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Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, 1967, Photograph, PRG 1409/23/30

Museum staff prepare to remove ropes and wires from the canoe tree that has been lowered to the ground.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, 1967, Photograph, PRG 1409/23/31

Museum staff remove ropes and wires from the canoe tree that has been lowered to the ground.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/6

'The Aborigines climbed to a great height to obtain a suitable piece of canoe bark from this red gum on the Edson property at Blanchetown, South Australia'. (Edwards, R.(1972), Aboriginal Bark Canoes of the Murray Valley, Rigby, Adelaide).

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/10

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree has been vandalised with grafitti. A young boy is walking in the paddock behind the tree.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/9

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree has been vandalised with grafitti.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/11

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree has been vandalised with grafitti.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/13

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree is between an unsealed road and a barbed wire fence.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/14

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree is between an unsealed road and a barbed wire fence.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/15

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree is between an unsealed road and a barbed wire fence.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/16

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree has been vandalised with grafitti.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/9/3

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is alongside river reeds and has a ruler on it to indicate scale.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/9/4

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is alongside river reeds and has a ruler on it to indicate scale.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1965, Photograph, PRG 1409/8/12

Gum tree, in Mount Torrens district, from which a canoe has been made. Tree is between an unsealed road and a barbed wire fence.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/1

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/2

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons. In the background, a weir spans the river.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/3

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons. In the background, a weir spans the river.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/4

A woman views a gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons. In the background, a weir spans the river.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/5

Gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons. In the background, a weir spans the river.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/15/8

A woman views a gum tree, on the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons. In the background, a weir spans the river.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/24/1

Two people look up at a red gum tree, near the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/24/2

A woman looks up at a red gum tree, near the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/24/3

A man looks up at a red gum tree, near the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/24/4

A red gum tree, near the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/24/5

A woman and two young children look up at a red gum tree, near the bank of the Murray River, from which a canoe has been made. The tree is on a property owned by the Edsons.

Canoe tree at Blanchetown

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/12/4

Gum tree, from which a canoe has been made, in the Blanchetown area. A ruler leaning against the tree indicates scale.

Canoe tree at Blanchetown

Edwards, Robert, c. 1966, Photograph, PRG 1409/12/5

A dead gum tree, from which a canoe has been made, near Blanchetown. A ruler leaning against the tree indicates scale. A weir is visible in the background.