoning
this is a rubbing scar caused by branch on trunk abrasion
Tordon stripes I think - failed poisoning I think
If cultural they would have used the fallen trunk for firewood I think?
Tordon poisoning scar
very faded surveyors scar I think Wee Wally
very faint number 8?
this is a very old surveyor' blaze - hardly legible now
I think its an 'H' with a '4' underneath? Maybe an '8' or '9'?
There is no arrow either. Most Surveyor's blazes have these
another very old surveyor's blaze at Cumborah
you can just make out the Govt. arrow on the top of the scar & a 'C'
2 views of a rung Ironbark but who dunnit? Diff species scar differently
I dunno what caused this high scar but dont think its cultural
nor this one - too shallow & the shape is wrong - not a coolamon
This isnt a CMT either - possibly a dozer blade has nicked the tree?
someone was hunting possum with a chainsaw? Indig. or not?
this scar is caused by branch tear. The fallen branch is still there
bird bites - what makes some trees more attractive than others?
old eucalypt slowly engulfs engine relic - iron deficiency?
wood borers
wood canker - top & bottom views
old miner's bucket
canker disease has given this old box a grotesque look
whoever 'rung' this old coolabah wasnt the brightest bulb in the box?
this coolamon prob. wasnt cut with these steel axes I found nearby
scrubcutting, whitewood lopped for sheep so branches are still visible below
I think this wood pattern was caused by canker
this old tin has been shaped for some purpose
while this old tin with a wire handle is half buried
why do termites attack some eucalypts & not others?
chainsaw or axe? who cut down this old box with lignotuber at GG?
the coolamon would be Indig but someone has harvested the off shoots with a steel axe
total debark of central trunk - probably ringbarking? GNR
ringbarking axe scars - didnt cause the scar or kill the tree GNR
rung scartree - sometimes they went around sometimes thru
Ive looked long & hard at this coolabah branch 'S' bend & say natural?
this coolabah was rung a long time ago & tried to recover but failed GNR
surveyor's tree on the banks of the Balonne
joker's tree a little further along this popular fishing spot
dont you just love the nose ring? St George QLD
this swamp dwelling coolabah is badly infected with canker
but it seems like they may have tried to make it into a ringtree?
bumpy barked belah tree - insect infestation?
not cultural in my opinion - too shallow with chainsaw cut stump
old box trees filling up with clay balls is caused by termites apparently
roadside erosion - check out those bimblebox roots!
cactus in a coolabah at Spillsbury- been there awhile I reckon
Not cultural but accidental - Prickly pear is not native to Australia
I think this box burn is a lightning strike not a cultural charcoal rub
2 views of a jigsaw cut modern coolamon. Prob. was cut by Indig person
same with this burl amputation - make lovely wooden bowls
here's another 1 - only put in this archive because I dont Know who is doing this
same with this chainsaw cut possum tree - Indig I expect
someone forgot to water their pot plants? 2 views
these holes in the dead bumble are caused by fungus not people
fencing wire engulfed by blackbox in Marungle
nicely finished water tin from the Cumborah ridges
discard from old bridge at Billybingbone camp
BBB bridge over the Marra creek
Time & nature will win out over scars & ties ...
old Chinese grave along the Ginghet flood plains
glass bottle grave nearby - unknown
unknown scarring possibly related to the rolls of fencing wire?
this looks like a high coolamon but its shallow so more likely cockatoos
again, this looks like re-scarred coolamon but likely a big branch tear scar
old miner's cooking pot Cumborah ridges

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